Stoner Posted December 13, 2019 Report Posted December 13, 2019 (edited) LA Kings broadcaster's, uh, fond? memories of the Aud, including a description of working in a secondary "press box" and one unforgettable snowstorm. http://lakingsinsider.com/2012/11/06/there-used-to-be-an-arena-–-“the-aud”-buffalo-new-york/ Edited December 13, 2019 by PASabreFan Quote
Pimlach Posted December 13, 2019 Report Posted December 13, 2019 He messed up the attendance, which was 16,433 for a long time. Pretty good read. The Aud was not a fun stop for visiting teams because it likely lacked nice amenities, and also the Sabres home record was usually very good. Quote
Stoner Posted December 14, 2019 Author Report Posted December 14, 2019 5 hours ago, Pimlach said: He messed up the attendance, which was 16,433 for a long time. Pretty good read. The Aud was not a fun stop for visiting teams because it likely lacked nice amenities, and also the Sabres home record was usually very good. It wasn't 16,433 until the fall of 1975, per Wikipedia and the Sabres media guide. I thought he had it wrong too. I'll delve into it more tomorrow. Quote
tom webster Posted December 14, 2019 Report Posted December 14, 2019 Five seats added after 1974 and when walls between upper golds and reds removed a year later, 570 more seats added. 1 Quote
Rico7 Posted December 14, 2019 Report Posted December 14, 2019 15 hours ago, PASabreFan said: LA Kings broadcaster's, uh, fond? memories of the Aud, including a description of working in a secondary "press box" and one unforgettable snowstorm. http://lakingsinsider.com/2012/11/06/there-used-to-be-an-arena-–-“the-aud”-buffalo-new-york/ I was at that game in 82. Went with a friend and his dad. He had great seats to begin with but when only about 2,000 showed up, they let you sit wherever you wanted and they were giving food away. We managed to make it home that night back to Cheektowaga. Cool night. 1 Quote
tom webster Posted December 14, 2019 Report Posted December 14, 2019 For the record, I remember them adding seats when walls were removed. Don’t know what the five seats were but I vaguely recall them having to add handi cap accessible seats so that may have been it. A friend thinks it had to do with them testing out what they planned to do when walls were removed. Not sure but you do have to remember that those tickets were worth gold back then. Quote
Stoner Posted December 14, 2019 Author Report Posted December 14, 2019 Wikipedia's Aud page has capacity at: 10,449 — First season 15,360 — Second season (after reno) 15,668 — Third season 15,858 — Fourth season 15,863 — Fifth season 16,433 — Sixth season (gold seats added per tom's memory) 16,325 — After 1990 reno which added handicap-accessible seating Quote
tom webster Posted December 14, 2019 Report Posted December 14, 2019 2 hours ago, PASabreFan said: Wikipedia's Aud page has capacity at: 10,449 — First season 15,360 — Second season (after reno) 15,668 — Third season 15,858 — Fourth season 15,863 — Fifth season 16,433 — Sixth season (gold seats added per tom's memory) 16,325 — After 1990 reno which added handicap-accessible seating Nice work. Still the mystery remains, why those five seats. And what about the model suite they added at the end? That had to effect capacity. 1 Quote
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