Vikings Ticket Sales Increase Thanks to Brett Favre
Bloomberg.com The Minnesota Vikings have sold a record amount of tickets since Brett Favre signed with the team yesterday, with fans snatching up more than 3,000 season packages and 10,000 single-game seats.
“It’s been an eventful and exciting last 24-plus hours,” Vikings Vice President of Sales and Marketing Steve LaCroix said in a telephone interview. “It’s been as active as we’ve been in the ticket department in one day, for sure.”
Favre, the National Football League’s all-time leading passer and three-time Most Valuable Player, came out of retirement for the second time yesterday to join the Vikings for his 19th professional season. Read full story here
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♦NFL, NBC Extend Contract for Sunday Night Football♦
General Electric Co.’s NBC unit will broadcast Sunday night National Football League games through 2013 under a contract extension. Read full story here
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♦Brett Favre’s presence raises expectations and pressure for Minnesota Vikings♦
If the Super Bowl were between the teams that made the splashiest moves between February and September, the Vikings would have beaten the Bears.
Luring Brett Favre out of retirement trumped trading for Jay Cutler. Now we will see if Favre can help make the Vikings a better team than Cutler can make the Bears. Read more here
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Posted by: Kane Reed (Sports Writer)
