So if it doesn't sell out.....

[bengaldoug]

Where do we have to go to get away from the blackout? Buying a ticket just isn't in the budget for me after Christmas. Is Springfield outside the blackout area?

 

[bengaldoug]

Where do we have to go to get away from the blackout? Buying a ticket just isn't in the budget for me after Christmas, and I believe in this economy many others are in the same boat. Is Springfield outside the blackout area?

 

[cincygrad]

Tough call..... I think you would need to get 100 or more miles outside of Cincinnati to escape the blackout. That's a lot of gas and whatever food/drink you order wherever you find yourself.

 

[bengaldoug]

Tough call..... I think you would need to get 100 or more miles outside of Cincinnati to escape the blackout. That's a lot of gas and whatever food/drink you order wherever you find yourself.

Still a better deal than laying out a cnote for a ticket and paying PBS prices for beverages and food.....

 

[cincygrad]

BTW -- It will sell out. The local CBS needs that game to be broadcast in the tristate area. There is a TON of money to be made by broadcasting locally.

The ticket sales do not reflect a lack of interest in the Bengals..... I'd say that interest is probably higher than it's been in years. We have an exciting team and there are plenty of locals on the bandwagon. The issue is money. Mike Brown has been selling tickets at 40-50 dollars a pop for regular season games. The NFL mandates that the playoff tickets be 100 bucks. That's a big expense for folks that are dealing with winter bills and still finding spare change to pay off holiday travel/gifts/expenses.

 

[bengaldoug]

BTW -- It will sell out. The local CBS needs that game to be broadcast in the tristate area. There is a TON of money to be made by broadcasting locally.

The ticket sales do not reflect a lack of interest in the Bengals..... I'd say that interest is probably higher than it's been in years. We have an exciting team and there are plenty of locals on the bandwagon. The issue is money. Mike Brown has been selling tickets at 40-50 dollars a pop for regular season games. The NFL mandates that the playoff tickets be 100 bucks. That's a big expense for folks that are dealing with winter bills and still finding spare change to pay off holiday travel/gifts/expenses.

I agree with all this, but I heard tonite on WLW there are still about 8000 tickets left. Thats about an 800k layout for some local company or rich benefactor. I could step up and spend the money for a ticket, but like many others in my position it just wouldn't be the responsible thing to do. I'm really not sure they'll get it done this time.

 

[cincygrad]

I agree with all this, but I heard tonite on WLW there are still about 8000 tickets left. Thats about an 800k layout for some local company or rich benefactor. I could step up and spend the money for a ticket, but like many others in my position it just wouldn't be the responsible thing to do. I'm really not sure they'll get it done this time.

The NFL isn't interested in screwing over local markets because of policies they created. It's also bad for NFL marketing for the headlines about blackouts in three of the four games this weekend. My feeling is that there will be a quiet agreement between the club, the local CBS affiliate, and the NFL. The game will be declared a sell out sometime on Friday afternoon, once ticket sales have completely stopped. There will still be tickets available at ticket office on Saturday and Sunday even though the game is 'sold out.' You'll probably see pockets of the stadium (upper corners) without people on Sunday.

 

[bengaldoug]

I hope you are right. I'd much prefer staying at home with my scotch.

 

[kramer1]

There's no way the game will not be on tv. Too much money. Too much ego.

 

[Skinnyfats]

A few playoff games are not sold out. Green bay, Indianapolis, and Cincinnati. If I was closer than 16 hours I would go.

 

[kramer1]

I wouldn't go if the tickets were free. Too many yahoo's.

 

[DanBengalfan]

8000 tickets to sell in less than 5 hours, it's going to be blacked out.

lexington, dayton, and cincinnati are blacked out, so you can go to louisville or columbus, or just go on that one website ("one less than second row" sports dot eu)

 

[bengaldoug]

8000 tickets to sell in less than 5 hours, it's going to be blacked out.

lexington, dayton, and cincinnati are blacked out, so you can go to louisville or columbus, or just go on that one website ("one less than second row" sports dot eu)

They'll get the extension until Friday, but I don't see it selling out either.

 

[cincygrad]

They'll get the extension until Friday, but I don't see it selling out either.

There just milking ticket sales for as long as possible before announcing the black out lift. It's a certainty.

 

[kramer1]

There just milking ticket sales for as long as possible before announcing the black out lift. It's a certainty.

People are such rubes. They're losing their shit over on bengals.com.

 

[bengaldoug]

There just milking ticket sales for as long as possible before announcing the black out lift. It's a certainty.

Having three of the four wildcard round games blacked out would definitely stir up some serious shit. I'm sure there will be political pressure brought to the NFL over this. That's the only reason the blackouts could get lifted.

 

[DanBengalfan]

whatever happened to network advertising? I guess the advertising isn't worth anything?

 

[NCBengal]

The games will be on TV. The NFL created this problem and they'll fix it. They cannot even sell out Green Bay. So there is no way they black out these games. If they do decide to be dicks about it, then I think Congress gets involved very quickly and hammers the hell of out of them. People are tired of this shit anyways.

 

[Cincyfan78]

I think it's a 50 mile radius? So, probably north of Dayton, south of Lexington?

Just a guess.

 

[kramer1]

Just watch it on your computer.

No worries, Doug. It will be on tv here.