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Season opener in danger of being blacked out
BENGALS’ SECOND HOME GAME,
SEPT. 27 VS. STEELERS, IS A SELLOUT;
BUT SEPT. 13 OPENER VS. DENVER IS NOT
Good news and bad news for Cincinnati Bengals fans.
The good: The Bengals’ second home game of the 2009 regular season, on Sept. 27 vs. the Pittsburgh Steelers, has been declared a sellout.
The bad: The Sept. 13 opener against the visiting Denver Broncos — 1 p.m., Paul Brown Stadium — is not a sellout.
The ugly: Only you (Bengals fans) can prevent a blackout by buying up the remaining tickets with your hard-earned cash.
With the Bengals playing three of their first five games on the road, the only regular season home game before Oct. 18 for which tickets are available is the Sept. 13 season opener vs. Denver.
“I’m excited to have our first sellout this year on the books,” head coach Marvin Lewis said in a news release today, “and I’m hoping our fans will step up and fill Paul Brown Stadium for Denver as well. Home field advantage is a huge thing in the NFL, and we’ll be looking for that large, loud sea of orange and black when we kick off the season against the Broncos.”
The Bengals enter the ’09 season with a franchise-record streak of 44 straight sellouts (regular and postseason). The last game not to sell out was in November of 2003. With last season’s home finale vs. Kansas City, the Bengals broke a previous record of 43 consecutive sellouts, set between 1988 and 1992.
A sellout for Denver would mean the streak will extend to at least 46.
“We will need good sales through next week, but a sellout is definitely still within range,” said Andrew Brown, Bengals ticket sales manager. “Our goal is to keep our streak alive.”
Options for purchasing tickets include:
• Calling the Bengals Ticket Hotline at 513-621-TDTD (8383) or 866-621-TDTD.
• Visiting the ticket office at Paul Brown Stadium, open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday (including Labor Day).
• Using Ticketmaster.com.
For further information, fans can visit Bengals.com, the club’s official web site.
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By Ryan
September 2, 2009 11:40 AM | Link to this
C’mon people, buy up the tickets, support the team! At this point in the season they have neither won or lost yet, it’s the best time to go!By Former season ticket holder
September 2, 2009 11:43 AM | Link to this
I hope there is a blackout so we don’t have to see the trash the Brown family puts on the field and calls a pro football team. I was a season ticket holder for 30 years but dropped the tickets. Got tired of seeing crap teams on the field and lining the pockets of A-Hole Mike and his family. I loved Paul Brown and his teams. But not this current fraud being thrust on the fans.By Tony
September 2, 2009 11:51 AM | Link to this
The blackout rule is the worst rule there is!By Ryan
September 2, 2009 11:55 AM | Link to this
To: “Former season ticket holder” Won’t you feel like and idiot when we’re sitting in the stadium for the AFC Championship watching the Bengals win a spot in the the Super Bowl.By Go to a Bar
September 2, 2009 11:56 AM | Link to this
Ryan only wants you to buy tickets so he can watch from home!By What A City!
