Please click on the question below that you want answered. Each of the 31 NFL teams decides where and how their pre-season games will be televised. The rights to televised pre-season games are sold to local television stations in each market by the local team. In fact, no other major sports league televises every game on a free basis to the home team audience. NFL games are blacked out in a specific area around a stadium if the game is not sold out at least 72 hours in advance of the scheduled kickoff.
Blackouts exist for a variety of reasons.
The designated blackout areas are defined strictly by ZIP codes that mirror the footprint of the local FOX and CBS network affiliates' broadcast areas. Check with your national programming supplier to see if your ZIP code is inside the blackout territory for your home team. NFL blackouts occur when the home team does not sell out 72 hours prior to the scheduled kickoff. If you are interested in tickets for future Super Bowls, requests for our random drawing are accepted between Feb. 1 and June 1 of the year preceding the game in question. Winners of the drawing are able to purchase two tickets to the game.