Bengals granted extension to sellout game against the Baltimore Ravens

by Josh Kirkendall on Nov 5, 2009 3:34 PM EST in Analysis

Anytime you go three for three, that's really good. Unless the subject is rejection from women. But batting 1.000 is good by most standards. So far the Bengals have had three games that didn't sellout by the deadline (the third being against the Ravens). Cincinnati was granted a 24-hour extension to sell 3,000 tickets with the new deadline being 1 PM on Friday.

Said Bengals ticket sales manager Andrew Brown in a statement: “We still have approximately 3000 tickets to sell, so it’s by no means assured we can avert a blackout. But we are pleased to have the chance for some great closing sales to keep our sellout streak alive.”

Through seven games, Bengals ratings locally are up 36 percent with a 33.9 rating and 58 percent market share (it was 25.0/49 last year). That is the second biggest increase in the league with Arizona leading at 37 percent.

After not selling out either preseason game for the first time since 2005, the Bengals went down to the wire in order to sell out the regular-season opener against Denver when the team, Kroger and WKRC-TV (Channel 12) bought the remaining tickets. For the Houston game, Motorola bought the remaining tickets.

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i’m not sure they can keep rallying like this…..especially for KC and DET

3 yards and a pile of dust

by Hudepohl Dey on Nov 5, 2009 3:41 PM EST reply actions

Here comes Chad Carson Benson to buy the rest of the tickets...

by jsl413 on Nov 5, 2009 3:48 PM EST reply actions

This is kind of embarassing

by WhoDeyDerek on Nov 5, 2009 5:21 PM EST reply actions

Yeah, this is but,

what is more embarrassing is all of the people that don’t have jobs that used to go to the games. I know of a few people. I for one, was laid off for 3 months over the summer and had to close my wallet for a while. It’s the economy that is actually doing this.

by WHYUS!! on Nov 5, 2009 6:10 PM EST up reply actions

Yeah, I understand that.

The economy meltdown has hit Ohio really hard. The only states that are hurting as bad or worse are Michigan and Florida. Here’s an interesting thought:

The only games that we have sold out this year without the help of Kroger or Motorola were the Pittsburgh and Chicago games. The reason we sold out these games were because of the other team’s fan bases. So while we can point our fingers at the economy, I think we can also point a finger at the Ravens fan base for not helping us sell out this game.

Yeah, it’s pretty bad when you have to rely on the opposing fan base to sell out your game. But Pittsburgh and Chicago did it. Why can’t Baltimore?

by WhoDeyDerek on Nov 5, 2009 6:23 PM EST up reply actions

i particularly like that brand of tortured logic.

stupid ravens bandwagon fans! sell out our stadium for us!

i'm going to go america all over your ass!

by Raging Clue on Nov 5, 2009 7:45 PM EST up reply actions

Who wouldn't want a bunch of the opponents fans in our stadium?

by UpStateMike on Nov 6, 2009 12:25 AM EST up reply actions

i'm not embarrassed at all...

i’ve had to defend our fans to out of market fans who don’t understand that our economy is bad and people are poor.

this is a HUGE game and our bandwagon is overflowing. it’s not like people aren’t going because they don’t believe in the bengals. plus, this is the third time we haven’t been able to sell out by the deadline, so to me it’s not simply a matter of support (or lack thereof). it’s $$$$ (or lack thereof).

by GrooveLeg on Nov 6, 2009 10:25 AM EST up reply actions