Chargers shut out Patriots fans: Deny Ticket sales to non Cali Residents

Boston Globe ^ | 1/10/07 | Bruce Mohl

[beansox]

"The San Diego Chargers have restricted sales to the Divisional Playoff game to residents of Southern California and the surrounding area only," Ticketmaster warned. "Residency will be based on your credit card billing address. Orders by residents outside of southern California will be canceled without notice."

[beansox]

I hope they get their bums handed to them! lol

[highimpact]

Da Bears are doing the same thing to Seahawk fans.

[beansox]

I saw that. But I dont hate the Bears like I hate the Chargers! :P

[Reaganesque]

So much for sportsmanship.

[Clifford The Big Red Dog]

Why? They're right.

Why fill your stadium with "The Enemy" during a playoff game?

Besides, any game is better on my 64" plasma screen anyway.

[Mrs.Liberty]

While I don't agree with this policy anyway, there were only about 1000 seats left, and they were single seats only.

But, still should have opened it up to anyone who wanted to buy them.

Go Pats!

[dfwgator]

Why fill your stadium with "The Enemy" during a playoff game?

1000 single tickets in the nosebleed section is hardly filling the stadium.

[lesko]

Ticket sales do not need to be restricted - Marty will still find a way to lose.

[Clifford The Big Red Dog]

Sportsmanship has nothing to do with it. Its business, not personal.

[beansox]

I think its silly.

[Clifford The Big Red Dog]

If they're such terrible seats, why waste the money for tickets, airfare, hotels, etc....?

[Clifford The Big Red Dog]

Its not the first time. The Browns used to restrict sales to credit cards with a Pittsburgh billing address back in the day.......

[PBRSTREETGANG]

"Residency will be based on your credit card billing address."

It's simple. They only want San Diego "chargers".

[Jake The Goose]

This is the playoffs - civility is out the window.

I have no problem with San Diego doing this - I like it.

[fish hawk]

The U S government should step in with their Dept. of Stadium Seats and regulate this sort of stuff. ;^)

[Labyrinthos]

Question: Is Charger Stadium (or whatever the heck it is called) a publically owned stadium? If so, then resticting sales based upon residence may constitute an unconstitutional restriction on interstate commerce.

[L,TOWM]

Oh for Pete's sake... < eye roll >
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[Physicist]

It's a different story in New Orleans:

For some Eagles fans, it’s off to the Big Easy

Tickets are going for between $250 and $1,285 at TicketsNow.com and Philadelphia-area residents accounted for a quarter of all orders placed Sunday and Monday, said TicketsNow.com spokeswoman Jennifer Swanson.

"I don’t know if you can top Philly fans," Swanson said. "I know those guys are ravenous. They’ll travel."

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

ROFL

[Malacoda]

And you don't have to pay $8 for a hot dog, $6 a cup for watered-down beer, and then wait an entire quarter to use a bathroom, either.