I'm a Packers season ticket holder. In years past, we would be charged for two playoff tickets and they would refund your money for games not used. When the ticket vouchers came out this year, the Packers had just lost to Detroit and is was apparent they would at best host just a wildcard game if they somehow got in the playoffs, plus for the first time, the team would hold your money on the championship game ticket and apply it to next year's season ticket cost. I was not going to send in $600 for a wildcard playoff game and have them use my money for seven months. Apparently many other season-ticket holders felt the same way as 40,000 were made available when the Packers qualified for the title game. Now the weather forecast is brutal for Sunday (supposed to be the third coldest game in NFL history behind the Ice Bowl and the Cincy playoff game), which is the reason 3,000 tix remain. In my younger days it wouldn't matter how cold it was, I would go, but it will have to be a championship game if I'm sitting in minus-50 wind chill for 3 1/2 hours.
If the Accuweather.com forecast (minus 5 at kickoff) is correct, this would be the third-coldest game in NFL history. The famed Ice Bowl on Dec. 31, 1967, between Dallas and Green Bay was minus 13. When San Diego played at Cincinnati on Jan. 10, 1982, it was minus 9 with a staggering minus-59 wind chill. The 2007 NFC Championship Game was the third-coldest.
Wind chill Sunday could get to 51 below under current forecast.
Wind chill Sunday could get to 51 below under current forecast.
Amen, Brother. Packer fans are fiercely loyal and they love their team; Some may even be dumb but they aren't stupid.....you make good economic and common sense.......nobody likes to be "held-up".....just because you are a season ticket-holder. (then, there are those dreaded/meaningless pre-season game tickets you
are obligated to by)......uge.
P.S. I was at the ice-bowl......much younger then (ha)
I did see that INDY, CINCY, and GB finally sold out. I think a couple of things factor in- as Arni above stated the teams are making season ticket holders pony up for numerous games and sitting on refunds for months at a time (Chicago Blackhawks are known to do this during playoffs). I also begin to wonder if the time from when tixs go on sale to kickoff has anything to do with this. For instance the Divisional host have had 2 weeks to sell (Denver, NE, etc.) whereas the WC home teams had like a few days.
