Phoenix Tickets Finder

This is the year! This is the year the Cards won’t suck! (Or maybe not…)

Ok, now that we have that established the next trick is getting your hands on tickets to see the Arizona Cardinals in their shiny new stadium. Tickets sell out fast but the ticket brokers almost always seem to have seats anyway. I like these guys for the best prices; these guys for best inventory; and these guys for unique seats and the ability to buy and sell.

Anyway, feast on these Cardinal trivia points while you hunt for seats (from the wiki):

The Cardinals are the oldest existing professional American football club in the United States. The team was formed in 1898 as the Morgan Athletic Club in Chicago, Illinois. The club was then called the Racine Normals since they were originally located on Racine Avenue (not Racine, Wisconsin, as mistaken by many) but moved to Chicago’s Normal Field. They then changed their name to the Racine Cardinals after they started wearing cardinal-red uniforms.

After becoming a charter member of the NFL in 1920, the club was renamed the Chicago Cardinals. The Cardinals moved to St. Louis, Missouri in 1960, becoming the St. Louis Cardinals, before relocating to the Phoenix area in 1988. The team was known as the Phoenix Cardinals before it started using “Arizona” in its name in 1994.

Despite moving to St. Louis and then to Arizona, the Cardinals had always remained in either an Eastern conference or division. When the league was divided into Eastern and Western conferences prior to the 1953 season, the Cardinals were placed in the East while the Chicago Bears were placed in the West. After the 1970 AFL-NFL Merger, the team was placed in the NFC East. The Cardinals were finally moved to the NFC West as part of the 2002 realignment.

The Cardinals have historically been known as a chronic loser. They were NFL Champions in 1925 and 1947. However, the team has not won a league title since then, and thus currently holds the NFL record for the longest championship drought. The team has also won only two division titles (1974 and 1975) since their 1947 NFL championship. Despite being the oldest existing professional football franchise in the United States, the Cardinals have an all-time postseason record of 2-5 (not counting the 1964 Bert Bell Benefit Bowl).

The oldest club in the NFL?? Who knew? (Yeah we already knew about the chronic loser rep… that changes this year though, baby!)