Chiefs Blackout Alert: 3,500 Tickets Remaining for Bills
by Joel Thorman on Dec 8, 2009 4:29 PM CST
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The Kansas City Chiefs have announced that the club has 3,500 tickets remaining for Sunday's home contest against the Buffalo Bills. Per NFL rules, a certain percentage of non-premium seats need to be sold in order to televise the game locally.
The Chiefs haven't been blacked out locally since December of 1990, a streak of 155 consecutive games.
"This has unfortunately become a more common occurrence in several NFL cities this year," said Chiefs COO Mark Donovan. "The possibility of a blackout is caused by a combination of the current economic climate, inclement weather in December, a non-divisional opponent and our record."
The Chiefs announcement indicates that the team is having some trouble selling the remaining amount.
Last season there were worries of a blackout at times but the Chiefs ultimately "sold out" all the games. This season the paid attendance has generally been somewhere close to 70,000.
If you've been to a game this year, then you know why I'm stressing paid attendance.
The Chiefs have until Thursday at noon to sell all the tickets. If they don't, the league can issue a 24 hour extension. Generally, the NFL will only issue an extension if there's a good chance all the tickets can be sold.
Another option if this continues to come down to the wire is the local television affiliate to buy a block of tickets so that they can still air the game on TV.
For television stations, this is huge because they've sold plenty of advertising space during the game.
On 810 WHB today, Frank Boal reports that FOX has been told to prepare to televise the Saints and Falcons game.
If you're looking to buy tickets to any game this season, I suggest this one. CLICK HERE to buy tickets.
(H/T oldchiefsfan)
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Is it me
or should the logo in the middle of the field be bigger? We should show our PRIDE!!!
Winning begins with Attitude - Haley and Pioli will be winners in KC!
I'll forever be a Chiefs fan! Only God himself could take that away from me, but when I get to my great reward, I'll rejoin two bigger fans, my Mom and Dad.
Just got the pun there as well
"I’d go to battle with him every day of the week." Todd Haley on Matt Cassel
This statement is why I am on the Cassel train, drinkin the Kool-Aid!
Who can blame people for not paying to go?
Seriously, this team is such a disappointment it makes me sad.
I can blame them
because I would kill to go and I go to games when their playing within 5 hours of me whenever I can. People in KC don’t even go to games its sad
agreed
I live in California and fly out once a year (Raiders in 2009) to see a game. To me is is hard to imagine living in KC and not doing something that cool. Even when they lose (4 of the last 5 years on my trip) I love the experience. Jack Stack BBQ, the Power and Light, you guys have a great city and a great team (who unfortunately is losing too many home games).
"let's take it one play at a time"
I not only paid face for 8 home games...
but paid face for 2 road games.
Over 48 hours in the car, traveling over 3600 miles round trip all to see the Conference of Champions play in the 2010 Holiday and Rose Bowls.
Because
we’re loyal fans who stick around through winning AND losing. Atleast I am..I dont know about you.
If I had the money, I’d be at every game. Unfortunately, I’ve recently changed jobs and dont get paid until the 15th. I’ll be at the CLE game..bet on it.
If you can afford it, you should show your support. Who cares if its a little cold? Bundle up. Last week my friend was able to get 2 tickets and I owe him back for it. It wasnt as cold as it probably will be against BUF and CLE, but it was still fairly cold. I got a big ass puffy coat..but its blue..so I put a big Priest Holmes jersey on over it and I was Arrowhead Ready.
Look...
I promise you guys, I am NOT a hater. I am just extremely disappointed with the lack of progress this team has shown. I usually go to a couple of games a year but, this team is hard to watch. As a hardcore fan, it’s unbearable to watch these Chiefs get their asses handed to them at home. Especially at the hands of division rivals. I guess you can call me fair weather or whatever you want but, until the Hunt family and the Chiefs organization figure out how to put a respectable product on the field, I am not going to pay for tickets, drive 7 hours, pay $20.00 for parking and freeze my ass off just to watch the Chiefs get their guts stomped out.
Maybe some attendance issues are exactly what the leadership of the Chiefs organization need to figure out that they need to stop being so damn frugal and get some GOOD football players in here to get this team up to speed. Sorry if my remark came off the wrong way.
by Chiefsfan1970 on Dec 8, 2009 8:40 PM CST up reply actions
I'll speak on behalf of most of us here Chiefsfan and let you know that in no way is anyone questioning your loyalty or fanhood to the Chiefs.
There are a lot of us here that are disappointed and believe more often than not frustrated with the play of the team.
Yeah, let's just keep matriculatin' the ball down the field, boys! ...
I understand
I just cant even begin to think about turning my back. The players need our support as much as we want them to win. Thats how I look at it.
