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#1 ciudadcentral

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Posted 17 September 2009 - 10:08 PM

http://www.usatoday....l-tickets_N.htm

Bears tickets range from $68.00 to $350.00. They expect no blackouts this fall.

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Posted 17 September 2009 - 10:27 PM

http://www.usatoday....l-tickets_N.htm

Bears tickets range from $68.00 to $350.00. They expect no blackouts this fall.

I love the picture they use in the article as well. A Detroit Lions preseason game...i mean come on; do you expect to attend a game where your team will lose, it doesn't count and basically the local Meijer supplied the players.
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#3 joey

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Posted 18 September 2009 - 09:22 AM

http://www.usatoday....l-tickets_N.htm

Bears tickets range from $68.00 to $350.00. They expect no blackouts this fall.


having lived in pittsburgh and chicago, the concept of an NFL team NOT selling out every single game ever was new to me until a couple years ago, when my sister told me the jags are often blacked out in Jacksonville. They even have promotions like "pay for six games, get the entire season!"

can you imagine a billboard in chicago with a promotion like that for the bears on it?

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Posted 18 September 2009 - 10:11 AM

having lived in pittsburgh and chicago, the concept of an NFL team NOT selling out every single game ever was new to me until a couple years ago, when my sister told me the jags are often blacked out in Jacksonville. They even have promotions like "pay for six games, get the entire season!"

can you imagine a billboard in chicago with a promotion like that for the bears on it?


Can you imagine one with a promotion for the Fire on it?

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Posted 18 September 2009 - 01:42 PM

The economy doesn't mean shit when it comes to the NFL even if that's what sportswriters and the NFL want people to believe. All of the teams, my Lions included, that aren't selling out are teams that suck or are expected to suck. The economy in the Detroit area has sucked for years and last year was the first time they had trouble selling tickets.

People will not spend a minumum of $50 on a ticket to see shit. Period.




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