[CBFF] Minnesota: Pack, Bears tickets to cost extra

[Kevin Gertsen]

This is SOP in the NCAA ranks.

In fact, the only way Iowa fans can get a ticket to the Iowa State away game 
is to buy ISU season tickets. ISU is refusing to sell single game tickets to 
anyone for that game (beyond the 4K at an inflated $90 a pop Iowa  gets for 
their official alottment.)


Kevin


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Shannon" <tshanno at gmail.com>
To: <post at chicagobearsfanforum.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2007 8:58 AM
Subject: [CBFF] Minnesota: Pack, Bears tickets to cost extra


> Once again the NFL sinks to a new, greedy low.
>
> ---------
> http://www.startribune.com/vikings/story/1281627.html
>
> Pack, Bears tickets to cost extra
> Staff And Wire Reports
>
> Last update: July 02, 2007 - 8:15 PM
>
> Fans hoping to buy tickets to see the Vikings play host to Green Bay or
> Chicago this season should be prepared to pay extra when single-game 
> tickets
> go on sale Monday.
> Those purchasing Green Bay (Sept. 30) or Chicago (Dec. 17) tickets also 
> will
> be required to buy one to a preseason game. Officially, the Vikings are
> calling them two-game mini-packs and a news release says the tickets will 
> be
> sold "if available." The team has done this in the past.
>
> Buying a ticket to the Green Bay game means fans must purchase one to the
> preseason opener Aug. 10 against St. Louis. A Bears ticket requires the
> purchase of another one to the exhibition finale Aug. 30 against Dallas.
> Prices will range from $92 to $248 per package.
>
> Tickets to all home games go on sale at 8 a.m. Monday at the Metrodome's
> Gate B ticket booth, cash or credit card only. At 9 a.m. Monday, tickets
> will be made available at all Midwest Ticketmaster locations, by calling
> 651-989-5151 or at www.ticketmaster.com. Single-game ticket prices range
> from $46 to $124.
>
> Here is the Vikings' 2007 home schedule: Aug. 10 vs. St Louis, 7 p.m.
> (preseason); Aug. 30 vs. Dallas, 7 p.m. (preseason); Sept. 9 vs. Atlanta,
> noon; Sept. 30 vs. Green Bay, noon; Oct. 28 vs. Philadelphia, noon; Nov. 4
> vs. San Diego, noon; Nov. 18 vs. Oakland, noon; Dec. 2 vs. Detroit, noon;
> Dec. 17 vs. Chicago, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 23 vs. Washington, noon.
>
> Holcomb interested
>
> Veteran quarterback Kelly Holcomb knows his odds of making the 
> Philadelphia
> Eagles roster aren't very good, considering the team had Donovan McNabb 
> and
> A.J. Feeley before drafting Kevin Kolb in the second round of April's NFL
> draft. Holcomb told the Fox Sports website that playing for Vikings coach
> Brad Childress would interest him.
>
> "Every now and again, you hear some rumblings and rumors about that. I 
> think
> it makes sense," Holcomb said. "Coach Childress was a coordinator in
> Philadelphia. It is the same offense. Obviously the Eagles just drafted
> Kevin to go with Donovan and A.J. I love the guys in Philadelphia and love
> the professionalism and Andy Reid and the staff and I'd like to stay. But
> there is a logjam here and that situation you are describing, with the 
> young
> talented quarterback in Minnesota, is one I've thought about."
>
>
> JUDD ZULGAD
>
> Etc.
>
> . New England coach Bill Belichick said during a radio interview that 
> former
> Gophers running back Laurence Maroney (shoulder injury) should be ready 
> for
> training camp. "I'm sure he'll be close," Belichick said. "He's doing 
> well.
> He's worked extremely hard this offseason."
>
> . Tank Johnson's blood alcohol level was below the legal limit when the
> former Chicago Bears tackle was arrested in Arizona on suspicion of 
> drunken
> driving June 22.
>
> . Three-time Pro Bowl linebacker LaVar Arrington was released from the
> hospital, two weeks after breaking his right arm and severely cutting his
> leg in a motorcycle accident.
>
> . Pro Bowl punter Brian Moorman signed a three-year contract extension 
> with
> the Buffalo Bills. Moorman's new deal runs through 2012 and is worth $10
> million, putting him among the league's best-paid punters.
>
> . The Oakland Raiders lost their case in California's top court after
> contending in a lawsuit that the NFL sabotaged the team's effort to build 
> a
> stadium at Hollywood Park in Los Angeles. The case dates back more than 20
> years when Raiders managing partner Al Davis accused the league of 
> purposely
> not doing enough to help the team move from the antiquated Los Angeles
> Memorial Coliseum to a new stadium complete with revenue-generating luxury
> suites. The Raiders returned to Oakland in 1995 after spending 13 years in
> Los Angeles.
>
> C 2007 Star Tribune. All rights reserved.
>
>
>
>
>
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