Stay on top of all the postseason action with FanHouse's NFL playoff coverage.The Minnesota Vikings front office has been sweating bullets all week. They are trying like crazy to sell the remaining tickets for Sunday's NFC Wild Card game against the Philadelphia Eagles.
At the start of the week, there were some 20,000 tickets left. By Wednesday, they were down to 11,000. The NFL's blackout deadline of Thursday was extended, and the Vikings were down to 3,100 or so tickets by Friday.
They have until 3:30pm Central time Saturday to sell what's left. If they do it, they'll have accomplished it without leaning on a corporate buyout of the remaining seats. Here's Vikings vice president of sales Steve Lacroix:
"There's no corporate buyout in our back pocket, whether it be a company or Fox. It's got to be through our fans and through our sales channels on that end."Knowing that they're in a bit of a pickle, the Vikings called on resident loudmouth and cheapshot artist Jared Allen to, well, beg for help.
Apparently, the Vikings thought it would be a good idea to put a guy who just got a $74 million contract in front of a camera to beg people to buy tickets that range up to $160.
Did I mention the economy isn't very good right now?
No wonder they haven't sold the game out.
Shocking that the message hasn't resonated. Perhaps Jared Allen should consider buying up the remaining tickets. After all, if you assume that the average ticket is around $100, that's a $310,000 price tag, a drop in the bucket for Allen.
By the way, if you live in the Twin Cities, here is the lineup you can expect on the local FOX station if the game doesn't sell out:
3 p.m. Fox pregameThat Digital TV Special oughta be riveting. Enjoy!
3:30 p.m. Digital TV special
4 p.m. Law & Order: SVU
5-6:30 p.m. News
6:30 p.m. Fox postgame show
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
1-02-2009 @ 11:27PM
Redpill said...
of course they are not selling tickets there fan's don't want to see eagles beat them.
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1-03-2009 @ 4:21PM
Dean said...
Cheapshot artist? What a crock! This is cheapshot journalism. Brucie, you're clueless!
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1-03-2009 @ 12:08AM
Brandon said...
Dean where do you get your info? You of all people should know to research the garbage you write before you post it. Allen is no "cheap shot artist" Go back and watch the tapes Sally.
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1-03-2009 @ 10:18AM
Paul Revere said...
Who cares! Only the true football enthusiast! Bring the Patriots here and then I'll buy 3,100 tickets and give them to my friends in New England. Thank You Very Much
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1-03-2009 @ 10:25AM
Cedric said...
How about the Players/Team buy tickets and give them to some deserving organization to hand out. My Wife and are both working and we don't make in a year what some of these guys make in a single game. Pay that kind of money to watch them HA!
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1-03-2009 @ 10:50AM
Sports Fan said...
Why not put them on ebay? $2 is better than $0.
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1-03-2009 @ 11:54AM
mizzouwi said...
Because the NFL keeps moviing the "deadline" (HA!), the Viqueens deadline will fade away and no blackout imposed. What kind of Viqueen "fans" are they when they won't even go indoors to watch the game? Just wait until they have an open air stadium...what kind of "fans" will we see then?
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1-03-2009 @ 1:25PM
Beyer said...
Cheap-shot? Man, I have had it with Minnesota. You piss on your best franchise all the time, you won't lift a finger to keep the team, you bitch about the players pay but allow your state to tax you into oblivion to pay for everything except what you want...a stadium! Ciskie, your journalistic insight makes people dumber. Wow that really shook-em up! How provocative! How profound! I can't believe they pay you. Honestly, are you still writing for the High School paper? If your state loses the Vikings, I'm at the point where I say congrat's to the Wilfs and good riddance to Ciskie and and all the other losers that can't see a good thing for what it is. Have fun watching High School hockey.
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1-03-2009 @ 3:32PM
Skippy said...
Here's a thought Vikings...LOWER THE FRIGGIN' TICKET PRICES!!!!
Not sure if these professional sports people realize it, but a lot of people are hurting financially and the thousand or so spent on a football game might be better off spent on, you know, food.
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1-03-2009 @ 4:03PM
Dean said...
Brandon, are you friggin serious? I KNOW ALLEN IS NOT A CHEAPSHOT ARTIST!! Did you read what I wrote? Read it again. I told the author of that stupid comment that he was clueless, spewing cheapshot journalism.
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1-04-2009 @ 11:23AM
Dean said...
And Missouwi, you're an idiot! True Viking fans are waiting for the day we get an oper-air stadium. True Viking fans will come when they build it. To the best of my knowledge, Missouri doesn't even have a professional team, so go lay down and cuddle up in your urine stained baby blanket!
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