September 9, 200917 yr I drove by a bar is southgate that had a sign out front that said Please buy bengals tickets. Thought it was kinda funny. I saw that too...
September 9, 200917 yr Anyone heard how close they are to selling out? Only got about 24 more hours. It's going to be a shame to lose the sellout streak.
September 9, 200917 yr Bengals are getting desperate on these ticket sales. They are raffling off a chance to Ustream with OchoCinco if you buy a ticket today.
September 9, 200917 yr If its blacked out I THINK we will get one game on TV @ 1 and one @ 4. That's why, unless you go to the games each week, it usually sucks to be an NFL fan in an NFL city. I remember when I lived in Pikeville, their cable got so many different network feeds I could watch about 10 or so different games some Sundays during the 1/4 p.m. blocks.
September 9, 200917 yr I emailed a guy at WKYT. He said that if the game wasn't a sell out, then they would be showing Indy and Jacksonville. He said as of yesterday there was only 5000 remaining tickets and that they felt like they would get them sold. If they are close in the morning, they can file for an extension that could grant them another 24 hrs to get it done.
September 9, 200917 yr Author I emailed a guy at WKYT. He said that if the game wasn't a sell out, then they would be showing Indy and Jacksonville. He said as of yesterday there was only 5000 remaining tickets and that they felt like they would get them sold. If they are close in the morning, they can file for an extension that could grant them another 24 hrs to get it done. :thumb: I'm really hoping they pull it off. My Dad doesn't ask for too much, but to watch the Bengals play on Sunday.
September 10, 200917 yr Author I'm not in the Tri-State area. Has there been any updates about the sell out on the news circuits?
September 10, 200917 yr I'm not in the Tri-State area. Has there been any updates about the sell out on the news circuits? I believe they said they had until today at Noon & that they were one of 15 teams seeking an extension. Not sure if that's accurate or not, because 15 teams would be virtually every home team in the NFL, wouldn't it? Pretty sure that's what they said on the local news last night, though.
September 10, 200917 yr The Bengals Got the extension: http://cincinnati.com/blogs/bengals/ The NFL has granted the Bengals a 24-hour extension in hopes that Sunday’s opener against the Broncos will sellout and continue a 44-game sellout streak of regular-season and postseason games. Bengals ticket manager Andrew Brown continued the weeklong line of saying “a few thousand” seats are still available. When pressed, Brown did say less than 5,000 seats remained but had no comment when asked if under 4,000 were left. The game now must be sold out by 1 p.m. on Friday in order for it to be aired in Southwest Ohio and Northern Kentcky. Three stations - WKRC (Ch. 12) in Cincinnati, WHIO (Ch. 7) in Dayton and WKYT (Ch. 27) in Lexington would be blacked out if the game is not sold out. The nearest market to air the game would be Columbus. Lexington falls beyond the 75-mile radius, but is considered a Bengals primary market. ”We know it’s important for all our fans to have our games available on live local television,” Bengals executive vice president Katie Blackburn said in a statement. “And of course, we’re excited about the prospect of having a full house cheering for us when we take the field against the Broncos, so we are making every effort to reach this goal.” The last Bengals game that was blacked out was Nov. 9, 2003, against Houston. During the past week, the Bengals have announced a partnership with the United Way and had offensive tackle Andrew Whitworth and linebacker Keith Rivers do interviews with radio and TV to try and drum up support. Not even the success of “Hard Knocks: Training Camp” has been able to help. The Bengals-Broncos game is one of as many as six that could be blacked out league wide. If the game is blacked out, even fans who subscribe to DirecTV’s NFL Sunday Ticket, who pay nearly $250 for the season-long package, will not be able to watch the game locally. The NFL did announce on Thursday that games in blacked out markets will be shown on NFL.com in their entirety on a delayed basis for free. The games though would not be available until 12:01 a.m. on Monday and would remain available for 72 hours (except during ESPN Monday Night Football telecasts). ”We understand that the economy is limiting some families and corporations from buying as many game tickets as they had previously,” said NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell in a statement. “These free re-broadcasts on NFL.com will allow our fans that can’t get to a blacked-out game an opportunity to see the entire game.”