September 2, 2009 11:58 AM | Link to this
Simple- put a competitive team on the field that has a chance of winning and the tickets will sell. No one is going to waste their money or their Sunday afternoon watching what has been fielded in the past.By Ryan
September 2, 2009 11:59 AM | Link to this
To: “Former season ticket holder” Won’t you feel like and idiot when we’re sitting in the stadium for the AFC Championship watching the Bengals win a spot in the the Super Bowl.By Trent
September 2, 2009 12:00 PM | Link to this
Is Marvin Lewis high?!?! What is there to get excited about with regard to a sell-out vs. the Stealers? There’s going to be 30,000 genetic-experiments-gone-wrong making it basically another road game.By We Dey
September 2, 2009 12:01 PM | Link to this
AFC Championship,Bengals in Super Bowl, what are you smoking, only way Bengals will even be connected to a Super Bowl is if they build a dome and the visting teams play there. Go SteelersBy nyc
September 2, 2009 12:15 PM | Link to this
a “black-out” is a good thing….who wants to see that poor excuse of a football team play???..the bungals are the sorriest team in all of pro sports…they should be wiped-out, and blacked-out…what a disgrace they are to the nfl….By steve from Florence
September 2, 2009 12:33 PM | Link to this
Anybody who thinks the Bengals deserve our money has too be 1 too young to know this team’s history and 2 too young to have a mortgage or familyBy Teagle
September 2, 2009 1:11 PM | Link to this
Too all of the Bengal haters: If we are so bad, and not worth putting on TV, why are you takin the time to send an e-mail? Why are you wasting your “precious” time with a team that you think sucks? GO BENGALS!!! WHO DEY???By Redskinatheart
September 2, 2009 1:18 PM | Link to this
Steve, Maybe you are too young to remember that the team was started by and caoch by Paul Brown. He got them to the playoffs in just their third year of existence. Before the Dark ages that began in 1990 they were in contention (1st or 2nd in the division for 10 seasons) even though they played in the same division as Pittsburgh during the time when Pittsburgh was dominating. I don’t know that that makes it woth spending your money on but they were a decent team and can be again!By Redskinatheart
September 2, 2009 1:21 PM | Link to this
Steve, Maybe you are too young to remember that the team was started by and caoch by Paul Brown. He got them to the playoffs in just their third year of existence. Before the Dark ages that began in 1990 they were in contention (1st or 2nd in the division for 10 seasons) even though they played in the same division as Pittsburgh during the time when Pittsburgh was dominating. I don’t know that that makes it worth spending your money on but they were a decent team and can be again!By Spiggity
September 2, 2009 3:40 PM | Link to this
said Andrew Brown, Bengals ticket sales manager. “Our goal is to keep our streak alive.” Again the mentality at play……..how about our goal is to have a winning team so people want to come to the games. This sad organization will never get it. Pathetic…hope the sell out streak ends because the losing one will still carry on!By Spiggity
September 2, 2009 3:42 PM | Link to this
said Andrew Brown, Bengals ticket sales manager. “Our goal is to keep our streak alive.” Again the mentality at play……..how about our goal is to have a winning team so people want to come to the games. This sad organization will never get it. Pathetic…hope the sell out streak ends because the losing one will still carry on!By Beerman
September 2, 2009 3:47 PM | Link to this
You could be like me and get a job slinging suds on the sideline then you would get paid to see you favorite team play - WHO DEYBy jeff
September 2, 2009 3:51 PM | Link to this
Don’t buy season tickets. The 10 year luxury suites expire after this year too and that will really hit Mike Brown. It will suck not having all the games on but it is a step we all need to take to get Mike Brown to do moreBy No dey!
September 2, 2009 3:57 PM | Link to this
I’m not a big bengals fan but lets be serious. The only reason the Steelers games always sell out is because there is more black and gold in the stands than not. The Broncos are a nobody this year!!!!!!!By No dey!
