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#57 BUFFALO BILLS


Last Year's Rank: 56
Title Track: 107
Ownership: 100
Coaching: 86
Players: 53
Fan Relations: 66
Affordability: 9
Stadium Experience: 94
Bang for the Buck: 39

When your stadium is better suited for outdoor hockey, warming fans' wallets is the least management can do. "We paid 60 bucks per game last season for seats 11 rows from the field," says Brian Galliford, editor of the Bills blog Buffalo Rumblings. Galliford joined a growing number of Buffalonians who enjoy the NFL's best deal by spending Sundays huddled on cramped, metal bleacher seats while fending off Lake Erie's biting winds. Body heat—er, attendance— increased 5% at Ralph Wilson Stadium last season. Still, letting Tom Donahoe wreak front office havoc for five seasons (31-49 during his tenure) and outsourcing games to Toronto has left fans cold. Ditto the stadium's outdated bathrooms, especially after the half-time rush. (Insider tip: Anticipate every coach's challenge and explode off the line.) But Galliford maintains that "Ralph Wilson Stadium isn't about comfort or frills; it's about sight lines, real food and watching football." And seats are as cheap ($46.26) as a Patriots parking spot ($40.00). - Morty Ain

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