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By Chick Ludwig, Staff Writer Updated 1:30 AM Friday, June 26, 2009

Have you ever thrown a party where nobody showed up?

That’s basically what happened on the final day of Cincinnati Bengals minicamp on Saturday, June 20.

The club opened the doors of Paul Brown Stadium, hoping fans would take advantage of the club’s “Select-A-Seat” event while watching the team practice for free.

The result? There couldn’t have been 1,000 fans in the joint.

This was your only opportunity to witness the club in action prior to its July 30 arrival at Georgetown (Ky.) College for training camp, yet you stayed away for any number of reasons. Apathy is at the top of my list.

Season tickets are available for public sale for the first time since 2006 because fans are tired of losing, tired of being built up and let down, tired of 18 years with only one playoff berth, and tired of the Chad Ochocinco Circus.

The season ticket waiting list exhausted, the Bengals are taking steps to keep their franchise-record streak of 44 straight sellouts intact.

Starting Monday, “ticket packs” are being offered for the 2009 home season with the price range from $256 to $328 per pack.

The “orange pack” is Denver (Sept. 13), Chicago (Oct. 25), Cleveland (Nov. 29) and Detroit (Dec. 6).

The “black pack” is Pittsburgh (Sept. 27), Houston (Oct. 18), Baltimore (Nov. 8) and Kansas City (Dec. 27).

The Bengals Ticket Hotline is (513) 621-TDTD. Will you be dialing?

Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2253 or cludwig@DaytonDailyNews.com.

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Don't know if I can take another year of the O No Cinco comedy show. Hard to believe a grown up with his talent thinks and acts like he does. Can't bring myself to call him a man but if I used the word boy I am sure I would hear someone call me a racist. It is a shame we will have to deal with this crybaby another year. Lets eat his contract and let him tweet or twitt or through his fits in a private room in the stadium. Go with the players that want to be a Bengalif no other team wants him.

joe
11:02 PM, 7/17/2009

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I think fans are more fed up with Mike Brown than the team losing. I can also say that the stadium experience sucks now compared to what it was when I started getting season tickets. It was so bad last year I didn't renew this year. I'll just watch on TV. I'm glad there will be empty seats. It sends a message to the ownership.

Josh
1:39 PM, 7/9/2009

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