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>> YEAH
>> YEAH I'M WORKING ON THAT MARIA. >> PLEASE.
>> SEE YOU IN A BIT.
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>> 16 WEEKS AGO NOBODY KNEW
WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE WOULD
IT GET CANCELED AND WEEK 16 IS
HERE AND THE BILLS HAVE DONE
SOMETHING THEY HAVEN'T DONE IN
25 YEARS THEY'VE TAKEN HOME THE
AFC EAST CROWN.
>> AND AS THEY FINISH OUT THE
REGULAR SEASON AND PREP FOR THE
PLAY OFFS THEY'RE NOT ONLY
FIGHTING TO FINISH STRONG
HOPEFULLY GET A COUPLE OF HOME
GAMES IN THE PLAY OFFS THEY'RE
ALSO FIGHTING TO GET FANS BACK
IN THE STANDS AND JOINING US
LIVE TO TALK ABOUT THAT BECAUSE
THE GOVERNOR MADE A BIG
ANNOUNCEMENT IS A COLUMNIST FOR
THE BUFFALO NEWS.
IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO GET YOUR
EXPERTISE.
BILLS STADIUM HAS NOT HAD ANY
FANS AT ANY POINT SO FAR IN THE
SEASON.
WE'RE HEARING NOW THAT THAT
COULD CHANGE.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE
STATE IS STUDYING THE LOGISTICS
OF IT ARE MIND NUMBING BUT WHAT
ARE YOU HEARING AND WHAT CHANCE
DO YOU PICK THERE ACTUALLY IS
BY THE TIME WE HIT THAT PLAY
OFF GAME WE'LL HAVE FANS IN THE
STANDS.
>> I THINK THERE'S A REASONABLE
CHANCE BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE
BOTH THE STATE GOVERNMENT AND
THE BILLS ARE WORKING TOWARDS
SOMETHING.
NOW LOOK, FROM THE STATE'S END
IT'S PRETTY GOOD POLITICAL
CAPITAL.
I THINK THE GOVERNOR LIKED
FEELING LIKE HE WAS GIVING A
FAN BASE HERE POPULATION HERE A
LITTLE BIT OF A HOLIDAY GIFT.
FROM THE BILLS STANDPOINT, IT'S
ALSO A PR PLAY TO A LARGE
EXTENT, SYMBOLIC BECAUSE 6700.
LET'S THINK ABOUT THAT STADIUM.
70,000 PLUS THAT IT SEATS THE
CAPACITY THAT IT HAS.
THAT'S PUTTING A THIMBLE OF
WATER NEXT TO LAKE ERIE AS FAR
AS WHAT THAT ACTUALLY FILLS AND
WHO YOU ARE PUTTING IN THOSE
SEATS IS ALSO GOING TO BE VERY,
VERY INTERESTING BECAUSE I
THINK FOR A LOT OF FANS IT
FEELS LIKE I GOT A CHANCE TO GO
TO A GAME.
WELL YOU MIGHT HAVE A BETTER
CHANCE OF WINNING THE LOTTERY.
I DON'T KNOW.
>> JOSH ALLEN WAS ASKED ABOUT
IT TODAY AND THIS IS HIS
REACTION WHEN ASKED IF THAT'S
ACTUALLY WHAT HE WANTS.
>> I HOPE THAT WE CAN.
HONESTLY THAT WOULD BE A HUGE-
-WELL, AN INSPIRATION FOR US TO
HAVE FANS BACK IN THE STADIUM
AND WE KNOW HOW MUCH IT WOULD
MEAN TO THOSE 6700 FANS THAT
ARE THERE AND WE WISH WE HAD
BILLS MAFIA IN THE STANDS.
THIS IS THE YEAR THAT WE COULD
REALLY USE THEM AND I KNOW
THEY'RE CHOMPING AT THE BIT TO
GET BACK IN THERE SO WHATEVER
NEEDS TO GET DONE TO GET IT
DONE.
I KNOW BILLS MAFIA WOULD BE
WILLING TO DO IT TO GET INTO
THE STADIUM SO FINGERS CROSSED
FOR THAT ONE.
>> THAT'S JOSH.
WHAT ABOUT THE REST OF THE
PLAYERS AND COACHES.
HAVE YOU HEARD THEIR REACTION
TO ANY OF THIS?
>> THERE'S GENERAL SENSE THAT
THEY WOULD LOVE THEIR FANS TO
BE THERE.
THEY LOVE ENGAGING WITH THE
FANS.
THE PROBLEM THOUGH IT'S A GREAT
THING TO SAY BUT LET'S LOOK AT
THE REALITY.
6700 PEOPLE WON'T FEEL LIKE A
CROWD.
IT JUST WON'T IN THAT PLACE.
AND IT WILL--WHEN YOU REALLY
THINK ABOUT IT, OHIO FOR
INSTANCE HAS TRIED THIS WITH OR
DONE THIS WITH THE BROWNS AND
BENGALS.
FANS PLAYING AGAINST THE
STEELERS AND IT WAS A FEELING
OF AN EMPTY PLACE BUT THAT'S
CINCINNATI.
THAT'S REALLY BEEN A BAD
FOOTBALL TEAM AND A LOT OF THE
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN AVOIDING GOING
TO THEIR GAMES.
THIS IS DIFFERENT HERE.
I MEAN THIS IS LIKE YOU OPEN
THE GATES AND PEOPLE WOULD LOVE
TO BE FLOODING IN TO BILLS
STADIUM RIGHT NOW AND THEY
CAN'T DO THAT.
SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE
EXPERIENCE IS.
I'M REALLY LOST ON THE
LOGISTICS BECAUSE THEY'RE
TALKING ABOUT TESTING FOR
EVERYBODY TO GO IN.
LAST I CHECKED THOSE TESTS
AREN'T FREE.
RIGHT? I THINK THEY'RE THE COST
IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF $85 A
TEST I'VE HEARD THAT THROWN
AROUND AND THEN THE CONTACT
TRACING AFTER THE FACT WHICH
HOW DOES THAT WORK?
COST INVOLVED WITH THAT AND
THEN I HEAR ABOUT THIS BEING
REFERENCED AS SOME LEVEL OF
EXPERIMENT.
OKAY. I'M SURE YOU'LL GET
PEOPLE BECAUSE BILLS FANATICS
WANT TO BE PART OF AN
EXPERIMENT BUT YOU'RE GOING TO
BE BASICALLY A LAB RAT FOR THE
SAKE OF OTHER EVENTS.
IF I HEARD ALL OF THIS RIGHT
FROM THE STATE.
>> YEAH.
I GOT A RAPID TEST THIS WEEK
$65 SO MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OF A
DISCOUNT MAYBE A LITTLE LESS
THAN THAT.
BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE HOPING THEY
CAN WORK IT OUT.
THE SYMBOLISM IS WHAT YOU TALK
ABOUT.
OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE NOT GOING TO
GET A HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE WITH
FANS IN THE STANDS.
WE'LL HAVE TO LEAVE IT THERE
BUT GREAT TO GET YOUR
PERSPECTIVE WITH THE BUFFALO
NEWS.
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND GREAT TO
SEE YOU.
>> SAME TO YOU BOTH YOU AND
EVERYONE.
>> THANK YOU VICK.
THANKS EVERYBODY FOR WATCHING
AS ALWAYS REMEMBER YOU CAN KEEP