<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>The Arizona Cardinals are trying to "protect the nest." This means they'd like University of Phoenix Stadium to continue to sell out, and to do so with as few opposing fans as possible. In the past two seasons, there was little concern about this since the team sold out every home game. But with ticket sales a bit slower as the third season approaches, the Cardinals are requiring fans who want to buy tickets to the Dallas game on Oct. 12 to also buy tickets for the Aug. 7 exhibition opener vs. New Orleans. Cardinals fans have "created a decisive home-field advantage" the past two years, and the team wants to keep it that way by discouraging single-game ticket sales to Dallas Cowboys fans, team spokesman Mark Dalton said. "Our goal is to have as many Cardinal fans in the stadium as possible," Dalton said. In terms of overall ticket sales, "We're a little slower than we were at this point" last year, Dalton said, citing the slowing economy. Dalton estimated about 58,000 season tickets have been sold. Ideally, the Cardinals would like to sell about 60,000 season tickets and hold back 3,000 or so to sell for individual games. "If we don't get to that threshold, then there will be a few more individual single-game tickets available," Dalton said.</div> source Sounds like a desperate move to me, but in the end the Cards are still getting smoked by the Cowboys. When they're up 17-0 after the first quarter, the home field advantage will be gone too
Eh, other teams do it. Probably most, to be honest. We'll still pack that stadium, mind you.... it will just cost extra.
This happens a lot in San Diego. I have witnessed it when I went to a couple Chargers/Raiders games. San Diego, being the retirement community that it is, has many season ticketholders who will sell the Raider game tickets online. The people buying them are often Raider fans living in nearby Los Angeles. Why do they sell that game away? They are too old to want to put up with the confrontations between young Charger fans and young Raider fans in the parking lot and in the stands. The Raider fans in LA seem to be more aggressive and confrontational than my Bay Area friends. Police are extremely busy on that day of the year. What you end up with is 1/3 to 1/2 the seats in the stadium wearing Silver and Black. The last time I was down there was about 4 years ago.
