Due to slow ticket sales, the Jaguars game against Arizona this weekend at Jacksonville Municipal Stadium will be blacked out in Jacksonville, Savannah, and Orlando.
The Jaguars say that they are 17,000 :o tickets short of a sellout, but others say it is closer to 6,000.
The game wasn't planned to be shown in Savannah anyway, as the Panthers-Falcons game was supposed to be shown on their Fox, and Orlando will carry the Tampa Bay-Buffalo game. In fact, this game is only going to 2.1% of the nation (just Phoenix, Tucson, and Yuma).
Hopefully the Jags can sell more tickets! The game will still be on the Jaguars Radio Network (WOKV in Jacksonville, WBMQ in Savannah, and about 15 other stations)
Here is the article from the Times-Union:
http://www.jacksonville.com/sports/football/jaguars/2009-09-17/story/jaguars_vs_cardinals_home_opener_is_blacked_out
Hasnt this been beaten enough. I will be able to see it!
They need to close off some more seats, its hudge stadium for this town
They need to win games! That will sell tickets!
I'll just go to a friend's house and stream it live for free lol
Winning cures everything. This team has the key to its own problems. They just have to execute on Sundays.
I'll have the Bose cranked all the way up! Better to hear it on the radio than nothing at all.
justin.tv folks or channelsurfing.net, that's where I go when it's not on local tv.
Yeah, Justin.tv is a pretty fantastic site for streaming live out-of-market sports. You'll definitely be able to watch the Jags game live there. Quality isn't that great, but what can you do. I'll be at the game though. Will be a beautiful day for football.
They need to find a way to black out all possible viewing. Internet and all. The game is blacked out for a reason.
Quote from: Keith-N-Jax on September 19, 2009, 08:12:25 AM
They need to find a way to black out all possible viewing. Internet and all. The game is blacked out for a reason.
Good luck with that.
Does anyone know how many other teams are blacked out so far this season?
The Bucs should be if not already. That is, in my opinion, the worst team in the League.
Detroit and Oakland have had games blacked out. In week one, I believe Cincinnati and Miami needed extensions to sell out. Expect to see blackouts in San Diego, St Louis, Tampa and Cleveland also.
They are blacked out again this week, even after a win last week. They expect to sell more tickets than the 46,250 sold against Arizona, but it will be short of a sellout.
Orlando wasn't planning to air the game, anyway, so Savannah, Orlando, and Gainesville will not air the game, along with Jax. Tallahassee's CBS might air it, though.
Here is the article from the Times-Union:
http://jacksonville.com/sports/football/jaguars/2009-10-01/story/jaguars_vs_titans_game_will_be_blacked_out#
QuoteOrlando wasn't planning to air the game, anyway
I didn't realize that they actually had a choice in the matter, as per the NFL.
Oddly enough, in Orlando they can choose another game over home games; but road games they must carry regardless.
It would be Jaguaresque to move some home games to Orlando... not sell out and have them blacked out in Jacksonville.
The team said two months ago that all the games would be blacked out. I am going and hope to see a good performance. The schedule over the next month and a half looks very favorable for us.
Lets hope so. They need a good showing againts Tenn. I'll be there in Teal!!!
QuoteThe team said two months ago that all the games would be blacked out.
Actually the team said that "based on current non-premium ticket sales, games would appear to be blacked out". The black-out rule is not a Jags rule, but instead an NFL rule, meaning the only thing the Jags can do to control the blackout, is sell tickets.
I know they aren't blacked out until the week of the game. My only point was Weaver was prepared for this. I am hoping if the team strings some wins together that we can a few on TV.
Every game will blacked out regardless of how the Jags do, and here is why. They are almost 20k short for everygame this year (except maybe the Colts Thursday nighter) so they have sold approx 45k tix per game. Of that 45k only 35k actually go, so another 10k get to go for free (with the unused ones, or they scalp them at less than face value) Its a bad bad situation, and its bugging me alot right now.....I ll be there Sunday section 204!
I was thinking the games against Indy and Miami could end up selling enough non-premium seating to be shown. Unfortunately, it would be because of opposing fans.
Hopefully some wins will at least move some more tickets, as was the case when there was the late ticket-buying surge for the last couple of home games of '07 against Carolina and Oakland.