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this is sadder than Spurs $1 playoff tickets
Playoff games possibly getting blacked out in local markets
Three teams face blackouts
Updated: December 31, 2013, 3:51 PM ET
By Rob Demovsky | ESPN.com
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Perhaps Green Bay Packers fans have little faith in this year's team.
How else to explain why as of Tuesday morning there were 13,000 tickets still remaining, according to a team spokesperson, for Sunday's NFC playoff game at Lambeau Field against the San Francisco 49ers?
The Packers have a streak of 319 consecutive sellouts (301 regular-season games and 18 playoff games) and nearly 100,000 people on their season-ticket waiting list.
Green Bay isn't the only team having trouble selling out for this weekend's games, with the Indianapolis Colts and Cincinnati Bengals also faced with thousands of unsold tickets.
The Colts, who have sold out 137 of their last 138 games, have "slightly less than 6,000" tickets they need to sell to avoid having their Saturday game against the Kansas City Chiefs blacked out in the Indianapolis area.
NFL rules say teams must sell out games at least 72 hours prior to kickoff to ensure they will be shown on local television. The league extended the deadline to Thursday at 4:30 p.m. because Wednesday is a holiday.
In Cincinnati, Jeff Berding, the Bengals' director of sales and public affairs, said late Monday that after a good day of sales, more than 10,000 tickets remained for Sunday's game at Paul Brown Stadium against the San Diego Chargers.
In an effort to sell more tickets, the Bengals kept their ticket office open on New Year's Eve and will do the same New Year's Day. According to Berding, the office will be open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Wednesday.
The Bengals' ticket push has even become a civic issue in the city. On Monday, Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley held an impromptu news conference at the start of coach Marvin Lewis' weekly remarks to encourage fans to come out for the game.
The Packers, at 8-7-1, have the worst record among the 12 playoff teams.
The organization sent out playoff ticket invoices to season-ticket holders during the seven-game stretch in which quarterback Aaron Rodgers was sidelined because of a broken collarbone. When Rodgers returned for the regular-season finale Sunday and helped the Packers beat the Chicago Bears to win the NFC North, the team still had 40,000 tickets available for the opening round of the playoffs.
The team gave season-ticket holders another chance to buy seats on Monday morning before opening the sale to the public later in the day. A team spokesman said Tuesday the four-ticket limit per transaction that was in place Monday has been lifted.
The Packers added 7,000 seats this season behind the south end zone, bringing capacity at Lambeau Field to 80,750. The waiting list for season tickets was more than 100,000 people before the seats were added.
Ticket sales weren't a problem for the Seattle Seahawks on Tuesday, with the team saying it sold out in less than 30 minutes. The NFC's top seed opens in the playoffs on Jan. 11.
ESPN.com Colts reporter Mike Wells and Bengals reporter Coley Harvey contributed to this
Colts fans I can understand since their fanbase got split when Manning signed with Denver. The other two
Wow ... At least in San Antonio you can get playoff tickets for .75 cents and packages for a family of four starting at $1.99.
not surprising tbh, need something to distract the suicidal citizens imho
"we are teh 12th man! we can make a differenz!
Feel bad for the inhabitants if Russell Ghosh and company fall short this year
The 3 red dots belong to:not surprising tbh, need something to distract the suicidal citizens imho
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Feel bad for the inhabitants if Russell Ghosh and company fall short this year
Seattle:
Salt Lake City:
Dallas:
With a high of 11 degrees, 14mph winds and 20% chance of snow, I'd rather sit at home and watch too.
Whats there to do other than this game in Green Bay?
okay that's fine for the average fan, but for a fan base that likes to claim that they are the best in the NFL this is pathetic.
At least they don't fake sellout streaks like the STL Cardinals
son I've been the recipient of one of those NBA Finals packages. 4 tix, 4 hot dogs, 4 large drinks, and 4 Tony Parker bobble heads for $1.99 + free valet parking. it was good stuff.
It's probably because it didn't look like they were going to make the playoffs for the entire second half of the season. Not a lot of time to get excited and decide to buy them.
NFL Playoff Games Threatened by Local TV Blackout in First Round
By Erik Matuszewski and Mason Levinson Jan 2, 2014 2:29 PM CT
The National Football League playoffs kick off in two days, and three of this weekend’s four first-round games are in jeopardy of not being televised in their local markets because of unsold tickets.
Thousands of general admission tickets are still up for sale in Indianapolis, Cincinnati and Green Bay, Wisconsin, which is home to the NFL’s second-most popular team in the Packers, according to a 2013 Harris Poll. Games that aren’t a sellout by 72 hours before game time would be blacked out in local television markets, according to NFL rules.
The NFL, which had only two regular-season games blacked out in 2013, could offer extensions for the home teams to sell tickets, spokesman Brian McCarthy said. The NFL hasn’t had a postseason game blacked out since Jan. 10, 2002 in Miami, where the Dolphins hosted the Baltimore Ravens in the opening round.
The Philadelphia Eagles’ Jan. 4 game against the New Orleans Saints is the lone first-round matchup sold out.
Earlier today, the Bengals, who went 8-0 at home this season in winning the American Football Conference’s North Division le, said they had more than 7,000 tickets left for their Jan. 5 game against the San Diego Chargers.
“Our people are actively in discussions with the NFL, sponsors and other folks who might be able to have a hand in making this happen,” Bengals spokesman Jack Brennan said by e-mail. “Nothing is definite yet. Our people said yesterday we are confident we can work out an extension with the league.”
Unsold Tickets
Both the AFC South-champion Colts and the Packers, who earned the right to host a home playoff game with a come-from-behind win on the last day of the regular season, earlier today had more than 5,000 tickets that remained unsold. The Colts, who host the Kansas City Chiefs in this weekend’s first playoff game on Jan. 4, already received an automatic 24-hour extension for ticket sales because of the New Year’s Day holiday. The Packers are home against the San Francisco 49ers in the second of the two playoff games the following day.
Fox spokesman Lou D’Ermilio said the network, which is televising the game between the Packers and 49ers, wouldn’t comment on the possibility of a blackout. The Colts-Chiefs game airs on NBC and the Bengals-Chargers matchup is on CBS.
The NFL last month said it would strongly oppose a proposal by U.S. regulators to eliminate the blackout rule, which was created almost 40 years ago to promote live attendance. The league said the rule is important in supporting NFL stadiums and the ability of teams to sell tickets.
Teams in danger of a local television blackouts have in the past bought unsold tickets or reached agreements with sponsors to buy them. The NFL said that teams would have to buy back playoff tickets at 100 percent of face value.
High in GB is 0 degrees allegedly and with 10 MPH winds, that is -28 windchill. 15 MPH winds makes it -32 windchill
its gonna be single digit weather game day. who wants to pay for pneumonia, doggie?
frost kings can handle cold temperatures but that is a lil too cold for their liking.
I thought Packers fans were dedicated? I can understand Colts fans because of the whole falling out with Manning. The Packers have no excuses. They won a Super Bowl a couple of years ago.
Folks saving for that trip to Brazil on June, imho.
Seriously? That spoiled-ass fanbase was gifted Andrew Luck to make up for it.... no excuses
http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/01/gree...ancisco-49ers/
that, freezing my off for 4 hours
FYI on Green Bay ticket situation. The Packers implemented a new policy this year that you had to pay for all 3 playoff games (Wild Card/Divisional/Conference Championship) in the first week of December. No refund if the Packers didn't make the playoffs.
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