Vikings face deadline to avoid local TV blackout of wild-card game

Published: Jan 02, 2009 at 08:24 AM

The NFL gave the Minnesota Vikings a final 24-hour deadline to sell the remaining tickets for Sunday's NFC wild-card game against the Philadelphia Eagles or have the TV broadcast blacked out in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area. The tickets must be sold by 3:30 p.m. Central time Saturday.

Prices for the remaining tickets are $80, $120 and $160, and fans can buy them by calling Ticketmaster at (651) 989-5151 or (800) 745-3000, or going to the company's Web site. Tickets also are available at the Metrodome ticket office or any Ticketmaster location.

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