Mario impact is big one for Bills
By: John Kucko
Updated: March 19, 2012
ORCHARD PARK, NY - The Buffalo Bills today announced
that 1,400 new season tickets were purchased and over 4,000 season tickets were
renewed since Thursday at 4:00 PM when the team announced the signing of free
agent DE Mario Williams.
"It's been an exciting week for our organization and
Bills fans everywhere," Bills Chief Executive Officer Russ Brandon said. "The
recent increase in new season ticket sales and ticket renewals along with the
traffic numbers on our social media platforms continues to highlight the passion
of our fan base."
The 1,400 new season ticket sales mark the most in a
two-day timeframe since 2002 when the team sold 1,285 new season tickets in one
week.
BuffaloBills.com and the team's social media outlets
also saw record numbers:
- More than 6,000 people have signed up to inquire about the new Mario Williams Nike jersey
- More than 3,700 Facebook users have entered a contest to win a signed Williams football
- BuffaloBills.com registered nearly 3 million page views on Thursday and Friday
- BuffaloBills.com streamed Thursday's press conference live to 12,000 visitors
The Bills Mobile App had its
most traffic ever and has over 89,000 downloads to date since being launched in
September of 2011
The Bills now have 453,400
social media follows on Facebook and Twitter and added over 3,200 Facebook fans
and nearly 4,000 Twitter followers since the start of free agency on March
13th
Over 27,000 fans
participated in a live chat during Thursday's press conference on
BuffaloBills.com - five times more than any previous chat on the team's
website
