HOLY JERRY JONES

[LaChapelle]

Cowboys face potential blackout

Posted by Mike Florio on September 16, 2009 5:19 PM ET

At a time when all eyes are on Jacksonville and San Diego regarding the possibility that no eyes will be watching the respective home teams' games in the local market, a highly unlikely candidate for a blackout has emerged.

The Dallas Cowboys.

According to CBS 11 in Dallas, the Giants-Cowboys game has not yet been sold out. And if it's not sold out by 8:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, it might not be televised in the Dallas area.

Though nearly 100,000 fans are expected to attend, thanks to roughly 18,000 standing-room only party passes, 1,200 reserved seats that had been tied to a PSL obligation have been released to the public in an effort to get the tickets sold.

The move has ruffled the feathers of some folks who paid $5,000 per seat for the right to buy season tickets.

"I don't quite understand why there's tickets available without the PSL's if they are good seats," said Tom Gipson of Flower Mound, Texas, who plunked down $10,000 for a pair of PSLs. "But I guess with the price they couldn't sell them all."

Per CBS 11, the Cowboys won't say how many tickets need to be moved in order to avoid a blackout.

Typically, an extension of the 72-hour deadline will be approved, if it appears that all of the tickets will be sold.

So in addition to the fact that there's no television in anyone's home that can rival the four-sided HD drive-in theater screen that hovers over the playing field at the brand-new venue, the reality very well might be that it's the only set of screen on which the game will be televised in North Texas.

[Bane]

That would be an extreme FAIL!
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[Buck]

They need to sell 20,000 seats?

Good ****ing luck.

The Chargers only needed to sell 2500, and yesterday sold a grand total of 50.

[kcxiv]

it wont be blacked out. It just makes for good internet talk

[crispystl]

Originally Posted by BuckinKaeding

They need to sell 20,000 seats?

Good ****ing luck.

The Chargers only needed to sell 2500, and yesterday sold a grand total of 50.

This post gave me deja-vu

[Mile High Mania]

Originally Posted by BuckinKaeding

They need to sell 20,000 seats?

Good ****ing luck.

The Chargers only needed to sell 2500, and yesterday sold a grand total of 50.

Where did you get 20,000?

It's about 1200 seats tied to the PSL thing

[Buck]

Originally Posted by Mile High Mania

Where did you get 20,000?

It's about 1200 seats tied to the PSL thing

Originally Posted by LaChapelle

Though nearly 100,000 fans are expected to attend, thanks to roughly 18,000 standing-room only party passes, 1,200 reserved seats that had been tied to a PSL obligation have been released to the public in an effort to get the tickets sold.

I guess for some reason I read the above statement as they needed to sell 18K standing room seats and 1,200 reserved seats.

[tonyetony]

Originally Posted by sedated

I would love it, but I doubt jerry jones lets it happen.

Jones cares a hell of lot more about selling seats than who can see the game from the comfort of their own home. If this game gets blacked out then it will be that much easier to sell tickets for the next one.

[Skip Towne]

Originally Posted by crispystl420

This post gave me deja-vu

It gave me wood

[JD10367]

It's their own fault for pricing games right out of the ability of common people to go see them.

As a Red Sox fan, there's nothing I enjoyed more than all those camera shots of the new Yankees ballpark for the first half of the season, with most of the seats behind home plate empty.

[Mama Hip Rockets]

i wish they were blacked out nationwide, since they are on national television about 14 times a year.

[Mile High Mania]

Originally Posted by BuckinKaeding

I guess for some reason I read the above statement as they needed to sell 18K standing room seats and 1,200 reserved seats.

Nope, they'll likely have 100,000 - 110,000 people at the game. The "party pass" is not a seat, it's something you buy for $29 and gives you access to any of the platform/concourse areas on the various levels of the stadium.

They will sell them for 'selected' games. The blackout rules say X number of certain types of tickets have to be sold, so that's where the 1200 PSL seats come into play.

[boogblaster]

Cowboy luv .. nice ....

[Dylan]

Originally Posted by Laz

Please,Please,Please let the cowboys get blacked out.

i'd like to see the whole night black out ...