It is unbearable to watch. I dont think its “not being a true fan” if you leave early. or live far away or dont have the money so you dont come. If the game is over, then its over but I’d never leave if we still had a chance to win. If we’ve already lost, I know I paid and showed my support, we lost, I want to get a good jump on traffic and get home. We lost a Chiefs game, I had likely reflected on most of it before deciding to leave, my focus shifts to “hey I could be winning in fantasy football” because I gotta find a different positive and bam! Im out the stadium, no traffic, and at home to catch the post game comments and check Fantasy Football.
I dont blame you for not driving 7 hours. My comments are mostly directed at the people within the metro area who can afford to go and dont show up. So what its a lil cold..I mean against Denver it was in the 30’s and I stayed pretty warm until about 10 minutes or so left in the 3rd and left near the start of the 4th.
So, yeah the next two weeks will be colder, but I dont think we’re going to get our nuts stomped out. I mean SD is on a roll, DEN had a strong start, a fast collapse got on their feet against NY and kicked our ass. That doesnt mean Buffalo or Cleveland are going to come to Arrowhead and whoop us.
I think the NEW Leadership of the Chiefs ARE getting good players. You can only do so much in 1 offseason. Do you realize how many guys have been cut and NOT picked up by another team? We were bad. We’re not much better, but we do have more wins, with 2 weak teams to play, and a possible revenge game against Denver.
Do you think of the Chiefs as being in rebuilding mode for 3 seasons now? Thats not fair to the leadership because the leadership hasnt even been apart of the Chiefs organization for even 1 full year yet. They’ve had alot to evaluate this year, theres a good FA market and the Draft is alright, this could be a big offseason. Couple new starters on OL. Maybe a new NT. Probably a new LB. Hopefully a new S. Possibly a new WR. Maybe even a TE or RB.
I have to go to Donkey land to see the Chiefs!
Been to 3 games in Denver! Would love to get to Arrowhead someday, heard there was not a bad seat in the house. I wholeheartedly agree that the KC logo should be bigger and they should get creative with the field paint once in a while. However, I did hear that recently the field conditions have been poor, what is the reason?
by casselreadychiefs on Dec 9, 2009 12:27 AM CST up reply actions
i went to the game in denver last year...
this year i drove 15 hours to get to kc, watched the game, got some strouds, the drove back 20 hours on ice and snow the whole way…finishing it up with blizzard conditions the last 5 hours of the trip.
did the chiefs play terrible sunday? sure. but was the trip worth it? o yeah!
by MountainManMike on Dec 9, 2009 3:13 AM CST up reply actions
That should sell...
That isn’t that bad really, right? Didn’t San Diego have like 7,500 unsold at this point when we came there.
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Yeah
I think it’ll sell out. CBS doesn’t want to pay for all the tickets so they’ll push as many as they can to the fans first.
If I had money, I would love to go.
I don’t understand why people wouldn’t want to go. Even though the Chiefs usually suck, I still love going to see them. Plus this is a game we might actually win.
That's part of the problem Vince. I think there would be a lot more people that went if they had the money.
It isn’t that they don’t want to go, it’s that they can’t afford to go.
Yeah, let's just keep matriculatin' the ball down the field, boys! ...
by oldchiefsfan on Dec 8, 2009 5:11 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
is that picture taken during the game haha
I swear watching at home it seems like when we make a good play the opposite teams boos harder than we cheer
FOUR F'S FIND UM FEEL UM FUGUM FORGET UM.
by sexassassin on Dec 8, 2009 5:06 PM CST via mobile reply actions
Not this year...
We have the anniversary crest thing on the 50 this year.
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not surprising.
I figured they’d tie these bills and browns tickets to the cowboys games.
If it’s blacked out, I don’t know what I’m going to do…. I can’t afford to go. It will be an odd sunday for sure.
If you only knew...
Who has the longest sellout streak in the AFC?
we can’t forfeit our place in line for a meaningless record by refusing to torture KC football fans with televised Chiefs football
Ralph Wiggum would be a better GM than Dayton Moore
If this game "sells out" surely the Cleveland game is where the streak ends.
I can’t see people paying money to sit in the friggid cold to watch the Browns/Chiefs play.
That being said, I’d go if I didn’t live 6,000 miles away.
Johnnie Morton: The Man. The Myth. The Legend.
by craig in calgary on Dec 8, 2009 5:18 PM CST reply actions
They will likely win the Cleveland game, if that makes any difference to people.
Toby is in HR, which technically means he works for corporate, so he's really not a part of our family. Also, he's divorced, so he's really not a part of his family.
Well I did my part and bought tickets..
i live 5 1/2 hrs away in Tulsa. Hopefully some of the people living in the KC area can tough it out and just buy some tickets.
At least there's the radio...
Mitch and Lenny may have lots of new listeners.
by Randy5225 on Dec 8, 2009 6:05 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
Well this...sucks...so far for our only meaningful record...
