Unsurprising announcement: the Bills will be trying to lose an extra game per year

[ScottDCP]

They are going back to Toronto.

Bonus, I went to high school with the merchandising director for the team. And the comments section on their website defaults to sharing comments on facebook. I may be losing headcount over there.

[wxwax]

How much money do the Bills make on this deal? It ought to be a bucketful, given how rotten the thing is for the franchise in every other respect. And what percentage of seats are actually filled with a butt in Toronto?

[ScottDCP]

I think they get fifty million or so for the run of it

[wxwax]

$10 million a year. Yeah, I can see that. Still, it sucks.

[Pruitt]

Attendance at the games in Toronto has varied from capacity to about 10,000 empty seats.

There are enough knowledgable hardcore NFL fans here to fill a stadium on a regular basis... however, when this "Toronto Series" began,

Rogers had received immense criticism received immense criticism for the high prices of tickets to previous Bills-in-Toronto games. Indeed, tickets for the first game in 2008 averaged $183, compared to $51 for Bills home games that year at Ralph Wilson Stadium.

Even though prices have come down, it is still cheaper for a Torontonian to go to Buffalo for a full day of football and food.

[darvon]

One thing to realize, Buffalo is maybe an hour drive times (plus customs) from Toronto and environs.

[ScottDCP]

One thing to realize, Buffalo is maybe an hour drive times (plus customs) from Toronto and environs.

Two hours.

[darvon]

Where do they play in Toronto?

[ScottDCP]

The former Skydome.

[darvon]

Rodgers Center?

That's pretty much downtown.