UPDATE: Bengals Home Opener Declared A Sellout

by Josh Kirkendall on Sep 16, 2010 11:43 AM EDT

UPDATE: Just as we updated the "Bengals tickets" file, Joe Reedy and Geoff Hobson tweet that the Bengals game this weekend against the Ravens has been "declared a sellout".

It's not critical. At least not yet. The season is too young to start throwing apocalyptic phrases of doom with miles of vegetation being wiped out, water contamination that crates fish with ten eyes during a time when humans form rival tribes with awesome Gary Oldman villainous intimidation. Wait, is that the blind man that can actually see?

So let's call it important, as most games in the NFL are important. But this is also against an important divisional opponent, who will try standing in Cincinnati's way from repeating as AFC North champions for the first time since the early 80s.

Even so, the game isn't sold out. The Enquirer's Kevin Goheen writes that a "limited number of tickets" remain unsold for this Sunday. With the deadline being this Thursday at 1 p.m., the Bengals home opener could be blacked out locally. Though it's likely the team will request a 24-hour extension from the NFL, provided there's a chance that the remaining tickets sellout, but it's still surprising that the team is still struggling to sell tickets.

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there's probably tickets available, but

both the bengals and reedy tweeted that it’s officially a “sell-out”

but that just means the stadium has to be sold at what, like 90% or something?

RIP Slim.

by brandone on Sep 16, 2010 11:22 AM EDT reply actions

Figures.

It’s declared just as this post goes up.

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by Josh Kirkendall on Sep 16, 2010 11:39 AM EDT up reply actions

honestly not surprising

Small city by NFL standards … haven’t won a playoff game in 20 years and haven’t had consecutive winning seasons in 27 years… were manhandled in the playoffs and played barely good enough in their last couple regular season home games to beat the detroits and the KC’S … and followed that by getting crushed last week. Why would you expect unconditional support after all that? Only vampire Al Davis runs a worse franchise.

by occams_tiger_teeth on Sep 16, 2010 11:38 AM EDT reply actions

RE:

I guess you’re not seeing it from my perspective. If we were playing the Chiefs on week 11 and we were barely over .500, then sure, you’re argument might hold weight. But…

- Season home opener.
- Division rival against Baltimore
- First game after the team came off a playoff season

I just thought it would generate more interest.

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by Josh Kirkendall on Sep 16, 2010 11:47 AM EDT up reply actions

it just goes to show you the effect of the economy.

i went to the game last week.
2 tickets – 160
2 train tickets to stadium – 30
4 beers – 40
sandwich and fries – 15

so for my girlfriend and i, it was 245 total for 1 game where they got destroyed. not hard to decide how to spend your money. i don’t have a mortgage, car payment, or kids. i have rent and student loan payments. so i can make a game or 2, but i can’t expect everyone to do the same.

RIP Slim.

by brandone on Sep 16, 2010 11:54 AM EDT up reply actions

It's really a crime how expensive the stadium food is.

10 dollars per beer?

The whole “no outside food” thing pretty much creates a monopoly on food and drinks at the stadium, but not an illegal monopoly. It really is an ingenius tactic for NFL stadiums to make money off of, it just sucks for the fans.

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by sexsalad on Sep 16, 2010 11:58 AM EDT up reply actions

would love to see the fans sue the nfl for anti-trust issues from the no outside food

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by palewook on Sep 16, 2010 12:00 PM EDT up reply actions

There's no way that would go through in court.

Just no way.

The NFL could come up with some other reason that they don’t allow outside food. They could easily spin it into some sort of health issue or a number of other things.

"Before I write I let my mind go blind and let the Lord do His thing. " -Tupac Shakur

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by sexsalad on Sep 16, 2010 12:04 PM EDT up reply actions

Bringing in beer

When the Colts were at Memorial Stadium we used stop at the bar and get our Igloo coolers filled and carry them into the games.

by TheShadow on Sep 16, 2010 6:57 PM EDT up reply actions

i mean i was drinking the "large beer"

but still. 10 bucks for a 22 oz. i can get 4 40 oz for that. know what i mean?

OE 800 represent!

just kidding. i’m a huge craft beer fan and i could get 2 or 3 22s of really good beer for the price of one at the game.

RIP Slim.

by brandone on Sep 16, 2010 2:47 PM EDT up reply actions

If we were talking about 1996

after a (hypothetical) return the playoffs in1995… yeah maybe.

At this point most Bengals fans who’ve been paying attention for the better part of half or more of their lives are used to seeing things like last week’s blowout and saying “here we go again”.

by occams_tiger_teeth on Sep 16, 2010 6:01 PM EDT up reply actions

either that or you have learned to just not care when they lose anymore.

by Diesel2405 on Sep 16, 2010 6:35 PM EDT up reply actions

we lose this game and we're 3 games behind the ravens

and have to play the last week of the season in baltimore at playoff time. we lose this game and we’re not making the playoffs. unless the ravens suffer some major injuries, like lewis, flacco, or rice are lost for the season.

it’s early in the season, but this is a must win game for later in the season.

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by palewook on Sep 16, 2010 11:46 AM EDT reply actions

Well, we'd be 2 games back.

But I’d still classify it as a must-win, especially since the Ravens would likely hold the tiebreaker.

"Before I write I let my mind go blind and let the Lord do His thing. " -Tupac Shakur

"Opportunity is missed by most people because it looks like work." -Thomas Edison

by sexsalad on Sep 16, 2010 11:55 AM EDT up reply actions

no 3

its a division game against a team that we’d be tied with at 2 games and they would own the tie breaker. so we’d have to win an additional game over them or in the division or have a better record. so its for a 3 game lead.

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by palewook on Sep 16, 2010 11:58 AM EDT up reply actions

I guess you could say that but it would still be 2 games back.

When you say how many games back you are, that’s to get a tie.

But the Ravens wouldn’t necessarily hold the tiebreaker come season’s end. Any number of things could happen during the regular season to get us a tiebreaker. Remember that the tiebreaker is only locked up for them if they beat us again in Week 17 or if they lock up a better divisional record.

"Before I write I let my mind go blind and let the Lord do His thing. " -Tupac Shakur

"Opportunity is missed by most people because it looks like work." -Thomas Edison

by sexsalad on Sep 16, 2010 12:02 PM EDT up reply actions