Dec 29, 2008 8:04 pm US/Central
Lots Of Tickets Available For Vikings Playoff Game
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (WCCO) ―
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To avoid a local TV blackout, the team must come close to a sellout by Thursday afternoon. (File)
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The Minnesota Vikings have a challenge off the field this week, too, with approximately 20,000 tickets left for Sunday's playoff game against Philadelphia.
To avoid a local TV blackout, the team must come close to a sellout by Thursday afternoon. Vice president of sales and marketing Steve LaCroix said an extension from the NFL is possible.
The team has reached a virtual sellout for 114 straight games, dating to 1998. Recently, corporate sponsors and the local TV station broadcasting the game have stepped in to help. The most tickets the team has had to sell the week of the game is about 5,000.
LaCroix said that as of Monday afternoon only about 55 percent of 55,000 season-ticket holders had signed up for playoff tickets.
The National Football League didn't raise, and in some cases, lowered the first-round playoff ticket prices because of the poor economic times.
"We feel great today," said fan Bill Dodd. "We're excited. I came down to get tickets for the entire family. We're going to go see them beat up on Philadelphia on Sunday."
"In these economic times, for a family of four to go is pretty expensive, so you hope that you get a good entertainment value for that dollar," Brian Krisko, another Vikings fan said.
Tickets range in price from $30 for upper deck end zone tickets to $160.
"That doesn't seem far off from what their regular season prices are, which seems very fair for a playoff game," Jennifer Krisko said.
Vikings head coach Brad Childress is urging Vikings fans to come to the Metrodome and be the 12th man on the field.
"It's great to have playoff football in this state and it'll be great to host it in the Metrodome because that's a tough, tough, tough venue to come into," Childress said.
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