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Ravens Exploring Ways To Combat No-Show Issues At Home Games

The Ravens are "doing their best to woo a fan base that hasn't always showed up in recent seasons" as they prepare to face the Browns with the AFC North title on the line Sunday, according to Childs Walker of the BALTIMORE SUN. The Ravens "don’t have an attendance problem," as the team has "announced sellouts for every home game this season, just the way they usually do." They still have a "wait list of more than 1,500" for PSLs. But it has "become common to see thousands of empty seats at M&T Bank Stadium on game days, a phenomenon that was not helped by the endless monsoons that soaked the city" this year. Prices on the secondary market have "fluctuated along with confidence in the team." The Ravens have also "advertised available tickets on television and in print to a degree not seen in past seasons." Ravens Senior VP/Ticket Sales & Operations Baker Koppelman said, "At the end of the day, our games are sold out. That hasn't changed. But the world is evolving. ... The no-shows, they're an issue everywhere." Walker notes Koppelman "argued that the situation is more complex than the ticket advertisements might suggest." Fans are "less likely to rush to the box office than they were in the past, because they know tickets will be available on the secondary market right up to kickoff." Koppelman said that "consumer interest in the Browns game is high; only scattered single and club seats remained available as of Wednesday afternoon." The Ravens also "sold the initial allotment of playoff tickets they put on sale Wednesday" (BALTIMORE SUN, 12/28).

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