The Lexus Club will "no longer be an exclusive venue" at KeyBank Center for Sabres season ticket holders, according to Michael Petro of the BUFFALO NEWS. The club is "now open to all ticketed fans who make reservations at the club" located on the 100 level. Available for purchase during each home game will be a "pre-event buffet and drinks from three full bars." Access to the Lexus Club during Sabres games was "available exclusively" to all suite and 200 club seat holders and season ticket holders who "purchased memberships for around $500 a season." But season ticket sales have "slumped" as the team's playoff drought continued. Sabres VP/Arena Operations Stan Makowski said that the team "wanted to find ways to improve the experience at The Lexus Club" and "bring more people into it." Inside the club are three bars, along with a dining room that can "serve as a banquet facility and seats 400 people for games." New this year, there will be "live captioning offered on several of the team’s video boards around the arena" (BUFFALO NEWS, 10/13).
JOINING THE CLUB: In Philadelphia, Michael Klein noted three local restaurateurs -- Stephen Starr, Marc Vetri, and Jose Garces -- will be "part of the action starting this season on the club level" of the Wells Fargo Center. The club level’s $50M improvements are part of $350M in "renovations that will be unveiled to the public" today. Besides the food, there are a "huge 4K scoreboard system" and a "ventilation system that replaces all the air in the building every 30 minutes" (PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, 10/12).