Guess this season is the worst ever. I have only experienced the Vermeil and Herm Eras, so I never actually experienced worse than this season.
When you fail to prepare, you prepare to fail.
That Stadium looks like it has more than 3,500 empty seats
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Did you see this?
http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/christ_turns_down_3_year
Johnnie Morton: The Man. The Myth. The Legend.
by craig in calgary on Dec 8, 2009 6:55 PM CST up reply actions
Ha, nice
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by Chris Thorman on Dec 8, 2009 7:07 PM CST up reply actions
Yeah I re-posted it on the ND SBnation site
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by averagegatsby on Dec 8, 2009 8:25 PM CST up reply actions
Mercy killings are never pleasant
but they do ease the suffering….
The only measure of true success in the NFL is the Vince Lombardi trophy. Anything less is a rationalization.
Not surprising...
back to back losses by 30+ points, 9 wins in 3 yrs, no playoff wins for many many many yrs…..Im a die hard fan, but I cant believe it has taken this long to start seeing the effects of terrible seasons.
Buy them?
I’ll give someone my tickets if they want them.
by raiderhater77 on Dec 8, 2009 6:25 PM CST via mobile reply actions
I'd consider making the 8 hour drive
If the TV station buys up the seats and resells them uber-cheap or gives them away, I’d try to get my hands on some.
The cost of the trip is pretty high for me, so free or cheap tickets would make it much more possible.
I'm officially on the 'Draft Eric Berry' train.
Haley-Crennel 2010.
If you make the 8 hour drive
I imagine you could get really, really cheap tickets or even free ones. If you really are thinking about making the drive, shoot me an email and I can try to help out.
Question
If I buy a ticket from stubhub, is that one of the 3,500 tickets? Or do I need to buy it from ticketmaster?
I sure wish the field looked as good as it does in this pic on sundays
field looked terrible this past weekend. Only added to the embarrassment. There was a clear strip of sod down the center that was clearly in poor condition. Sure the players play more in the middle, but it was a harsh line right above the numbers where the center strip was laid down. Can’t they bring in sod that matches???
I don't want no Yo-Yos
Do you remember George Toma?
If not, he was the best groundskeeper in the history of sports in my opinion. He would put out a field like nobody’s business. Ever since he retired, the field hasn’t been kept as nice it seems. It doesn’t help that they keep “renting” out the field for other events all the time either. They tear it up and it gets tough to keep looking decent.
Yeah, let's just keep matriculatin' the ball down the field, boys! ...
Im 20 yrs old and I went to my first game since '94 last week
I obviously don’t even remember that game in ’94 since i was like 5 yrs old
But I remember last weeks game. And I wish I didn’t lol
the experience was cool though
Experience
I’ve gone to one game every year since I was 15, and let me tell you if you have gone to a game in the past two years your not getting the full “arrowhead” experience.
I was at the Cowboys game this years and all of the cowboys fans started the D-Fense chant. Are you fucking kidding me! It was loud too, at one point Ware was waving his arm to make the crowd louder! Honestly, It was so pathetic I’m not sure I want to go back.
by ChiefsFanFromBirth on Dec 8, 2009 10:57 PM CST up reply actions
I've only been to one game
Flew all the way out from CT to see the Chiefs play the Bengals in ’07. I chose well too- probably the last good game this team ever played before hitting rock bottom- the one where Jared Allen had three sacks in the first half, Damon Huard tore shit up, and Tony G broke the touchdown record for tight ends. I also remember Pat Surtain (PAT SURTAIN) having an awesome interception. And it was awesome. Just awesome. One of the greatest experiences of my young life. I feel like I got the true Arrowhead experience one of the last times it was available.
Not a packed house, but fairly full and still LOUD AS HELL, seeing a great game and a Chiefs win, and joyous fans.
I can’t wait until this team starts winning again so I can go back and be in a packed stadium… i’m getting chills just thinking of it…
Yikes
What is the blackout range (in miles)? I don’t even know if I’m in it since we haven’t dealt with this before. Is a blacked out game still on Sunday Ticket even if you’re within range?
I did a 6 hour trip for last weeks game. I gotta say it was still a good time, but it was so hard to watch. I’d probably still go if I lived in KC and it was cheap, but distance and $ are pretty big deterrents given the last few seasons. Can’t blame people for not wanting to go. Damn, I hope we get this thing turned around soon.
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by MattRichWarren on Dec 9, 2009 6:03 AM CST up reply actions
Someone with the Chiefs needs to set up a new charity...
that buys up tickets to games that may face blackouts, and gives them to underprivileged kids. I can only afford to buy tix to one game a year, but would donate 20 bucks towards sending a kid to a game that may face blackout. I think other fans would do the same. It could benefit everyone, the team, the tv station, and the couch-potato fan, as well as giving kids a day they may never forget.
by Randy5225 on Dec 8, 2009 11:27 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
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