The NFL has given the Kansas City Chiefs another day to avoid their first local TV blackout in 19 years.
A blackout looked inevitable this morning, but the Chiefs announced today that they have been given another 24 hours - until Friday at 12:05 p.m. Central - to sell out Sunday’s home game against the Buffalo Bills.
The Chiefs failed to sell out the game by the usual deadline of 72 hours before kickoff, but the league granted the team’s request for one more day. That’s a sign that the Chiefs are getting close to a sellout, as the league usually doesn’t extend the blackout deadline unless the game is virtually certain to sell out.
The Chiefs’ last local TV blackout came on December 16, 1990. Since then they’ve sold out 155 consecutive home games.
