Posted: Wednesday, December 31, 2008, 2:32 PM | 7 comments |
 

11,000 tix remain in Minn.
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About 11,000 tickets remain for Sunday's Eagles-Vikings playoff game in Minnesota, according to the Star-Tribune.

Yesterday's report had 14,000 tickets available, and earlier in the week, the number was 20,000.

As we stated yesterday, if the game isn't sold out, it would be blacked out in Minnesota, which hasn't happened there since the Vikings' regular-season finale in 1997. An NFL playoff game has not been blacked out since the Dolphins-Ravens 2002 matchup in Miami.

The normal blackout deadline is 72 hours before kickoff, but teams are allowed to ask the NFL for extensions. According to the Star-Tribune, the Vikings have already requested an extension, which would give them until about 4:30 p.m. EST Friday to sell the game out.

Just did a quick ticket search online. As of 2:30, there are $30 tickets available. These are the least expensive seats offered.

If you're looking to go big, there are $160 tickets available also at the 30-yard line, 20 rows up. It will definitely be interesting to see how many Eagles fans make the trip.
Posted by Sheil Kapadia @ 2:32 PM  Permalink | 7 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 2:50 PM, 12/31/2008
    All sorts of fun conversation about the reasons why the tickets aren't selling on various Vikings message boards...seems to be a combination of "we don't have any money" (lame excuse - see $30 tix still available), "we're going to lose" (lame excuse - see Eagles 13 Bengals 13), or "we hate Brad Childress" (funny but lame excuse, as they're 10-6 and won their first division title in a decade)...
    — tjc
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 3:16 PM, 12/31/2008
    The fans up there don't even have the lame excuse of the weather, since the game's being played at the MetroDOME. Unless, the local people don't know the Vikings play in a dome.
    — Erich H
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 3:34 PM, 12/31/2008
    you are right tjc....do you think there would be one eagle ticket even if we were granted the knowledge that the Eagles would be blown out? Hek no...
    — MFPhils
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:04 PM, 12/31/2008
    Minnesota fans should be ashamed. Me and 3 friends are driving out there and bought some lower lever seats for less than $100. It's gonna be cheaper to go and stay there than it would be for an Eagles home playoff ticket.
    — tdog330
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 11:12 AM, 01/01/2009
    Here is my lame excuse: I live in TN, have a very comfortable recliner and a laptop that I use to chat on philly.com. I really know nothing about MN fans.
    — phan in TN
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