News Article: Sabres fans hold protest in front of KeyBank Center

[Buffaloed]

Sabres fans hold protest in front of KeyBank Center
Frustrated fans “Pack the Plaza” to protest Sabres
Sabres fans stage protest over the team's management

(BUFFALO, N.Y.)–A group of frustrated fans held a protest outside of the KeyBank Center Saturday to protest their displeasure of the Buffalo Sabres.
The “Pack the Plaza” protest was held to show the frustration fans are feeling now that it looks like the team won’t make the playoffs for the ninth year in a row. Organizers say they hope that this rally will get the attention of Kim and Terry Pegula.

Not a big turnout, but it was covered by the local tv stations.

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[OkimLom]

Sabres fans hold protest in front of KeyBank Center
Frustrated fans “Pack the Plaza” to protest Sabres
Sabres fans stage protest over the team's management

(BUFFALO, N.Y.)–A group of frustrated fans held a protest outside of the KeyBank Center Saturday to protest their displeasure of the Buffalo Sabres.
The “Pack the Plaza” protest was held to show the frustration fans are feeling now that it looks like the team won’t make the playoffs for the ninth year in a row. Organizers say they hope that this rally will get the attention of Kim and Terry Pegula.

Not a big turnout, but it was covered by the local tv stations.

I would’ve been down there if I knew

 

[Myllz]

The pitchforks have been unsheathed.

 

[Buffaloed]

The only way to get the Pegula's attention is to threaten to move next door.

 

[old kummelweck]

Protesting never seems to me to be the right approach. Boycott is what you do when you are unsatisfied with something that has financial implications for the company selling you the product. So stop going to the games, stop watching on TV, stop buying yancy's fancy cheese, and if you are actually brave enough to take on the veterans and military and be dubbed a traitor, throw out your original pizza logs.

 

[Chainshot]

Seems about as many protestors showed up as the team has had good games in the Pegula era.

 

[sabremike]

Seems about as many protestors showed up as the team has had good games in the Pegula era.

Or as many Sabres fans who are inside KBA to watch this atrocity against pro hockey these days (plenty of opposing fans though).

 

[SundherDome]

Take the Lethal weapon 2 approach and just follow Botts around town like the consul general and make running into him look like a coincidence, until it isn't ....

 

[Buffaloed]

Seems about as many protestors showed up as the team has had good games in the Pegula era.

15 protesters and 9 were dmen

 

[Buffaloed]

Sabres protest packs plaza with frustration, if not with people

Kevyn Adams is the only one with any guts.
“We have a great fan base, and it is really important that our fans know how engaged Terry and Kim Pegula are in this organization . We’re all in this together and Terry and Kim want the best for this organization. Everybody wants it to be better.”

Adams stepped outside and invited the protesters to come inside and warm up from the 21-degree weather and snow flurries.
Many accepted the offer, though others, including Tripi, declined.

 

[Chainshot]

Sabres protest packs plaza with frustration, if not with people

Kevyn Adams is the only one with any guts.
“We have a great fan base, and it is really important that our fans know how engaged Terry and Kim Pegula are in this organization . We’re all in this together and Terry and Kim want the best for this organization. Everybody wants it to be better.”

Adams stepped outside and invited the protesters to come inside and warm up from the 21-degree weather and snow flurries.
Many accepted the offer, though others, including Tripi, declined.

Well played to Adams.

 

[Tsujimoto]

15 protesters and 9 were dmen

And we still can't get the Skinner fans on the same damn picket line as the Eichel fans.

 

[brian_griffin]

15 protesters and 9 were dmen

And we still can't get the Skinner fans on the same damn picket line as the Eichel fans.

Well played you two.

 

[SnuggaRUDE]

Wonder what Ruff and Reiger are thinking about right now?

 

[Dubi Doo]

Protesting never seems to me to be the right approach. Boycott is what you do when you are unsatisfied with something that has financial implications for the company selling you the product. So stop going to the games, stop watching on TV, stop buying yancy's fancy cheese, and if you are actually brave enough to take on the veterans and military and be dubbed a traitor, throw out your original pizza logs.

This has been my approach. Protesting in this case is pretty lame.

 

[Montag DP]

Protesting never seems to me to be the right approach. Boycott is what you do when you are unsatisfied with something that has financial implications for the company selling you the product. So stop going to the games, stop watching on TV, stop buying yancy's fancy cheese, and if you are actually brave enough to take on the veterans and military and be dubbed a traitor, throw out your original pizza logs.

Does it count as a boycott if you stop watching out of boredom/frustration instead of out of principle?

 

[CrazyMonkey1208]

15 protesters and 9 were dmen

3 were wearing Chinese knockoff jerseys with their names misspelled

 

[Buffaloed]

Does it count as a boycott if you stop watching out of boredom/frustration instead of out of principle?

I'm boycotting liver. I know there are misguided people who support eating liver, but I refuse to compromise my principles.

 

[Tsujimoto]

I'm boycotting liver. I know there are misguided people who support eating liver, but I refuse to compromise my principles.

I'm not so much boycotting liver as I am destroying mine with the alcohol it takes to make it though games these days.

 

[WeDislikeEich]

I don’t know. I guess I don’t get how the owners issuing a statement saying that they’re frustrated does any good?

How does that fix anything? I’m sure they’re frustrated. But it wouldn’t make me feel any better about this season if they issue a public statement saying they’re frustrated.

I want action. I want something that makes me feel better about the direction this team is headed.

 

[CrazyMonkey1208]

I'm not so much boycotting liver as I am destroying mine with the alcohol it takes to make it though games these days.

That's how Keybank makes up for lowered attendance revenue

 

[Sabre the Win]

Wonder what Ruff and Reiger are thinking about right now?

"Glad it's not my mess"

 

[Sabre Dance]

The pitchforks have been unsheathed.

Buffalo fans don't mean business until they waste money on a billboard.

 

[Chainshot]

Wonder what Ruff and Reiger are thinking about right now?

Probably something like “Glad no one gives us our due share of the blame” or something similar.

 

[SnuggaRUDE]

Probably something like “Glad no one gives us our due share of the blame” or something similar.

I'd take those two over any other combo they've assembled since. Well not now Ruff's getting up there, but you know what I mean.