Bills EVP/COO Ron Raccuia and Bills GM Brandon Beane held a press convention through Zoom Thursday night to talk about the change in location for Sunday’s game and different necessary matters together with ticket data. Here is a summarized model of what Raccuia and Beane had to say.
Q: How was the resolution reached to transfer the game to Detroit?
Raccuia: “The decision to move the game to Detroit has everything to do about safety. Safety first has been what we’ve been talking about here really for the last 48 to 72 hours. I do want to thank county executive Poloncarz, Governor Hochul, all of our elected officials, certainly (NFL) Commissioner (Rodger) Goodell and the entire league staff, and the lions organization for their commitment and communication and helping us move the game. As I said earlier, our sole concern was the safety of our players, our fans, our community, and making sure we did not divert any resources that the community will need coming this weekend.”
Q: Will tickets be refunded?
Raccuia: “We just actually put out an email to all the existing ticket holders for the game. So our fans will have a refund opportunity, depending on how they purchase their ticket. But I would ask them to check the emails that they should have received probably about five or 10 minutes ago actually. Those will all be refunded.”
Q: Are tickets transferrable for the game being performed in Detroit?
Raccuia: “No transfer option. It’s really two separate transactions. Everyone’s tickets will automatically be credited depending on how they were purchased. So if they purchased on the Bills online, it’ll be credited that way, Ticketmaster, that way, season ticket members, directly to their season ticket account. And the new on-sale will be completely separate starting tomorrow. “
Q: What are the workforce journey plans?
Beane: We are going to attempt to preserve a standard journey schedule. Obviously, we’re going to monitor the climate, however proper now, we’re establishing a airplane to depart someday Saturday afternoon. We’re going to have to wait til we hear from the airline once they can get it right here. But we might attempt to preserve it as a detailed to our regular routine as attainable. So proper now, so long as the climate is what we anticipate for Sunday, we might fly again after the game. You know the game’s going to be at 1 so we will sort of have our regular routine after which fly again there on Wednesday.
Q: Any frustration about not having a house game?
Beane: Well, I’m relying on you to rally all the BillsMafia to present up. In all seriousness, we’re hoping for this to be nonetheless a house area benefit away. Luckily it isn’t throughout the nation. We know BillsMafia is throughout, and hopefully these which are in Michigan space will certainly down. And hopefully the ones right here that need to get out of the snow, will drive over there.
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