Bengals offer freebies to try and fill stadium

Tue., Dec. 27, 2011

Hot dogs, cotton candy, hot chocolate and water. The Cincinnati Bengals offered refreshments Monday to fans who lined up for a ticket promotion aimed at filling Paul Brown Stadium for the final game of the season Sunday. The Bengals made a buy-one, get-one-free offer to season ticket holders. If that doesn’t sell out, the team will consider a discount offer to the public. Cincinnati (9-6) would clinch a wild card playoff berth by beating Baltimore (11-4). The challenge is to fill the 65,500-seat stadium, which has been one-third empty most games this season. The Bengals have sold out only one home game, when Pittsburgh brought thousands of fans. Last Saturday, 41,273 saw the Bengals beat Arizona to ensure only their third winning record in 21 years. – AP

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