Lions’ game could be blacked out
Yep, you read that headline right. For a change, the Detroit Lions are having a slight struggle with ticket sales. As of yesterday afternoon, the team needed to sell 3500 more tickets by Thursday at 4:05pm in order to prevent a local blackout of the game.
There are still 3,500 tickets remaining for Sunday’s game with the Minnesota Vikings and if it’s not sold out 72 hours prior to kickoff — 4:05 p.m. Thursday — the game will be blacked out.
It’s possible the Lions might get a 24-hour extension by the league, moving the deadline to 4:05 p.m. Friday.
Fans who want to purchase tickets online can do so by either going to detroitlions.com or ticketmaster.com. The phone number to TicketMaster is 248-645-6666.
If the game fails to sell out, it’d be the first time since moving into Ford Field in 2002.
As much as I’d love for the game to sell out so I could actually watch it on TV, I think it’d be better for the team if it doesn’t sell out. Maybe team owner William Ford would actually take note and if he notices a slight pinch in his pocketbook, maybe he’ll fire Millen?
If you didn’t already know, I’m partaking in my own personal boycott of the Lions in a financial sense. Yes, I do watch the games on TV and blog about the team at MVN’s Lions Den, but I have not and will not buy a ticket to a game (even though I’d like to go) or buy any kind of Lions merchandise/memorabilia until Matt Millen is fired or the team is over .500 at the completion of a season.
Update: The NFL granted the Lions a 24 hour extension so they have until Friday at 4:05pm to sell out (around 2000 tickets are left). If they do not sell out, it would end their 40 game sell out streak.
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September 13th, 2007 at 3:21 pm
Awesome! I’m glad to hear that others are doing the same thing I’ve been doing. I refuse to buy merchandise or attend games until some meaningful effort to improve the product and there is reasonable accountability for eggregious failure. NObody (ok, weather-guessers excepted) keeps their job after the level of failure achieved by MM. I’m rambling. Anyway, glad to hear that others are approaching the Leos this way.
September 14th, 2007 at 7:50 am
Yeah, you definitely aren’t the only one. I have a feeling that some other people are doing it as well. Not that the Lions actually notice my little financial boycott, I feel like I’m being true to myself yet still rooting for the team to succeed.