Packers "optimistic' there will be no playoff blackout· Page 4

mi_keys
Senior Member

10 years ago

Sellout criteria has been met. The game will NOT be blacked out. Not that anyone thought it would.

I think this lack of sell out by the fans really goes to what was said in the division championship thread about us fans being spoiled with success. I think 15 years ago this game sells out within an hour. Being the 5th consecutive year of the Packers in the playoffs, fans have been spoiled.

Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool

Zero, are you the first to report this? I'm not seeing it show up anywhere.

Also, when I go on the ticket exchange, tickets are still available it seems. What's the "sellout criteria" to avoid a blackout?

Born and bred a cheesehead

wpr
Preferred Member

10 years ago

#32

Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool

Zero where did you see this? I have looked at many media outlets and still see the story from yesterday about needing to sell 7500. Was it on GB radio?

Zero2Cool
Elite Member

10 years ago

#33

Originally Posted by: mi_keys

Zero where did you see this? I have looked at many media outlets and still see the story from yesterday about needing to sell 7500. Was it on GB radio?

Originally Posted by: wpr

Yes, Green Bay radio said a corporate sponsor bought the remaining ~$7,000 tickets.

This does not mean you can't get tickets yet because I'm sure the agreement was something like "at 3:35pm we will buy the remaining tickets, but continue to try and sell as many as you can" or something like that to ensure a full sellout prior to the 3:40pm deadline.

You probably won't read about it because the big story is the rabid Packers fans aren't buying up PLAYOFF TICKETS. On the D-List they are still talking about a potential blackout even though they acknowledge all tickets have been sold. Why? Because it's a story.

Packers Sponsors
http://www.packers.com/fan-zone/sponsors.html

NFL Blackout Policies
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League_television_blackout_policies

wpr
Preferred Member

10 years ago

#34

Originally Posted by: mi_keys

keys you are quicker than I am or I did more looking before coming back here. [grin1]
The ticket exchange doesn't count because those tickets were already sold. NFL doesn't care about you trying to resell your tickets and getting stuck with them. They have their bucket of gold already.

I wondered what the "criteria" was too. I figure a sellout is a sellout. Maybe the NFL says it has to be 90 or 95% of capacity. Since they arbitrarily set the rules for blackouts they can call a stadium that is 90% full a sellout if they want.

wpr
Preferred Member

10 years ago

#35

Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool

I know they are making progress. Last night "best available" I could get seats in section 106. It was 56 rows up which is almost the top of the original bowl. This morning the tickets were in section 300 and something toward the top of the section. Most likely they still have the new addition 600 and 700 sections to go.

Zero2Cool
Elite Member

10 years ago

#36

Starting to question my hearing and listening comprehension skills. I swear they said corporate sponsor BOUGHT all remaining tickets and guaranteed no blackout. I heard them say it more than once, but even Rob says Packers aren't saying squat?

I wonder if Packers were told not to announce the corporate sponsor buying up the last tickets in hopes fans buy them ultimately saving the sponsor money?

mi_keys
Senior Member

10 years ago

#37

Originally Posted by: wpr

I misspoke. I was on ticketmaster on what I understand to be the face value, primary market tickets as there is a separate tab for resale where the ticket options are different. Of course, if I'm mistaken in this someone please correct me.

And Zero, thanks for the additional feedback. I guess we'll have to wait and see. It's not uncommon for a team's corporate sponsors to buy up tickets prior to a blackout deadline to prevent a blackout. I seem to recall it happening a bunch in St. Louis when I lived there.

And bottom line, I agree with you that the story is the fact that we didn't sell this out immediately. It's shocking and really disappointing. We sell out family night in minutes for crying out loud, and we can't sell out a home playoff game? I don't know if it's us being spoiled by success, the weather, not expecting to be in the playoffs, or whatever else it could be but it's shocking.

Born and bred a cheesehead

Zero2Cool
Elite Member

10 years ago

#38

Originally Posted by: mi_keys

Selling out Family Night is not that difficult. It's geared for kids. It's also one of the warmest months of the year. It doesn't follow Christmas. While I believe it is a story, I am extremely annoyed that radio stations like 540 are talking about it only and not discussing the game. The D-List guys are ranting idiots to begin with for the sole sake of being contrarians and I only listen to them because they randomly have Jason Wilde. I have to find another station.

cheeseheads123
Member

10 years ago

#39

So let me get this right. You have to prepay for Packers playoff tickets? Even when they had like a 10 percent chance of making it?

Zero2Cool
Elite Member

10 years ago

#40

So let me get this right. You have to prepay for Packers playoff tickets? Even when they had like a 10 percent chance of making it?

Originally Posted by: cheeseheads123

Previously, you had two options when you put your money down for the playoff tickets if Packers failed to qualify for playoffs.
A: push the money forward next seasons tickets
B: refund

Option B was eliminated this year.

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