Posted: Tuesday, December 30, 2008, 12:10 PM | 11 comments |
 

Vikings fans pass on playoff tix
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Update:

According to the Star-Tribune, the number of seats available is down to 14,000 as of Tuesday afternoon. Tickets are available for as little as $30. The blog post says the Vikings will have until about 3:30 p.m. Friday to sell out or the game will be blacked out. Pretty funny to read the comments section. Readers blame any number of different factors for the lack of tickets sold, including:

Minnesotans being cheap
Brad Childress being boring
The economy
The Metrodome

From earlier post:

As Rich Hofmann pointed out in his blog yesterday, 20,000 tickets remain available for this Sunday's Vikings-Eagles playoff game.

An article in today's Star-Tribune takes a closer look at why so many available seats exist. One interesting nugget: Only 55 percent of Vikings season-ticket holders decided to purchase playoff tickets.

That sounds like an insane number. Isn't having a chance at playoff tickets one of the reasons you purchase season tickets in the first place?

As the article points out, the game could be blacked out in Minnesota, which hasn't happened since the Vikings' regular-season finale in 1997. And no NFL playoff game has been blacked out since the Dolphins-Ravens game in Miami in 2002.
Posted by Sheil Kapadia @ 12:10 PM  Permalink | 11 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 12:38 PM, 12/30/2008
    The fans don't deserve homefield although the players deserve do.......
    — Earl J
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 12:45 PM, 12/30/2008
    What a joke of a fan base
    — scotty82
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 1:31 PM, 12/30/2008
    Dont blame fans - read this email message re: Star Tribune article "This article is wrong, Vikings require prepayment. As a season ticket holder, I had to prepay for both Wild Card and Division Championship games, a total of $723 for 2 tickets for both games. I can get a refund if the Championship game is not played, but the Vikings did charge my card $723. Jim Adams should do a better job of research. Many fans do not have $723 to pay for games that may or not be played. Asking fans for both games is a mistake and was done simply for the Vikings benefit not the fans."
    — MrMayhem
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 1:47 PM, 12/30/2008
    The fans still aren't buying the tickets NOW though so i think you can blame the fans....i guess it works out for us as there will be a lot of green in the stands!
    — cujat13
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 1:59 PM, 12/30/2008
    How do we find a way to blame Joe Buck for this? His wanting to be adopted by either Manny or Joe Torre may influence the lack of attention for this game. Once more, the Philadelphia fans care...
    — phan in TN
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 10:05 PM, 12/30/2008
    you know it's bad when NFL.com is e-mail Philly fans asking them to buy tickets, lol. Currently, you can get section 134 row 7 for $160 a pop...what a shame. That is one section off from the 50 yard line. 7 rows back from the Eagles...Unbelievable.
    — MFPhils
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 11:41 PM, 12/30/2008
    How do you blame the Minnesota fans? Maybe they think there are mor eimprtnat things in life than football???? Like food, housing, clothes, etc.??? SOme Philly fans are so dumb! Why do you think pro sports salaries are so insanely ridiculous!
    — scars73
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:44 AM, 12/31/2008
    To an Eagles fan this is unbelievable. Can you imagine how many ticket requests there would be in Philly - especially at these prices? Can you imagine what the ticket scalpers would want for this game in Philly? This is an insult to the players that worked hard all year to get the team into the play offs. It's not as though the fans have to sit out in cold snowy weather freezing their butts off-they play in a dome. Minnesota- Say whatever you want about Eagle fans but we support our team-even if they do not make the play offs.
    — #1 efan
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 10:09 AM, 12/31/2008
    #1efan..an insult to the players who worked so hard (AND GOT PAID MILLIONS) to get them into the play-offs? I LAUGH at the pure ignorance of some of you. For some logic, read the post above yours....common sense isn't so common! Say whatever you want about the Eagles fans but we'lll support our team even if it means starving our children...that is what your comment equates to. Brainiacs.
    — ColeHarbourPhillyFan
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 10:24 AM, 12/31/2008
    efan your a moron...and I'm a philly fan....insult to players seriously, there still going to get paid. Step out of your bubble and turn on your news the economy is bad. Like the guy before said putting down 723 dollars isn't easy....but your probably one of these jokers that puts everything on your cc....Maybe the fans realize they have no shot with Tavaris Jackson and barely got in the playoffs beating the Gints third team.
    — dragoncjo
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 10:27 AM, 12/31/2008
    Meanwhile, this article graces the site..."Some targeted library branches may be saved." I think the author of this drivel needs to take a visit to one of them before they close and see what writing is about. Pure bunk I tell you.
    — ColeHarbourPhillyFan


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