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Chargers continue to be a hot ticket
By: MIKE SULLIVAN - Staff Writer | ∞
SAN DIEGO ---- The Chargers' franchise-best 14-2 season has prompted season ticket purchases to reach unprecedented heights.
The team has already sold 6,900 new season-ticket packages for next season, chief operating officer Jim Steeg said Wednesday. Steeg said the team now has nearly 63,000 season ticket-holders, pending renewals.
The Chargers don't plan to put a limit on season-ticket packages, so it's a very real possibility that the Chargers could sell out the 2007 season before it starts.
"We're going to try to do that," Steeg said. "We haven't been close to that before. We'll see what the renewals are."
Steeg said last season was the first time the Chargers sold all 113 suites in Qualcomm Stadium. He said that is expected to occur again this season.
The team's soaring popularity can also be assessed in another manner. According to Steeg, the Chargers ranked 28th in the NFL in merchandise sales two years ago. Steeg said they now ranked fifth.
Contract talk
The six-year deal linebacker Shaun Phillips signed earlier this week not only gave Phillips the security he coveted, but also includes $13 million of guaranteed dollars over the first 13 months of the deal.
The Chargers have 24 players under contract through at least 2009, but defensive end Igor Olshansky isn't one of them even though he signed a six-year deal in 2004. Agent Ryan Tollner said Olshansky reached playing-time incentives that voided the final year of the deal.
Olshansky's contract now expires in 2008.
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I want a refund! wrote on Feb 22, 2007 11:03 AM:How many of those season tickets were sold before the firing of Marty Schottenheimer? It smells like potential fraud.
jerry wrote on Feb 22, 2007 11:53 AM:if you want a refund do it now because a lot of people have faith in our team and desperately will want tickets for the next season. do us a big favor and don`t come around the bolts, we need real fans!!
NostraBoltus wrote on Feb 22, 2007 1:24 PM:11:03 how can you get a refund if you never even had season tickets to begin with, you`re the fraud, & you smell. I`m a Bolt fan for life! & I`ve got my season tickets on order for next season which is going to be exciting now that we`re going to win in the post season. AJ will continue to work his GM mastery.
CORONA CHARGER wrote on Feb 22, 2007 2:00 PM:NOBODY PAYS TO SEE MARTY, WHAT AN IDIOT. I HAVE 2 SEATS IN THE "BOLT PIT" WHERE THE WILDEST MOST FANATICAL FANS SIT, END ZONE RIGHT ABOVE VISITORS TUNNEL 11 ROWS FROM FIELD. WOULD LIKE TO TRADE FOR ROW 1 SEATS IN LOGE. MY WIFE AND I ARE GETTING TO OLD FOR THE YOUNG CRAZY FANS.
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