The Falcons Beg You: Please Come on Sunday

An early leader in the clubhouse for the SHOCKER of Week 1: The Falcons are having trouble selling out the Georgia Dome for their first game. And, because of the NFL’s “if you’re too good to see the game in person, fine then, you can’t see it at home, either” rules, the game will be blacked out in Atlanta if it isn’t sold out within 72 hours of kick-off. This happened to the team twice last season.↵↵So, to encourage ticket sales, the Falcons are offering the deal of the century! This was the e-mail they sent out to fans yesterday:↵

↵↵⇥“With promising rookie Matt Ryan at the helm, Head Coach Mike Smith’s Atlanta Falcons charge into a new era of football this Sunday at the Georgia Dome when they host the Detroit Lions in the season opener.↵⇥↵⇥And we’re giving you $10 off the price of limited single game tickets when you order online between now and midnight Thursday. A limited number of are available starting at just $35. ...↵⇥

↵⇥↵⇥A packed house. A shiny new Dome. And a team you can be proud of. All we need now ... is YOU!”↵⇥

↵↵Whoa, Falcons, don’t give the fans too much here -- you do still need to turn a profit. That $10 savings is like practically giving the fans a free beer! And those $35 seats? Yeah, that’s after the big price slash. But it could be totally worth it to see that promising rookie play with a bunch of other guys you’re vaguely familiar with in that shiny new stadium. Look at those seats -- only some of the paint is chipping off now!↵↵Seriously though, if I’m a Falcons fan, I’d take those $35 bucks straight to Bodog, throw it down on the Lions, and double my money. Somehow, Atlanta is only a three-point dog. ↵

↵↵UPDATE: See Spencer’s defense of Atlanta-area sports.↵

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