The Detroit Lions are offering half-season ticket packages for the first time I can remember. Five games in each of two packages. Lower, upper, and club levels. Must be they are not selling all their season tickets! Can't imagine why. They have a veteran quarterback, great draft choices, no one left from last year's losing season, and Matt Millen at the helm. Wink, wink.
The talking heads of sports radio around here have been encouraging fans to give up their seats if they are not satisfied--looks like that is happening. The Lions will spin the shrink in sales to the weak--OK, horrible--economic conditions in metro Detroit. IMHO that cannot be the whole reason since the 55,000 season ticket holders are, for the most part, financially able to afford them. Perhaps the outrageous jump in ticket prices (ours from $70 to $90) for such a weak product contributes as well.
Also heard on the radio yesterday that a season ticket holder emailed the Lions with a complaint about his club level seats. The email was sent up the line and a response sent back down with an inadvertent copy to the customer. In essence the corporate response was, "F*** him--we'll take care of it next year!" Believable? Yes.
And yet the fans here will still support them. Go figure.
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wow it must be bad if my ol' man is dropping f-bombs on the web :)
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