Can't Sell Out Playoffs?
 

In GB?

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-sh...7570--nfl.html

Kind of crazy, especially there.

It is surprising, but these reasons sort of sum up the issues..The first is weak, but the last three are legit:

■ The forecast for Sunday’s game calls for a high in single digits and a below-zero wind chill. It’s understandable that instead of shelling out between $102 and $125 for a ticket to the deep freeze, a fan would rather watch the game from the comfort of a warm living room sofa on a high-definition, big-screen TV.
■ The Packers sent out playoff notices to season ticket holders during the worst part of their season when Rodgers’ return was uncertain and they were getting crushed by the Detroit Lions on Thanksgiving. It’s likely many threw away their order forms thinking the Packers had no hope of earning a playoff berth.
■ The Packers overestimated the loyalty of their fan base by imposing a new no-refund playoff ticket policy in which unused money would be applied to next season’s tickets. The team also initially limited ticket sales this week to four per customer but quickly removed that restriction when it realized how slow tickets were selling.
■ The Packers added 7,000 seats to Lambeau Field this season, increasing the capacity to 80,750 and making it more difficult to sell out a game that isn’t part of the season-ticket package. It raises concerns that the Packers might have trouble filling their stadium, the third-largest in the NFL, if the team ever goes into an extended losing drought like it did in the 1970s and 1980s.

Right, but this is 3 of the 4 games. I could see 1 of them for whatever reason. But 3? I don't know what to make of it.

Not quite on the same level as Lambeau, but the News had a little bit about TO saying he would by tickets for the Bengals game to get the blackout lifted there

Not TO, I believe it was Chad Johnson.

Thanks your are correct sir

Plus they have a gay QB...lol

I read that home teams can buy all remaining tickets at 33% of face value..That is the right thng to do

I know a woman who hooked up with him...maybe she was the cause?

I'm sure it gets done but it is telling.

Don't be so sure, most of what is left are triple digit seats and they can't discount. Only thing that may save the Colts is if the NBC affiliate buys the last of them to lift the blackout.

Comments were better than most it took 7 before people started blaming Obama. The game has lost something for me this year. Too many drive extending penalties punishing good defensive plays. They practically throw a flag for looking at a "defenseless" receiver with intent. Always happens in key points of the game and it is coming across as WWE like.

Moving the game from Saturday (temps in the high teens) to Sunday (temp expected to be zero w/o wind chill) was brilliant.

The weather has everything to do with this. There are season tickets being offered for free all over town and even the ice fishermen don't want them.:wf

Eagles Game at 8:00 and Indy Dome game at 4:35 on Sat is also a head scratcher.

Indy always considered "small market" is probably why.

You know Steve, considering all 80,000 seats are held by season ticket holders and they received their playof applications the Monday after getting smoked by Detroit on Thanksgiving, it's telling that only 40,000 responded back wanting them. Add in the change in policy about not getting a refund if they didn't make it ( Green Bayers are TIGHT) and I think that was the biggest cause. Look at all the absolute freezing playoff or meaningless regular season games over the years that were easy sell outs. The weather has never scared Packer fans away..I really thing it was the timing after that Detroit loss ( statistically they only had a 5% chance of making the playoffs then) and couple that with the inverse 95% chance of not getting a refund and this is why they are 3,000 tickets left the Friday before the game.

Bingo, Bob. The combination of the loss to Detroit and the payment policy are to blame. Packer fans aren't put off by the cold!

Meijer has bought the remainder of the Colts/KC tickets and will give them away to military families. Very nice gesture on their part! No word yet on how many or how much it cost them.