PFT: Pro Bowl Blackout Could Happen

[WoodysGirl]

Posted by Aaron Wilson on January 29, 2009, 11:22 a.m.

Lagging Pro Bowl ticket sales could trigger a television blackout in Hawaii if 5,000 remaining tickets aren’t sold 72 hours prior to the NFL’s annual all-star game to be held Feb. 8.

A struggling economy and reduced tourism in Hawaii are listed as the primary reasons behind the steep decline in ticket sales, the Associated Press reports. Traditionally, the game is sold out weeks before the game.

“Pro Bowls are usually sold out by now,” NFL senior vice president of events Frank Supovitz said. “That’s why we’re particularly concerned.”

The NFL is hoping that many fans simply didn’t know that they can still buy tickets, the cheapest of which can be purchased for $45. Aloha Stadium, the site of the game, has a capacity of 50,000.

In 2010, the Pro Bowl will be held at Dolphin Stadium in Miami.

 

[Hostile]

Which begs the question...if a Pro Bowl is played in Hawaii during a TV blackout, will anyone on the beach even know?

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Which begs the question...if a Pro Bowl is played in Hawaii during a TV blackout, will anyone on the beach even know?

I think the better question is will anybody care?

 

[arglebargle]

And I imagine it is kinda hard to convince the locals to pick up the slack when you are pulling the game from Hawaii next year. Even though they got plenty of slack there...

 

[Bach]

In 2010, the Pro Bowl will be held at Dolphin Stadium in Miami.

Interesting.

I had heard they were moving it to the week before the Super Bowl, but didn't know it was leaving Hawaii.

 

[Yeagermeister]

I think the better question is will anybody care?

Or do they really even need to play the game? Half of the players that are chosen end up not going.

 

[Hostile]

Interesting.

I had heard they were moving it to the week before the Super Bowl, but didn't know it was leaving Hawaii.

Yeah that's the new plan. So after the 2010 season the new stadium will host the Pro Bowl and then the Super Bowl.

Talk about good timing by the Cowboys on the new stadium. Businesses in that area ought to be seeing dollar signs.

 

[TX_Yid]

Do these blackouts ever actually happen?

 

[Bach]

Yeah that's the new plan. So after the 2010 season the new stadium will host the Pro Bowl and then the Super Bowl.

Talk about good timing by the Cowboys on the new stadium. Businesses in that area ought to be seeing dollar signs.

That Walmart across the street will probably be packed with tourists.

Actually, though, it does look like a nice Walmart.

 

[Hostile]

Do these blackouts ever actually happen?

They used to for me for Home Cardinals games.

Damn those were good days. Curse the Cardinals for every hiring Ken Whisenhunt and Rod Graves.

It's like they peed on my sunny day.

 

[TellerMorrow34]

They used to for me for Home Cardinals games.

Damn those were good days. Curse the Cardinals for every hiring Ken Whisenhunt and Rod Graves.

It's like they peed on my sunny day.

Oh Hos don't worry about it too much man. They are the Cardinals. They'll be back to sucking it up most every week, again, very soon.

 

[TX_Yid]

are blackouts only local then? i'd still get to see blacked out games courtesy of NFL Sunday Ticket?

 

[jterrell]

Oh Hos don't worry about it too much man. They are the Cardinals. They'll be back to sucking it up most every week, again, very soon.

Yup, All Hos has to do is make a few passes at Brenda and Kurt Warner will be mentally shaken again and the Cards will be back to scoring their usual 12 points per game.

 

[JPM]

They used to for me for Home Cardinals games.

Damn those were good days. Curse the Cardinals for every hiring Ken Whisenhunt and Rod Graves.

It's like they peed on my sunny day.

A golden shower some might say.

 

[ZeroClub]

A Pro Bowl blackout?

What a tragedy!

This means that people who don't care about the game now will have yet another channel from which to choose.


(would anybody really care much if there were a world-wide blackout of this game?)

 

[IndianaCowboyFan]

PFT: Pro Bowl Blackout Could Happen

Oh ya that is a smart move. When the economy is bad it makes sense to have less fans. This game, because of the costs, is close to being in a death spiral.