twincities.com - 1/1/2009
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As of noon Thursday, there were about 8,000 tickets left for Sunday's Vikings playoff game against Philadelphia at the Metrodome. That represents a significant hurdle, and it's looking more likely that the Vikings will need a dramatic turn to avoid a local TV blackout of the game. Vikings vice ...
JARED ALLEN “BEGS” VIKINGS FANS TO BUY TICKETS
profootballtalk.com 1/2/2009 — The man who was begging Minnesotans to not eat turkeys prior to Thanksgiving is now begging them to devote their Christmas money to the purchase of playoff tickets.
In a video posted on the team’s official web site, Allen makes the case for fans ...
Bengals won't raise prices of tickets in 2009
cincyjungle.com 12/25/2008 — The Vikings, Jaguars, Chargers and Saints have all announced that ticket prices will remain the same in 2009, as they were in 2008. The Cincinnati Bengals Tuesday announced the same thing. We think this has less to do with an overall "we don't ...
45 PERCENT OF VIKINGS’ SEASON-TICKET HOLDERS PASS ON PLAYOFF TICKETS
profootballtalk.com 12/30/2008 — On Monday, various Vikings fans took issue in the comments with our decision to point out the fact that 20,000 seats remain for Sunday’s playoff game against the Eagles.
Some thought that it was misleading to suggest that the availability of so ...
Disappointment and Attendence
pacifistviking.blogspot.com 12/30/2008 — I decided not to attend the Viking-Giant game this past weekend (I didn't have tickets, but like Walter in The Big Lebowski can get you a toe, Viking tickets aren't hard to get). Whether I attended the game or not, I was going to be devastated if the ...
Vikings Fans Buy 9,000 More Tickets, 11,000 Still To Go
nfl.fanhouse.com 1/1/2009 — by JJ Cooper In the past two days, the Minnesota Vikings have sold 9,000 tickets to Sunday's Eagles' playoff game. Normally that would be good news, but after nearly 45 percent of season ticket holders decided not to buy playoff tickets, the Vikings ...
8,000 tix remain for Vikings Eagles playoff game
bleedinggreennation.com 1/2/2009 — The Vikings have until tomorrow to sell 8,000 tickets or the playoff game could be blacked out in the Twin Cities.
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP)—Plenty of good seats are still available for Minnesota’s playoff game against Philadelphia.
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Eagles Vs. Vikings Wild Card Weekend
nychalktalk.com 1/4/2009 — Eagles Vs. Vikings- Donovan McNabb, Brian Westbrook, and the Philadelphia Eagles travel to Minnesota to face Adrian Peterson and the Vikings in this NFC matchup. The Eagles beat up on the Dallas Cowboys in week 17, 44-6 to lock up the last NFC wild card. The Vikings on the other hand, beat the ...
No Blackout —
The Viking Age | A Blog For Minnesota Vikings Fans
The Vikings announced that they have sold the last 3,100 tickets they needed to sell to keep the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area from suffering a TV blackout. So all you folks who were planning to drop in on friends or perhaps find a bar in Duluth (where the game was going to be televised no ...
VIKINGS AVOID BLACKOUT —
ProFootballTalk.com
The Minnesota Vikings have announced that their first home playoff game in eight years will be broadcast locally.
The Vikings have managed to sell all remaining non-premium tickets, after getting two extensions of the 72-hour deadline for getting the tickets sold.
The game will be the teams ...
Vikes Get Another T-V Blackout Extension —
Vikings Gab
The Vikings have until three-thirty this afternoon to sell the remaining tickets for Sunday’s playoff game against Philadelphia — or face a television blackout. The NFL granted Minnesota a second 24-hour extension yesterday. There were still about 31-hundred tickets left to sell ...
Ticket Update —
Pacifist Viking
Access Vikings reports there are 3,100 tickets left to sell to avoid a blackout, but the NFL has given the Vikings another extension to 24 hours before kickoff. As I previously noted , the cheapest tickets are sold out, and only expensive tickets are left (Judd Zulgad says there are $80 ...
VIKINGS GET SECOND EXTENSION —
ProFootballTalk.com
Beg on, Jared Allen. The Vikings got a second extension from the NFL on Friday afternoon so they can try to sell out the Metrodome and avoid a television blackout of the game in the Twin Cities.
The Vikings said they have 3,100 tickets remaining for the game, which must be sold by 3:30 p.m. on ...
Vikings Have Till 3:30 Today to Sell Out Playoff Game —
Vikings Gab
From: Star Tribune
The NFL gave the Vikings a deadline of 3:30 p.m. today to sell their remaining 8,000 tickets for Sunday’s playoff game against Philadelphia, but a ruling by the league in a different market might indicate the Vikings could get more time to avoid a TV blackout. The NFL ...
Friday Ticket Bullets (Cardinals, Vikings) —
TicketStumbler.com
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Cardinals and Vikings Try to Avoid Blackout
New York Times - United States
The Vikings said Thursday night that they were still 8000 tickets short of a sellout, and the Cardinals need to sell 3700. Normally, a team must register a …
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Vikings Face Television Blackout —
East Coast Bias
There are over 11,000 unsold tickets for this weekend's Eagles at Vikings Wild Card Game, meaning the game will likely not be seen on television in the Twin Cities market. It has been 11,681 days * since January 9, 1977, when the Vikings lost their fourth (and final) Super Bowl to the Raiders ...
Vikings Blackout Avoided–You Can Watch the Playoffs! —
InGameNow
When I first heard about the possibility of a Vikings blackout, I thought about how cool that would be for fans out in Minnesota. At college games we had blackouts for big occasions to get that energetic stadium effect with an electric crowd wearing free black t-shirts.
Then I realized ...
Vikings Playoff Game NOT Blacked Out! —
VikeVision
Rejoice local Vikings fans! We will not have to drive to Duluth to catch tomorrow’s Vikings game against the Eagles, as the team “sold out” the game before the 3:30 pm deadline today. I was on the fence as to whether I would have purchased some tickets (I was prepped to do so, ...
No Blackout —
Pacifist Viking
The Star Tribune reports that the Viking-Eagle playoff game will be televised. I will be at the game, screaming and hollering for the Vikings.
‘MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT” FROM VIKINGS COMING —
ProFootballTalk.com
At a time when the tea leaves (or, as the case may be, the TVGuide.com leaves) indicate that the Vikings will avoid the embarrassment of a local blackout for their first home playoff game in eight years, the Vikings plan to make a “major announcement” at 4:30 p.m. EST.
Surely, the ...
VIKES AVOID BLACKOUT? —
ProFootballTalk.com
It appears that, in the end, enough Minnesota residents opted at the urging of Jared Allen to part ways with their “cashish.”
There are indications, from an unusual source, that the Minnesota Vikings might have avoided a blackout of their home playoff game against the Eagles.
A ...
How could Jared Allen help you??? —
Bear Goggles On | A Chicago Bears Blog
The Minnesota Vikings had to resort to begging to try to sell out their home playoff game and keep it from being blacked out locally with this Jared Allen video . HOW PATHETIC!!! Can you imagine this happening in Chicago?!?! I’ve got an idea Jared. How about you blow the dust off your ...
One blackout averted, one pending —
SPORTS COUCH POTATO
We have to wonder whether the possible TV playoff blackout this weekend in Minnesota and one that was narrowly averted in Arizona are due to fan apathy, the badgered economy or some combination of both. The Arizona Cardinals needed two 24-hour extensions from the NFL to finally sell out ...
Vikings Still Facing Blackout; Jared Allen Resorts to Begging —
FanHouse
by Bruce Ciskie 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 ...