September 10, 200917 yr The Bengals Got the extension: http://cincinnati.com/blogs/bengals/ The NFL has granted the Bengals a 24-hour extension in hopes that Sunday’s opener against the Broncos will sellout and continue a 44-game sellout streak of regular-season and postseason games. Bengals ticket manager Andrew Brown continued the weeklong line of saying “a few thousand” seats are still available. When pressed, Brown did say less than 5,000 seats remained but had no comment when asked if under 4,000 were left. The game now must be sold out by 1 p.m. on Friday in order for it to be aired in Southwest Ohio and Northern Kentcky. Three stations - WKRC (Ch. 12) in Cincinnati, WHIO (Ch. 7) in Dayton and WKYT (Ch. 27) in Lexington would be blacked out if the game is not sold out. The nearest market to air the game would be Columbus. Lexington falls beyond the 75-mile radius, but is considered a Bengals primary market. ”We know it’s important for all our fans to have our games available on live local television,” Bengals executive vice president Katie Blackburn said in a statement. “And of course, we’re excited about the prospect of having a full house cheering for us when we take the field against the Broncos, so we are making every effort to reach this goal.” The last Bengals game that was blacked out was Nov. 9, 2003, against Houston. During the past week, the Bengals have announced a partnership with the United Way and had offensive tackle Andrew Whitworth and linebacker Keith Rivers do interviews with radio and TV to try and drum up support. Not even the success of “Hard Knocks: Training Camp” has been able to help. The Bengals-Broncos game is one of as many as six that could be blacked out league wide. If the game is blacked out, even fans who subscribe to DirecTV’s NFL Sunday Ticket, who pay nearly $250 for the season-long package, will not be able to watch the game locally. The NFL did announce on Thursday that games in blacked out markets will be shown on NFL.com in their entirety on a delayed basis for free. The games though would not be available until 12:01 a.m. on Monday and would remain available for 72 hours (except during ESPN Monday Night Football telecasts). ”We understand that the economy is limiting some families and corporations from buying as many game tickets as they had previously,” said NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell in a statement. “These free re-broadcasts on NFL.com will allow our fans that can’t get to a blacked-out game an opportunity to see the entire game.” THE reason you will not see the black-out rule changed.
September 10, 200917 yr Author CC, Thank you for the information. I guess this time tomorrow, we shall know.
September 10, 200917 yr Blackouts 101 per Joe Reedy's Blog Since the latest questions flowing into the inbox the last two days have been about the amount of tickets remaining and blackouts, I figured now would be as good a time as any to review the NFL blackout rules for the first time since 2003. If the game is not sold out by 1 p.m. on Thursday (72 hours prior to kickoff) and the Bengals do not get a 24-hour extension, the game will be blacked out within a 75-mile radius of Paul Brown Stadium. For you folks in Lexington, even though the station tower is 75 miles beyond Paul Brown Stadium, you are blacked out too because you are considered a Bengals primary market. Even if you have the NFL Sunday Ticket and you live within the radius, the game will be blacked out (if you’re a Bengals fan in say, Houston, you’re safe). Also, this is not like the two preseason games where those were shown on tape delay. There will be no tape delay. You will not see it at all. And for those hoping that Channel 12 comes in at the last moment and buys all the tickets, there are too many available at the moment. Even if all the tickets were in the lowest-costing levels, Channel 12 would have to spend over $300,000 to buy those seats. The folks at Channel 12 have a number in mind, but it isn’t one. It is well under 1,000. Your only options to see the game after a blackout is imposed? Drive to a sports bar in Columbus or Louisville, hope one of your friends outside of a 75-mile radius has a Slingbox and DirecTV with The Sunday Ticket (so you can watch it on your computer) or try finding another outlet to watch the game on the computer (which will mean getting resourceful). Otherwise it’s get ready for our live chat at Cincinnati.Com at 1 p.m. on Sunday along with listening to the game on the radio with Brad and Lap.
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