Timminz wrote:thegreekdog wrote:I don't think it's the economy my man.
Note: Philadelphia is the only team to sell out. Every game in Philadelphia is sold out. So much for those wondrous Green Bay fans. /bitter Philly fan
The orders for playoff tickets went out to season ticket holders right after the Thanksgiving loss to Detroit. At that point no one thought they'd make the playoffs, so no one ordered tickets.
Also, GB changed their refund policy concerning tickets. In the past, if you order playoff tickets they gave you the option to either receive a refund for any and all playoff games the packers won't play, or put the money toward the next seasons tickets. For some reason, they removed the option to refund the money immediately and only allow it to be put forward to next year. As a result, our family didn't buy playoff tickets this year because $1700 is lot of money to tie up for almost an entire year since you have to buy 3 games worth of tickets, especially since the playoff chances seemed pretty small at the time. This fact has not been seen or covered in all the articles I've read. Combine this with the extreme cold and the chance the packers will be one and done prevented a lot of people from buying them. Don't necessarily blame the fans for this, blame the packers organization for making things "more in line with the rest of the league in price" and the boneheaded idea of removing the refund option. Honestly, in the past decade ticket prices have gone up about 50%, and the food and drinks in stadium have gone up significantly as well. I used to be able to get a slice of pizza and a hot chocolate for $10, now it's closer to $14 for both so I've stopped getting the pizza.
