The Carolina Panthers have the hottest young rookie in the NFL. But that wasn’t enough to sell out the non-premium tickets at Bank of America Stadium for Sunday’s game against the Jaguars, without a little help.
According to Joseph Person of the Charlotte Observer, Anheuser-Busch and WBTV, the CBS affiliate in Charlotte that will televise Sunday’s game, purchased the remaining tickets. As of Tuesday, 1,200 tickets remained. The tickets will be given to local charities, members of the military, and police, fire, and EMS first responders.
Presumably, the cost for the remaining tickets was 34 cents of each ticket dollar, an approach that league rules permit when it comes to buying the balance of any non-premium seats.
Sunday’s game, featuring Cam Newton against Jaguars rookie quarterback Blaine Gabbert, will be Carolina’s 87th straight sellout.
