Chiefs-Bills AFC Championship Game would be in Atlanta
 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">If a neutral site AFC Championship Game is played between Buffalo and Kansas City, it now will be held in Atlanta.</p>&mdash; Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) <a href="https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1613578750192488463?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 12, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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Atlanta Announced as the Neutral Site
 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta would host a potential AFC Championship Game between the Buffalo Bills and Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday, January 29, at 6:30 p.m. ET.</p>&mdash; Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/1613578666323099654?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 12, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

I suppose it isn't terribly surprising, but I would've preferred an outdoor venue.

LFG!!!

Disregard, I was beaten to the punch.

Barely. You were both right on it

Could be worse. I like it

Simply Red just shot a load to the moon simultaneously while popping a clean breaker

Guess who lives about 3 hours away from Atlanta.

KC to ATL->799 miles
BUF to ATL->892 miles

That seems fair

A little surprised they chose a dome, but makes sense for spectators.

won't matter

Bills will lose to the #3 seed

I think that stadium has a retractable roof.

Why? That's of no advantage to KC. The Bills play in the worst weather in the league regularly.

I like our offense full of speed, and quick twitch guys in a dome.

I'll be staying over at SR's house

What kind of grass does this piece of shit have?

Not a bad choice. Like Dallas, good stadium, easy access, tons of hotels & nightlife.

At a minimum, I would think we can all agree that turf is more conducive to injury than is grass.

anytime anyplace

I’ve driven solo from KC to Atlanta in one day before, it’s doable. Rush hour traffic is nuts though, choose hotel location wisely if you’re leaving early Monday.

This.

We've already seem some Big-time problems handling passes in the cold from our receivers.

A domed afc title game is advantage KC all day.

I expect the Bengals but if the Bills pull it off I'm going to this.

Could use some warmer weather anyway.

These terms are acceptable to me

:LOL:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Caught up with Patrick Mahomes to ask him about a potential AFC Championship vs the Bills in Atlanta. <a href="https://t.co/AmoO3Aqrqm">https://t.co/AmoO3Aqrqm</a> <a href="https://t.co/5rjO6C2V9X">pic.twitter.com/5rjO6C2V9X</a></p>&mdash; 📽️ Red Tribe Cinema (@ClayWendler) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClayWendler/status/1613590259211669512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 12, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

With CIN losing Cappa, I'm not so confident this won't happen.

you can book fully refundable flights via southwest or united (maybe a few other airlines), and there's several downtown atlanta hotels that also allow free cancellation.

some hotels are already adjusting their prices from yesterday to today post announcement.

Fly Southwest to the game and you may get there by July.

It seems nice

How does one buy tickets for a game like this? Does it have to wait until it is down to those two teams?

It’s cheaper if you wait until the Friday before the game you ****in dumbass piece of shit

No reason to hate on this. Of course we all prefer it to be at Arrowhead but this seems nice.

I’d rather play the bills at Atlanta than the bengals at home

Me too, room booked!

This guy?

https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images....DBCF4XYWOU.jpg

I was gonna go if they had it in Las Vegas.

Oh well, saves me a bunch of money.

Atlanta guy here. The family and I just drove out to KC for Broncos game 2 weeks ago. Drive is exactly 12 hours. Did a 2 part drive to KC stopping at Paducah - exactly half way. Return trip drove in 1 straight shot, not bad.

Drive highlights: If you are a golfer, Sweetens Cove is literally just off I-24 outside Chattanooga (they won't have tee times listed avail but have cancellations every day, call and talk to them). Also a Bucee's about an hour north of Atl on I-75.

Can't wait for the game if it happens, will absolutely be there with my sons. There are a ton of Bills fans down here, but I'd expect it to be 50-50.

That should help Justin watson.

ROFL

Much better than Pittsburgh, which was floated by some media folks.

This is an interesting question. Season ticket holders, etc.

Does the increased humidity help him catch the ball or something?

Cousin Jed?

Hell yeah I'm hitting up King of diamonds while I'm down there

I feel like any neutral site is bound to be more of a road game for KC. Anyone who isn't a KC or MIA, NE, NYJ fan will be rooting against the Chiefs, I'd imagine.

not true. many rooms will be sold out well before then and costs are rising in anticipation of this game already.

Whose palms got greased on this deal?

Atlanta's airport is a damn city-state. The times in/out of that airport were a nightmare. I'd rather drive.

Prefer Vegas, Dallas.

Eric Rudolphed....

Traffic is a bitch down there too

Patrick Mahomes is 15-2 in warm weather cities.

