Falcons Slash Prices to Avoid Blackout

The Falcons are offering a cut-rate product on the field, so it makes sense that they're cutting their prices.

In an attempt to avoid a television blackout, Atlanta is offering tickets for $10 off. Considering how bad last year was, and the low expectations for this year, the fact that the team only has 2,500 tickets left is actually a very good sign that the Falcons marketing department is doing a bang-up job.

When you consider that the Vikings are offering cut-rate tickets to their opener--and they're a likely playoff team, it makes the Falcons' efforts look even better.

Actually the fact that their slogan acknowledges that last year was a disaster, makes me respect them even more: the e-mail pushing the $10 off slogan included this line:

A packed house. A shiny new Dome. And a team you can be proud of. All we need now ... is YOU!"

Admittedly, the Falcons will probably have several games later in the year that are impossible to sellout, but with a team that appears to be headed in the right direction (even if it's a long way from playoff contention) and the likelihood that no members of this year's team will end up in a federal penitentiary, there's reason for hope.