First, it's great to know that more Bills fans are here in the
Granite State. Welcome.

I was at Billy's for a few games last season and as I recall we had
anywhere between 4 and 8 members of Bills nation in the house. In
most cases, we were outnumbered by the Steeler fans who got the
bigger screen and sound. Majority rules at Billy's. Unless we have
the most people we won't get the best TV.

The newer sports bar you are thinking of I believe is JW Hill's on
Elm. They do consider themselves more "upscale" but from what I can
see that just means "more expensive", and it is. One other factor to
consider - while Billy's is no-smoke, Hill's allows smoking at the
bar. This may be considered a positive for some of you. For me it's a
negative. In any case, something to think about.

My wife and I have been to Billy's several times during the season
and in the off season and we always get a good meal for a good price
and good service. I am not surprised they win best sports bar in NH
every year.

However, if anyone has other suggestions for a bar/restaurant that
would be better for game days, post your suggestions here. One
concern some of you may have is that depending on where you live,
Manchester is just too far to go to watch a game. Well, there is
nothing that says that GSBB can't have multiple homes all over the
Granite State. We could have a seacoast meeting place, a north
country meeting place, a western NH meeting place and Manchester or
Concord for those of us centrally located. We would in that case,
have four "divisions" in our "league". If there were enough people in
each division who came out to watch the games every week, we could
even turn it into a competition to see which division had more
members at their own Bills bar each week.

In any case, suggestions are always welcome for new and better
meeting places. The only requirement is a guarantee that the Bills
WILL be on at least one TV every week. At Billy's that's not an
issue, it would be on whether any of us are there or not.

GO BILLS!!

P.S. I think it's BS that Holcomb starts tomorrow night at Carolina.


--- In granitestatebillsbackers@yahoogroups.com, "Max J. Latona"
<mlatona@...> wrote:
>
> Jason,
>
> Good question. I would commit to showing up on opening day, if it
helps.
>
> Max
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: granitestatebillsbackers@yahoogroups.com on behalf of Jason
Snyder
> Sent: Thu 8/10/2006 6:32 PM
> To: granitestatebillsbackers@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: [granitestatebillsbackers] Re: new to NH
>
> Upscale makes me a little hesitant, but if we can get a guarantee
on big screen with sound, i'm definatly in for exploring the option.
>
> Any other thoughts? I'm willing to assist with the leg work if
needed.
>
> No matter the bar, opening day will make an important impression. I
will be in Foxboro, how many of us will be available to make
ourselves known at the bar.
>
>
> JASON M. SNYDER
> Independent Electric Supply
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> Home of the "SUPERSTORE"
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "tbonenh@..." <tbonenh@...>
> To: "granitestatebillsbackers@yahoogroups.com"
<granitestatebillsbackers@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: 8/10/06 6:10 PM
> Subject: Re: [granitestatebillsbackers] Re: new to NH
>
> there's a new sports bar on elm street in downtown Manchester, it
appears to be more upscale than Billy's, I believe it's called JD's
sports bar.....maybe the GSBB chair person could meet with the Bar's
GM and arrange an official GSBB location. At Billy's you very rarely
get the sound of the game.... I bet JD's would accomodate the GSBB
group.
>
> My wife would consider going there as opposed to Billys.
>
> Go Bills.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tjakers@...
> To: granitestatebillsbackers@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 2:38 PM
> Subject: [granitestatebillsbackers] Re: new to NH
>
>
> Hey Bob,
> I to am new to NH. I just moved here from Buffalo. I couldnt tell
> you how many people will be down there. However I know I sure will
> be...so there will be atleast one. I can probably get a few bills
> fans from work down there too!
>
> -Tim
>
> --- In granitestatebillsbackers@yahoogroups.com, "Bob" <bob_chang@>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm moving up to Concord tomorrow. I'm a Buffalo native that just
> > spent the last 4 years in Rochester finishing my graduate
studies. I
> > need my Bills fix and was relieved to find a Bills backer group in
> > this state. There have however, only been approximately 3 new
posts
> > since last season ended, so I'm just wondering how many people
> > actually show up at Billy's every sunday once the season starts.
> >
> > Bob
> >
>
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