Study estimates $2,195 Bills outing for Potter County family of four
A trip to a Buffalo Bills game for a family of four from Potter County would cost an estimated $2,195 under a new model published by Doc’s Sports, a sports analysis and betting-picks publisher.
The estimate is based on median resale ticket listings and assumed game-day expenses. It is not the cheapest available outing or a current price quote for a particular game.
What the estimate includes
Four resale tickets together, including fees: $2,002
Parking allowance: $72
Four hot dogs, four sodas and two beers: $80
Round-trip gasoline estimate: $41
Total: $2,195
Tickets account for about 91% of the total. The study sampled Gametime listings on Oct. 28, 2026, calculating median prices for four-seat blocks across remaining home games. Sales tax was excluded.
Some expenses are standardized assumptions rather than Bills-specific quotes. The $72 parking figure is a fallback allowance, while the $80 food-and-drink basket uses Lambeau Field prices from 2025. Actual spending will depend on the game, seats, parking and food choices.
How it compares with local income
The total equals about 34% of one month’s pre-tax income for a family earning $76,582 a year, the county’s median family income in the Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey. Those income figures are in 2024 dollars, so comparing them with 2026 prices may overstate today’s income burden.
The release’s Potter County gasoline estimate assumes a 214-mile round trip. The study measures routes from county population centers, so travel costs will differ for individual households.
The figures describe a modeled outing, not a survey of what Potter County families actually spent.
Source: Doc’s Sports analysis and a press release submitted by Kelly Turner of The Canny Vulture. Read the study and methodology.
