The Aud like you've never seen it (YouTube gold)

[Stoner]

A link to this video showed up on BarDown, focusing on some proposed/rejected Sabre logo designs that were on display at the Aud during a season ticket holder open house in October 1994.

 

But that's just part of the video. The whole thing is almost half an hour long and was filmed by a young Canadian dude and his buddies and it starts as they cross the Peace Bridge. When they go through the doors of the Aud and into the lobby... chills. They snake their way through the dingy corridors, one of them wondering if the cracks in the floor were caused by an earthquake, and make their way to the top of the building.

 

You see Jerry Magill's cubbyhole where he sounded the horn from; the catwalk leading to the press box, giving one of the guys a chance to touch one of the "cigarette filters" that hung from the rafters; a dizzying view from the oranges; the "spectacular" luxury boxes they put in toward the end; the state of the art communication systems that made the out of town scoreboard go; the Buffalo News box; then down into the old-school lockerrooms; a very awkward meeting with John Gurtler; and finally onto the ice for a shot at an empty net.

 

If you remember the Aud, this is a must-watch. If you don't, well, this is exactly what it was like. What a barn.

 

[Weave]

Chills. And sudden allergies.

[bunomatic]

Cool video. Dipshits filming it. Apparently everyone is an idiot.

Edited March 26, 2016 by bunomatic

[3putt]

Brought back faded memories.  Tx for posting. 

[Weave]

When they were up in the oranges, section 29, right next to the big cylindrical wall..... Dad and I had seasons in row 1 of section 29.  Seats 6 and 7.  I think the were $8/ticket back then.

Edited March 26, 2016 by We've

[spndnchz]

I have more video. Gimme a day

[PromoTheRobot]

My first game at the Aud was the Bisons. The scoreboard clock was analog.

[...]

Wow. Most of it was no big deal, but certain things, like the super cramped escalators to the oranges, the cubby-hole entry to the upper blues, the last section of oranges at the end. And I always wanted to touch one of those cylinders, but am glad I never did.

[That Aud Smell]

Great stuff. More later.

[Stoner]

My first game at the Aud was the Bisons. The scoreboard clock was analog.

Were they still using chicken wire instead of glass?

 

Who da fook was Jim Paccioli?

[Sabres Fan in NS]

Looks like a PA home movie.

 

Now we all know how they made that Aud Smell.

[That Aud Smell]

The footage of going up the ramp gave me a lump in my throat. No lie.

[darksabre]

You know, for all the crying we do about how boring the "new" arena is, the Aud really was a dump. It's too bad they couldn't have captured some of that charm. Such is the modern sports venue.

[PromoTheRobot]

Were they still using chicken wire instead of glass?

 

Who da fook was Jim Paccioli?

I don't remember. It was the late 60's. Was plexiglass invented by then? But I clearly recall the round analog clock face on the scoreboard.

[Stoner]

You know, for all the crying we do about how boring the "new" arena is, the Aud really was a dump. It's too bad they couldn't have captured some of that charm. Such is the modern sports venue.

At the very least, it wouldn't have been hard to bring the old seat colors to the new joint, or at least blue and gold. (Remember how long it took to replace the peachy strip encircling the arena with gold.)

I don't remember. It was the late 60's. Was plexiglass invented by then? But I clearly recall the round analog clock face on the scoreboard.

Yeah, it was invented in the late 40s and first used in Toronto. I was being snarky.

[K-9]

Can't believe the Knoxes would court and welcome Canadian fans like that. 

 

GO SABRES!!!

[Stoner]

Can't believe the Knoxes would court and welcome Canadian fans like that. 

 

GO SABRES!!!

Yeah good one eh. dur dur

[That Aud Smell]

Yeah good one eh. dur dur

I chuckled.

[Stoner]

I chuckled.

It was an homage to you.

[Brawndo]

I was in Standing Room Only Section behind the oranges (shown at 17:25) for the May Day Game, when he stole the puck, the entire section in front of me stood up and I missed the goal. 

[Brawndo]

Were they still using chicken wire instead of glass?

 

Who da fook was Jim Paccioli?

 

Jim Pachioli was the owner and spokesperson for Factory Sleep Shop a mattress retailer in Buffalo. He used to appear in commercials with boxing gloves and say

 

"Nobody beats our prices we guarantee it"

 

http://history.buffalonews.com/2014/09/10/sept-1994-pachioli-vs-schoenfeld-buffalos-mattress-wars/

[Stoner]

Jim Pachioli was the owner and spokesperson for Factory Sleep Shop a mattress retailer in Buffalo. He used to appear in commercials with boxing gloves and say

 

"Nobody beats our prices we guarantee it"

 

http://history.buffalonews.com/2014/09/10/sept-1994-pachioli-vs-schoenfeld-buffalos-mattress-wars/

Oh OK. Why was he working in the Aud?

[sodbuster]

The first three minutes of that video could have been an episode of Trailer Park Boys.

 

I'm too young to remember the Aud, but man, that place looks like a dump. I love it.

[Brawndo]

Oh OK. Why was he working in the Aud?

 

It wasn't him, just a doppleganger. 

[FLYNNSanity]

So thats what the Blue Cross Arena will probably look like in 10 years?