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Proposed TV Blackout

Postby dawg-n-duck » Thu Aug 24, 2006 8:10 pm

Per the Clarion Liar:

NFL extends blackout deadline for Saints-Colts

By Michael Wallace
mwallace@clarionledger.com


The NFL today extended the television blackout deadline for Saturday night’s Saints-Colts game at Missisippi Veterans Memorial Stadium.

Saints officials said 50,173 tickets had been sold as of 3 p.m. today. Stadium capacity is 60,000.

The new deadline is 6 p.m. Friday, 24 hours before kickoff. The Saints ticket office will be open from 8 a.m-6 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. through halftime of Saturday’s game.

Tickets are available in various price ranges throughout the stadium.
If the game is not sold out, it could be blacked out within a 75-mile radius of Jackson.

The NFL set a similar extension last week for the Saints-Cowboys game in Shreveport, but lifted that blackout although fewer than 50,000 tickets were sold at Independence Stadium.
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Postby big gumbo » Thu Aug 24, 2006 8:14 pm

They are blacking out a preseason game and with the Saints involved, thats comical.
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Postby hillhunter » Fri Aug 25, 2006 7:01 am

I know this is a dumb question, but what is a blackout.
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Postby duckter » Fri Aug 25, 2006 7:20 am

"Blackout" means the television broadcast of the game will not be shown locally in hopes to fill more seats.
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Postby mudsucker » Fri Aug 25, 2006 2:33 pm

big gumbo wrote:They are blacking out a preseason game and with the Saints involved, thats comical.
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