September 2, 2009 3:57 PM | Link to this
I’m not a big bengals fan but lets be serious. The only reason the Steelers games always sell out is because there is more black and gold in the stands than not. The Broncos are a nobody this year!!!!!!!By s620
September 2, 2009 3:58 PM | Link to this
does anyone know how many more tickets they need to see for the opener to be considered a seel out?By s620
September 2, 2009 3:59 PM | Link to this
does anyone know how many more tickets they need to see for the opener to be considered a seel out?By s620
September 2, 2009 4:00 PM | Link to this
does anyone know how many more tickets they need to sell for the opener to be considered a sell out?By Charles
September 2, 2009 4:10 PM | Link to this
Good! I hope it’s not on TV… Being forced to watch the Bengals each week ruins the NFL for me… Maybe we’ll actually get to see my Bills one time this year?By ctuagentdown
September 2, 2009 4:17 PM | Link to this
i could understand if it was a lost season,but the 1st game even the reds sellout the 1st game.By flipper
September 2, 2009 4:27 PM | Link to this
I’m tellin you people hit mike Brown where it hurts, in the wallet. Don’t buy the tickets and listen on the radio if you must. You can bring the price down just like the price of gas. Use less.By Shane
September 2, 2009 4:27 PM | Link to this
Do not buy up the tickets! Boycott Mike Brown. He will only learn if we hit him in his pocket book. He does not care about putting a winner on the field…why should you give him your hard-earned dollar?By Former season ticket holder
September 2, 2009 5:22 PM | Link to this
Yo, Ryan. Bengals playing for the AFC title? In your frickin’ dreams. Take a reality pill and see what a horsesh-t organization the Bengals really are. Bad ownership that dumps on the fans (try putting up a negative sign in the stadium) and bad coaching staff. Some decent players, but not many. I’m not the only one who told The Family to go screw off. I’m happy spending less on the NFL Package on TV than the money it cost me for season tickets, gas to drive to Cincinnati to see a bad football, eat overpriced stadium football and be surrounded to buttheads like you who think the Bengals are wonderful.By Michael
September 2, 2009 6:27 PM | Link to this
By all accounts the Broncos will stink on ice this year. The Bengals do that annually. Why pay to watch such pathetic football? I’d rather watch Northmont, Wayne or UC; pay a heckuva lot less, too!By Bleep Blarp
September 2, 2009 7:05 PM | Link to this
I would rather watch the Lifetime Movie Network’s Weekend Marathon of “Beaters, Cheaters and Molesters” films than attempt to stomach the Bengals’ pathetic performance at football. It’s embarassing…I’d rather be from Detroit where at least the team has heart…and has a new record! HahaBy richardo
September 2, 2009 8:36 PM | Link to this
So what’s your point?By Joe (a Browns fan)
September 2, 2009 9:53 PM | Link to this
Thank you Bungle fans. Now we won’t have to go to a bar to watch the Browns games.By Jim
September 2, 2009 9:56 PM | Link to this
I think the Bengals might have a shot this year. I thought we looked good against New England, but Kelly being out is going to hurt. Go Bengals.By matt
September 2, 2009 11:32 PM | Link to this
ok, first of all, all of the steeler fans sound retarded…ok, so they have a good history, so what…honestly, the bengals put out a good squad every sunday on paper, but we just have more mishaps then most…in my opinion, i think it is cincys medical staffs to blame…odd we have the most injured reserved players and injuries with the bengals and the reds…hmmmmBy matt
September 2, 2009 11:34 PM | Link to this
ok, first of all, all of the steeler fans sound retarded…ok, so they have a good history, so what…honestly, the bengals put out a good squad every sunday on paper, but we just have more mishaps then most…in my opinion, i think it is cincys medical staffs to blame…odd we have the most injured reserved players and injuries with the bengals and the reds…hmmmmBy Joe
September 2, 2009 11:51 PM | Link to this
To Ryan, Hahahaha… AFC Championship? You must not see the same team I see year in and year out. I wish we could go to the Super Bowl, but I am 25 years and I highly doubt I will ever see the Bengals in a Super Bowl. :-( We all say the same thing every year, “It looks like we might have a shot this year”, and 99.9% of the time they lose, I have just gotten accustomed to them losing all the time. The Bengals just can’t compete against the rest of the NFL. Six 0-6 starts in the last 18 seasons, no other NFL team has more than 2! We are destined for mediocrity! Who Dey!?!?By brad