In one loss, the Chiefs scored 51 points.

In the other, no offensive line showed up.

I travel every week for work and Atlanta is the worst airport I've been in.

The main thing I hate about Atlanta is the traffic. It's right up there with New York, Boston and DC. Actually worse than Chicago. Traffic on a Saturday (good weather, no road construction) was like Chicago rush hour.

Still much better than playing in Buffalo or Pittsburgh, or anywhere in the Northeast. 800 mile trip for both teams is very fair.

I like the airport and flew through their as a Delta Platinum for years. The airport is big, but the Trams help, although their are some long escalator rides to get to other terminals if connecting, or to Baggage claim. However, there is a train that runs downtown for $2.50 and is the most efficient way to get there and quite easy.

Atlanta (different stadium) was the site of one of Mahomes' first epic highlight plays... that 69 yard pass to Tyreek in the 2018 preseason.

Flew into Atlanta a couple of times going to talladega. Thought we were going to die on the interstate going 100 to just keep up with traffic.

LMAO

If your flying in consider the train to downtown...

Good question. As a season ticket holder, I have heard nothing from the Chiefs about this. Like no first dibs for STHs or anything like that. I assume this simply means that our only playoff game if the Bills and Chiefs make it to the conference championship game is the divisional round game next weekend. in other words, Chiefs STHs are on the same playing field as anyone else trying to get tix to this game, if it happens.

Nothing about this is fair. I mean, I guess it's one of the less painful ways of getting screwed, but it's still getting screwed if it actually comes to pass.

The Bills completely gamed the system and came out smelling like roses instead of the shit they actually are.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Patrick Mahomes career numbers in dome/retractable roof stadiums: <br><br>10-1 W-L <br>70 comp% <br>3,524 passing yards (320 ypg) <br>28 total TDs <br>3 INTs <br>8 YPA <br>111 QB Rating <a href="https://t.co/B3tscqdLEv">pic.twitter.com/B3tscqdLEv</a></p>&mdash; ����‼️ (@LanceTHESPOKEN) <a href="https://twitter.com/LanceTHESPOKEN/status/1613608829224366081?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 12, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

In the NFL's press release they said that Bills and Chiefs season ticket members who previously committed to purchasing championship game tickets will have first priority.

That's what I am thinking. Only going to get next weeks game & that's it as STH. Which has the wife & daughter fighting even more about who gets to go.

I'm sure SR will provide any CP member free rides

:spock: Weird, I wonder why the Chiefs have not said anything. The only thing is my account is set up on the payment plan.

All those $0.00 mean is that I have already paid for Divisional round playoff game. The other is TBD.

Well, being they just announced it today, maybe you'll see something real soon

Can anyone thats better at looking at flights tell me what a fan from KC will pay to flight into Atlanta versus a Bills fan flying from Buffalo? For some reason I'm getting about $350 for KC to Atlanta and like $650 for Buffalo to Atlanta! If correct...I LOVE that

Josh Allen: 7-7 in warm weather cities

Because **** Buffalo, that's why

To the Greyhound!

Does a Dome count as warm weather?

... on the sidewalk; in front of Walmart...

I had knee surgery three weeks ago. There will be no live sporting events of any kind in my immediate future.

The wife is a big Braves fan, and we've been down there several times over the years to go to games. The last time I drove, we had a few hours to kill before a Saturday night game, so I thought it would be cool to visit Stone Mountain, which seemed like it would be about a 45 minute drive from the area of then Sun Trust Park. WRONG. Took over an hour and a half to get there and nearly two hours to get back. Traffic was absolutely miserable; definitely not something I wanted to deal with during a vacation weekend. Ended up having about 20 minutes to look around before leaving. After that I determined to never drive a car in that area again. The next time we went down we just took a cab from the airport to the Omni Hotel adjacent to now Truist Park. Plenty of restaurants in that complex, so there was no need to drive. That was fun. I'll definitely stick to that in the future.

Depends on if it has air conditioning or not

This could be a huge boost to the Chiefs. In bad weather Allen can just run it 30 times.

Maybe. I'm not going to Atlanta but I am curious if STHs get any benefit on this.

Yep, Traffic in ATL is horrible... The train from the airport to downtown is just easier and happens to be cheaper.

Oh I'm sure it is. I just haven't had any reason to go downtown since the Braves relocated from Turner.

Skylarr and Tyreek are gonna shock the world!

It’s definitely messed up that they didn’t finish the Cincy game, and even more messed up that the NFL gave Buffalo home field advantage over Cincy. Those teams should have a neutral site after not finishing the game last week.