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Jaguars Owner Wayne Weaver said that the team is 12,000 season tickets "short of the base of 40,000 they'd like to have before single-game tickets and other packages are sold." The deadline for season-ticket renewals is April 29. Weaver Thursday "held a conference call" for season-ticket holders "to ask questions and the call was broadcast on Jaguars.com." Weaver said, "We've gotta almost repeat that Herculean effort that we had last year" (JACKSONVILLE.com, 4/7).

ALLOW ME TO EXPLAIN: In DC, Mike Jones noted the Redskins are "among the majority of NFL teams that haven't altered their ticket policies," and Redskins Senior VP/PR Tony Wyllie Wednesday explained the team's decision. Wyllie said, "We have to know who is (purchasing tickets) so that we can do the auto upgrade," referring to fans who "receive better seats because others ahead of them chose not to renew." Wyllie added, "We ship tickets in July, which means we print in June, which means we have to start auto upgrade in April. Unlike teams with money collected in PSLs, who already have almost all of the fans' money, we need to know who is coming back and seat preferences, and we can't wait until June or July." Wyllie said that "to make it up to fans for having to pay now despite the uncertainty," the Redskins "chose not to raise season ticket prices" (WASHINGTONPOST.com, 4/6).

SECOND TIME'S A CHARM: In Philadelphia, John George reported the MLS Philly Union this week "surpassed the number of season tickets sold" during the club's inaugural season last year. The club "sold out its allotment of full and partial season tickets in 2010, which were capped at 12,000 seats." Union CEO & Operating Partner Nick Sakiewicz earlier this year said that the team was "raising its cap to 13,000 this season at 18,500-seat PPL Park" (BIZJOURNALS.com, 4/7).

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