September 3, 2009 1:49 AM | Link to this
thats crazy all i can say!!!By RavensRockNorth
September 3, 2009 6:38 AM | Link to this
Everybody knows that Sixburgh will be playing for their record 7th Super Bowl trophy this coming season. Why bother going to the benGALS games? Stay home and enjoy another HoHo while Big Ben goes for ring #3.By w
September 3, 2009 9:01 AM | Link to this
you bengal haters probably bad mouth your high school teams and coaches when they lose—-suggest you get a life and live for the moment………mike doesn’t need your kind in the stands to make “lots” of money—-looking forward to good times in paul brown stadium—-go bengalsBy TouchDown Troy
September 3, 2009 10:34 AM | Link to this
I will be at the Denver game. I will always go cheer for my Bengals b/c it’s my team. The NFL needs to change it’s blackout rule. W i hope you will be at the Broncos game.By Bucky
September 3, 2009 3:44 PM | Link to this
Chick, I like your reporting, but why are you shilling for the Bengals but running all that info about where to buy tickets? It isn’t your job to sell tickets for the Bengals. Or are you finally admitting that all reporting on professional sports is just free advertising for the teams?By To all the Cheerleaders
September 3, 2009 9:24 PM | Link to this
To all the cheerleaders who “love your hometown team”, despite the Brown family stealing from Hamilton county taxpayers: why don’t you put your money where your mouth is and go buy a pair of fake jugs and try out for the Ben-Gals squad? Then you can really show your “spirit” and get on the sideline for all the Bungals blacked-out games?By To all the Cheerleaders
September 3, 2009 9:25 PM | Link to this
To all the cheerleaders who “love your hometown team”, despite the Brown family stealing from Hamilton county taxpayers: why don’t you put your money where your mouth is and go buy a pair of fake jugs and try out for the Ben-Gals squad? Then you can really show your “spirit” and get on the sideline for all the Bungals blacked-out games?By To all the Cheerleaders
September 3, 2009 9:26 PM | Link to this
To all the cheerleaders who “love your hometown team”, despite the Brown family stealing from Hamilton county taxpayers: why don’t you put your money where your mouth is and go buy a pair of fake jugs and try out for the Ben-Gals squad? Then you can really show your “spirit” and get on the sideline for all the Bungals blacked-out games?By Real
September 4, 2009 1:18 AM | Link to this
Hi Ryan, Teagle, Redskinatheart, Beerman, ctuagentdown, Jim, Matt, w, and Touchdown Troy AKA,AKA,AKA,AKA,AKA,AKA,AKA,AKA,AKA Mikey boy Brown. Nice try!!! The only reason you have 1 sellout is that the Steelers fans travel well and bought all of the available tickets. Get real. You’re a looser and you’re just sperm lucky or you wouldn’t even be in the position to make so many lives miserable and to rob from the whole community to support your stadium. You should be ashamed, but that would not be profitable so I guess you’re not ashamed. You are ruining your Father’s legacy!!!! SHAME ON YOU!!!!!!!!By Real
September 4, 2009 1:18 AM | Link to this
Hi Ryan, Teagle, Redskinatheart, Beerman, ctuagentdown, Jim, Matt, w, and Touchdown Troy AKA,AKA,AKA,AKA,AKA,AKA,AKA,AKA,AKA Mikey boy Brown. Nice try!!! The only reason you have 1 sellout is that the Steelers fans travel well and bought all of the available tickets. Get real. You’re a looser and you’re just sperm lucky or you wouldn’t even be in the position to make so many lives miserable and to rob from the whole community to support your stadium. You should be ashamed, but that would not be profitable so I guess you’re not ashamed. You are ruining your Father’s legacy!!!! SHAME ON YOU!!!!!!!!By Bengals 09
September 7, 2009 9:58 PM | Link to this
miami 1-15 2007 miami 10-6 2008 I believe maybe even 11-5 so how is it impossible for bengals to make it to the playoffs this year we have a better depth this year and last year we set a record for players on I.R. GO BENGALSBy Bengals 09
September 7, 2009 9:59 PM | Link to this
miami 1-15 2007 miami 10-6 2008 I believe maybe even 11-5 so how is it impossible for bengals to make it to the playoffs this year we have a better depth this year and last year we set a record for players on I.R. GO BENGALS