- Sabres have sold out season tickets for 2026-27 and opened a waiting list
- A $100 deposit buys early access, playoff presale and a ProShop discount
- Read below for the attendance numbers behind Buffalo’s ticket surge
Buffalo fans cleared the shelf.
The Sabres have sold out their season tickets for 2026-27 and started a waiting list, the team announced Tuesday. It is the first time Buffalo has needed one since the mid-2000s.
Getting on that list costs $100. The deposit gets fans a crack at season seats ahead of the general public, playoff ticket presale access and a one-time discount at the Buffalo ProShop. Sign-ups are at Sabres.com.
The math behind the run on tickets is not complicated. Buffalo won 50 games, finished with 109 points and took the Atlantic Division under Lindy Ruff, ending an NHL-record 14-year playoff drought.
Then came the playoffs. The Sabres put away the Bruins in the first round before Montreal took a seven-game series on Alex Newhook’s overtime goal in Game 7 at KeyBank Center on May 18.
KeyBank Center filled back up along the way. Average attendance climbed to 17,853 per game, close to 2,000 more than the year before, and Buffalo sold out its final 24 dates including the postseason, per Bill Hoppe of Buffalo Hockey Beat.
The building had not averaged 17,000 fans since 2019-20.
The rest of the league noticed too. The Sabres landed 14 national television games on the 2026-27 schedule after spending most of the drought years buried on regional broadcasts.
Not every fan base got good news at the ticket window this month. Toronto released its regular-season seats last week and the cheapest standard ticket averaged $215 CAD, with the low end reaching $350 to $400 for visits from Montreal and Edmonton.
Buffalo spent 14 springs selling hope to a half-empty arena. There is a line to get in now.
