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Old 12-27-2011, 07:04 AM   #4406
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The Bengals are in position to earn a second playoff berth in three seasons with a win Sunday against Baltimore at Paul Brown Stadium.
It would be hard to tell that by the all of the empty seats at PBS this season.
The announced crowd for Saturday’s 23-16 win against Arizona was 41,273. That total represents the number of tickets distributed and not necessarily the number of people in attendance. It’s the third time this season the announced crowd has been less than 42,000, with the crowd of 41,142 for the Buffalo game on Oct. 2 being the smallest crowd in PBS regular-season history.
In an attempt to make sure the same thing doesn’t happen for the regular-season finale against Baltimore, players turned into salesmen after Saturday’s game and the team announced that it is offering a two-for-one ticket purchasing deal for season-ticket holders.
“I just want to thank the fans who were out there today,” said defensive tackle Domata Peko. “We really felt you guys out there, and that helped us out big time. I really want to encourage all of the Cincinnati fans to come out and cheer us on as we try to make the playoffs.”
Beginning Monday, season-ticket holders may call the ticket office at (513) 621-8383 with their account information to take advantage of the offer and purchase tickets.
A win against Baltimore would clinch the sixth and final playoff spot in the AFC for the Bengals (9-6). The Ravens (11-4) need a win or a loss by Pittsburgh against Cleveland to clinch the AFC North division title.
Cornerback Adam Jones was in full campaign mode Saturday.
“I’m just happy for the team and the city of Cincinnati,” said Jones. “The fans did a great job getting behind us, and we need all of you this week.”
The Bengals' streak of 57 sellouts, stretching back to 2003, ended last year. They have had just one sellout – against Pittsburgh – in their last 11 home games. That has meant no local television broadcast for those 10 games.
Through the first seven home games this season, the Bengals have drawn 330,570 to PBS, or 72 percent of the stadium’s capacity. PBS seats 65,515.
The Baltimore game has been moved from its original 1 p.m. kickoff time to 4:15 p.m. Under NFL blackout rules, teams have to sell out games 72 hours in advance of kickoff in order for them to be shown in markets within a 75-mile radius. For the Bengals that includes Cincinnati, Dayton and Lexington. Extensions of 24 hours have been granted in the past, but the Bengals are hoping that won’t be necessary.
They're #32 in attendance, only team averaging in the 40,000's. Im guessing this is showing the downside of the blackout rule, in that if you can't watch the games, then it is hard to get additional interest for people to go to the games. At least that even if they made the playoffs they wouldnt have to worry about the embarassment that would be not being able to sell out a playoff game.

I might go to the Ravens game there next year.
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