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Dodging the blackouts Saints, Eagles games will be televised
Updated: Friday December 29, 2000 5:08 PM
NEW YORK (AP) -- New Orleans Saints and Philadelphia Eagles fans will be able watch their NFL wild-card game on television. After getting two extensions of the NFL blackout deadline, the Saints announced Friday morning that Saturday's game against the Rams had been sold out and the blackout was lifted. The Colts-Dolphins game remained 7,500 tickets shy of a sellout on Friday, meaning a Dolphins postseason telecast will be blacked out for the first time in 17 years. The last playoff game to be blacked out was Green Bay at Detroit, seven years ago. "We're a little surprised, because we've had such fantastic luck in selling out our games over the past two years," Dolphins president Eddie Jones said. "On the other hand, I know it's the holidays." Remaining tickets for Saturday's game were $64 seats in the upper corner and end zone. "We're confident that the game will sell out by game time," Jones said. The only other playoff games blacked out in the past 16 years was a 1992 game between Houston and Buffalo. New Orleans received a 24-hour extension on Wednesday, after whittling the unsold tickets down from 11,000 to 4,500 in two days. But when the new deadline arrived at 3 p.m. on Thursday, 1,700 tickets were still unsold, prompting team owner Tom Benson to call the NFL again. Philadelphia fans will be able to watch their team on television Sunday, thanks to Fox television, the team said Friday. The Eagles had to sell its 65,358 tickets at Veterans Stadium by 4 p.m. Friday to avoid a television blackout. The team said they had 1,500 tickets remaining Friday and Fox Philadelphia agreed to buy them if they are not sold by game time. The New Year's Eve matchup is the Eagles' first playoff appearance since 1996.
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