Yahoo! Sports is reporting that the Arizona Cardinals are doing everything in their power to make sure that University of Phoenix Stadium isn’t filled with Dallas Cowboys fans when they meet on October 12.
“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.”
I can understand why a team wouldn’t want their stadium filled with the opposing team’s fans, but c’mon, this is ridiculous. Are you telling me that if I were a Cowboys fan, I’d have to buy a ticket to watch the Saints and Cardinals square off in an exhibition game? The first pre-season game is by far the worst to watch and the fact that exhibition tickets cost just as much as regular season tickets only makes it more painful. Maybe the Cardinals should worry more about putting a winning product on the field. Perhaps then Arizona fans would be more eager to come out and support their team.
