... not enough to attract a sellout crowd for Saturday's exhibition opener against the Seahawks. Without the appropriate allotment of tickets sold the stay-at-home folks will be blacked out in the home market.

The live telecast, at least.

Airing at 10:30 p.m. will be a replay of the Chargers game on local Channel 8. The NFL Network, which also has broadcast rights to the Chargers game, will honor the blackout and carry a rerun of Friday's Broncos/Niners contest a bit earlier in the evening at 7.

But come game time, it will be no-go on the small screen in San Diego.

In what could be a prelude to the upcoming season, the expense of attending a pro football game has fallen victim to a flat economy....

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