I know tickets are cheap in Tampa. The Ravens have a preseason game in August and I found sideline tickets for $25. On the otherhand, I'm going to Baltimore later in August and a preseason game there with Carolina, the best I could find was $75.
The blackout rules have been around for a long time. I actually grew up in Tampa/St. Pete, I graduated from St. Petersburg High in 1968. I remember when the Dolphins started play they extended the blackout rules to 250 miles. So if the Dolphins didn't sell out the Orange Bowl, we had no game in Tampa.
Paul Tagliabue was responsible for the mess in Jacksonville. Even though St. Louis and Baltimore had better franchise packages in 1995, he awarded franchises to Carolina and Jacksonville. Florida certainly didn't need a third NFL team, plus the fact Jacksonville is a college town. In the end, the NFL lost the Rams in LA when they moved to St. Louis and Cleveland lost a team for three years when they moved to Baltimore. I love the NFL, but sometimes they create their own problems.
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