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Another Buffalo Bills Blackout in the city of Buffalo

KeithE4, I read in Michael MacCambridge's "America's Game" where the blackouts were lifted on those first post-9/11 games on behalf of those who were afraid of terrorist attacks in the stadiums. Think "Black Sunday".

ixnay
 
ixnay said:
KeithE4, I read in Michael MacCambridge's "America's Game" where the blackouts were lifted on those first post-9/11 games on behalf of those who were afraid of terrorist attacks in the stadiums. Think "Black Sunday".
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I've never heard that one before, but I'm not familiar with that book either. I thought the NFL lifted it just out the goodness of their corporate heart (yeah, right! ;D ) to build up post-9/11 morale.

But IIRC, only the Cards game was subject to blackout that week anyway, and that would have only affected Arizona.
 
Horns said:
Jacksonville reduced the size of their stadium by about 5,000 seats this year to keep local black-outs from happening. Another rather small media market with a large stadium problem.
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Which begs the question, why did they build the over-large stadiums in the first place?
 
In some cases, the cities lose population or the teams lose fans.

Example: the RCA Dome in Indianapolis seats about 56k for football (memory here) and the new Lucas Oil Field which is under construction will seat over 70,000. The RCA Dome has had one game that wasn't a sellout that I can think of since 2000 - something like a 32 game streak before not having a sellout.

It make sense to have a larger stadium then? Well, yes, as long as the team does well and the city and surrounding area is doing well economically. If Eli Lilly goes out of business, Indianapolis will have issues filling their new stadium. If the Colts find themselves 3-13 back-to-back years, they might have issues filling the new stadium.
 
If Cleveland has been losing population for years, how come all the Browns home games have sold out since they returned in 1999?
 
aarontabr said:
If Cleveland has been losing population for years, how come all the Browns home games have sold out since they returned in 1999?
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Because, unlike Indianapolis, Nashville, or Phoenix, Cleveland has a pro football tradition that goes back to 1937 (Rams through 1945, Browns thereafter). Those three cities were late-comers to the NFL party and, unlike Jacksonville and Charlotte, didn't get expansion teams to call their own. They inherited cast-offs from other cities.

Indy (which was Chicago Bear country when I grew up in the area) got the Colts in 1984 and it took several years to win the fans over - especially considering the inept ownership of Robert Irsay early-on and how they got the team (literally in the middle of the night). Putting together a winning team with a good front office to back it does wonders for your local fan-base (Take the hint, Bill & Michael Bidwill! ;D ).
 
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