Arians to Cardinals fans: ‘It ain’t worth’ selling your tickets
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Since it opened in time for the 2006 season, University of Phoenix Stadium has proven to be a valuable advantage for the Arizona Cardinals.
All 101 games played there have been sold out, and most have seen seats filled with fans wearing red.
That wasn’t the case last Thursday, however, as Minnesota Vikings fans had a pretty solid presence in the stadium as the Cardinals hosted the Vikings on national television.
It wasn’t quite reminiscent of the Sun Devil Stadium days, when fans of the Dallas Cowboys, Oakland Raiders or, well, pretty much any team, would outnumber Cardinals fans, but it was a stronger visiting presence than Arizona fans have become accustomed to.
And it was certainly more of a presence than Cardinals coach Bruce Arians, who has guided the Cardinals to an 18-4 home record since the beginning of the 2013 season, was hoping to see and hear. That a good number of tickets were sold by Cardinals fans to Vikings fans for one of the biggest games of the season disappointed the coach.
“It’s going to take a little more time to stop seeing waves and just complete sections of the visiting team where you normally see Cardinal fans,” Arians told Bickley and Marotta on Arizona Sports 98.7 FM. “I don’t give a [expletive] how much you get for you tickets, it ain’t worth it.”
http://arizonasports.com/story/489961/arians-to-cardinals-fans-it-aint-worth-selling-your-tickets/
Since it opened in time for the 2006 season, University of Phoenix Stadium has proven to be a valuable advantage for the Arizona Cardinals.
All 101 games played there have been sold out, and most have seen seats filled with fans wearing red.
That wasn’t the case last Thursday, however, as Minnesota Vikings fans had a pretty solid presence in the stadium as the Cardinals hosted the Vikings on national television.
It wasn’t quite reminiscent of the Sun Devil Stadium days, when fans of the Dallas Cowboys, Oakland Raiders or, well, pretty much any team, would outnumber Cardinals fans, but it was a stronger visiting presence than Arizona fans have become accustomed to.
And it was certainly more of a presence than Cardinals coach Bruce Arians, who has guided the Cardinals to an 18-4 home record since the beginning of the 2013 season, was hoping to see and hear. That a good number of tickets were sold by Cardinals fans to Vikings fans for one of the biggest games of the season disappointed the coach.
“It’s going to take a little more time to stop seeing waves and just complete sections of the visiting team where you normally see Cardinal fans,” Arians told Bickley and Marotta on Arizona Sports 98.7 FM. “I don’t give a [expletive] how much you get for you tickets, it ain’t worth it.”