In order to drum up excitement for their season opener and hopefully increase attendance numbers, the Detroit Lions are offering “Standing Room Only” tickets to Monday night’s game against the New York Jets.
This is something the Lions have been doing more and more often, especially for marquee, nationally-televised games like this one. Team president Rod Wood even oversaw the development of a standing room only platform for the 2016 regular season finale against the Green Bay Packers:
Here's the just finished standing room only platform at @fordfield Gate G as I was leaving last night.