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Approximately 3,500 tickets remain for Sunday's game at Qualcomm Stadium. (AP file photo)
Chargers fans have been granted a Thanksgiving pardon. But it’s only for 24 hours.
Citing the Thanksgiving holiday, the NFL has extended the deadline to lift the league-imposed television blackout for Sunday’s Chargers-Chiefs game at Qualcomm Stadium.
The Chargers now have until 1:05 p.m. PT on Friday to sell the bulk of the remaining 3,500 tickets. If not, Sunday’s game will not be seen in the San Diego television market.
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Editor’s note: If you can’t watch Sunday’s game — or even if you can — check in with SDNN at kickoff (1:05 p.m PT, Sunday) for complete live coverage and analysis from Qualcomm Stadium.
Tags: Chargers-Chiefs, NFL Blackout, SDNN
Comment by: mclaren Posted: November 26, 2009, 1:15 pm
Come on people buy the rest of the tickets. i have season tickets, so its n ot going to really affect me, but its embarrasing…. but a ticket….. you dont even have to go… just buy the damn seat.
Comment by: Bajarichie Posted: November 26, 2009, 3:57 pm
I bought 2 club seats, but what’s wrong with the corporations that can snap up 3500 tix easily, give them away(to charity) and use it as a tax deduction. If they advertise that their corporation/business did it, they’ll be local Heroes and probably increase their revenue as a result.
C’mon, it’s THANKSGIVING…
Besides how messed up is the NFL to black out a game in Qualcomm when it used to hold over 10,000 fewer people until they added seats to attract Superbowls. Now the NFL won’t hold Superbowls here anyhow, and yet they black out our games because we added seats.
Just more evidence of greed covered in wrong sauce.
I say take out the Superbowl seating and we’ll be sold out every week of every season.
Comment by: Klatu Posted: November 27, 2009, 11:30 am
I’ll watch it online, as I did with other delayed/ or blacked out games. If the NFL or the bolts think a blackout will keep us uber fans from watching, then they’ve obviously never heard of the “internet.” Secondly, we are in a massive recession, in the midst of the holiday season. Who the heck has an extra $80 for freakin game ticket? Who the heck has an extra $80 for anything! Not I.