Thread: These 10 budget-friendly summer sporting events ruled by oddity

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10. National Buffalo Wing Festival (Labor Day weekend, Buffalo, N.Y.)

Since it's inception in 2001, the National Buffalo Wing Festival has assumed responsibility for the boom in upstate New York's antacid industry. It's drawn more than half a million spectators while serving two million wings, resulting in countless blue-cheese hangovers in the greater Niagara Falls area.

The contest kicks off at Dunn Tire Park, home of the Triple-A Bisons, with the ceremonial "Running of The Chickens." A half-kilometer running race (0.31 miles), this feat of endurance can be tackled by the obese, the elderly, and those with pre-existing coronary disease. The day continues with live music, sauce-offs, the Miss Buffalo Wing Pageant and you guessed it -- massive wing consumption. Beers are plentiful and the atmosphere is jovial leading up to the famed Wing Eating Championship.

As an event sanctioned by the International Federation of Competitive Eating, this wing-eating challenge pulls high-caliber talent -- the types of competitors who laugh in the face of inflammatory bowel disease. Sonya Thomas of Virginia won in 2007 and '08, averaging 170 wings in 12 minutes. (And Terrell Owens actually thinks that he's the biggest star in town!) After the festivities, head to Chippewa Street, Buffalo's nightlife strip, where Pepto-Bismol daiquiris are the drink of choice.

Admission: $5 per day, children 8 and under are free

went last year tons of different types of wings

Originally Posted by Carl J. Ironsides

You know SI has fallen when its writers can no longer tell the difference between "its" and "it's."

It's a human error, relax Mrs. Perfect.

Also honestly, it's not that cheap. It cost 5 dollars to get in then you have to buy tickets. You end spending 35-40 dollars.

Originally Posted by Uncle Jesse

it's a rip off if anything

Yea it's not very cheap.