Posted on 01/02/2014 9:17:29 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- The deadline is approaching and available tickets are still plentiful for the Green Bay Packers playoff game Sunday against the San Francisco 49ers.
As of Wednesday night, the Packers announced that there are "less than 7,500 tickets" remaining. Earlier that morning, there were 8,500 tickets left to sell, meaning that approximately 1,000 tickets were sold throughout the entire day.
The storied franchise is now facing a situation that it never expected to be in: the possibility of a television blackout in the Green Bay and Milwaukee viewing areas.
NFL policy states that a game needs to be sold out 72 hours prior to kickoff, which sets the final clock for 3:40 p.m. CT on Thursday.
A Packers spokesperson said teams can ask for an extension from the NFL, but the current plan from the team is to wait until Thursday to decide whether to make such a request.
The weather is likely playing a significant factor for fans, as projections for Sunday have temperatures at or below zero degrees. The temperature could drop as low as negative-15 degrees by the second half, at which point the sun will have set in Green Bay.
It seems unthinkable that the Packers, a franchise with a season-ticket waiting list that recently boasted more than 100,000 fans, would struggle to pack Lambeau Field for a postseason game. The threat is very real now, though, that seeing the game in person might be the only way for fans in the Green Bay and Milwaukee areas to watch it.
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Maybe it is time to move the season earlier by one month.
Thanks for the info. That seems to be the problem.
. . . and that means absolutely nothing to people that go to Pack playoff games and live in Milwaukee, Chitown and GB - however - it means a world of pain to people from Frisco. (teehee)
Hahaha!
Demands for money for playoff tix went out back when it appeared the Packers would not make the playoffs - so much of their fanbase simply didn’t pay. That explains their biggest fans not showing up.
Beyond that though, add on the high cost of tix, parking, concessions, the over-the-top security, the constant, nanny-state harping at stadiums on not-smoking, not drinking, supporting this or that cause, PLUS 0 Deg. Weather, and I say the NFL can stuff it.
Amateurs. I just saw on my AccuWeather that our predicted high on Sunday is -20 here in Northern Minnesota.
I hope there is no blackout. I was looking forward to sitting by the pool, watching the game and drinking a Margarita. We get thirsty down here in Florida, don’t ‘ya know.
Rush was just talking about this on his show. He wants algore, barry and other leftists to sit in the front row for the entire game and then give a talk about gore bull warming.
for later edification
yeah....saw that after I posted....cold out.
I am not a fan. I will watch the playoffs and the Superduper bowl.... but I do not follow during the season.
if I am going to go out and freeze....it has to be with me with a deer rifle in my hand. to sit there and watch a football game in those temperatures is something I will never do.
Bengals still need to sell about 8000 tickets.
They have a taxpayer paid stadium, but they also have a sweetheart contract signed by Cincy’s less than cagey politicians that gives absolutely no consideration whatsoever to Cincy fans.
If I’m not mistaken KC sold out every home game this season. I skipped the Denver game because seats in the stratosphere were going for $350 a piece.
What is the wind going to be like? The cold you can barely prepare for with clothing and boot heaters, but the wind is a deal killer for me.
I sat on the upper deck front row for a Chiefs game once where the wind chill was -10. It was unbearable by half time. Frost bite to the face was what I was trying to avoid and I didn’t bring large snow goggles.
I lived in Madison for several years and I made it up to a couple of Packers games, but when that snow and cold are present, it’s a tough hall.
Gee, do you think the price might be too high. Several hundred dollars to watch a football game is ridiculous. It is amazing that they sold as many tickets as they did.
Don’t blame you a bit. As for me, I don’t watch the playoffs until they are Packer-free. And Sunday will probably be spent trying to keep warm. :)
At the end of Sunday afternoon's games it sounded like the Red Zone host was saying the end of season thank yous and good byes. He didn't explicitly say it was the end of the year, but there's not much reason for the Red Zone when only one game is being played at a time.
You’re right. :)
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