# Detroit Thanksgiving Tickets

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-thanksgiving-tickets/519048>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [November 26, 2009, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-thanksgiving-tickets/519048 "2009-11-26T18:19:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![The\_Cleveland\_Steamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@The\_Cleveland\_Steamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Cleveland_Steamer)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2009, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-thanksgiving-tickets/519048/1 "2009-11-26T18:19:51Z")

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How hard is it to get tickets to a Detroit Thanksgiving game? It looks there are a lot of empty seats.

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**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2009, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-thanksgiving-tickets/519048/2 "2009-11-26T18:25:01Z")

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Rumor is Ford was selling to employees at a cut rate. He did not want to black out that big a game. You could have walked up to the ticket window and bought a couple good tickets.

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**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2009, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-thanksgiving-tickets/519048/3 "2009-11-27T01:52:11Z")

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It’s not that hard. I live in Detroit and am surprised it sold out.

I mean, why do we still get this game? Are the ratings low for it compared to if they had a…uh, real team?

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**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2009, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-thanksgiving-tickets/519048/4 "2009-11-27T03:32:27Z")

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They sold out for years and years when they were worth watching. They led the attendance several times when they were at the dome. It held more than 80 K. Ford only holds 65 thou.