Bengals avoid blackout, Kroger buys extra tickets to donate to service members and vets
By Mike Dyce
The Cincinnati Bengals and their playoff match up against the San Diego Chargers won’t be blacked out after all. After struggling to sell tickets and facing an impending deadline on Friday afternoon, Kroger stepped up and bought “a large quantity of tickets.”
The tickets will be donated to active service members and veterans at seven Kroger locations in Ohio and Kentucky.
Kroger announces it has purchased "a large quantity of tickets" for the #Bengals game
— Joe Reedy (@joereedy) January 3, 2014
Kroger and #Bengals have been working on a ticket buy for awhile plus Kroger has come through in the past
— Joe Reedy (@joereedy) January 3, 2014
#Bengals tickets will be donated to active service members and veterans at seven Kroger locations in Ohio and Kentucky
— Joe Reedy (@joereedy) January 3, 2014
A Kroger spokeswoman would not say how many tickets were bought
— Joe Reedy (@joereedy) January 3, 2014
The Indianapolis Colts got bailed out in a similar fashion. Meijer bought 1,200 tickets to donate to local military families as well.
Meijer's a superstar in our community. Bought 1200 tix and giving to local military families. Game on WTHR. BLUE OUT, not black out.
— Jim Irsay (@JimIrsay) January 3, 2014
Both these stores did something solid for the community and the military and deserve to be acknowledged for that.