Ravens Take Unusual Step Of Advertising Tickets For Lions Game

The Ravens, who have "sold out every home game since they arrived in Baltimore" in '96, are "advertising tickets" for today's game against the Lions. The Ravens are "appealing to fans" even as the team is "contending for what would be its first playoff berth" since '14. Seats were "available this week in almost every section; an $80 ticket for an upper end zone seat could be had for as little as $29." The NFL is "laboring across the board this season to maintain its fan base and minimize no-shows." The Ravens said that they took the "unusual step of advertising tickets not only to help themselves -- teams get a cut from seats resold on Ticketmaster -- but also to help get better deals for their fans who are selling." Ravens Senior VP/Ticket Sales & Operations Baker Koppelman said, "It is relatively new for us to advertise or promote ticket sales when we've sold out every game in our history" (BALTIMORESUN.com, 12/2).