Ticket sales poor for NFL preseason game in Canada

WINNIPEG, MB - AUGUST 7: A general view of the field and stadium in a CFL game between the Saskatchewan Roughriders and Winnipeg Blue Bombers at Investors Group Field on August 7, 2014 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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Canada apparently isn't pumped about the NFL's impending return.

The Oakland Raiders are set to face the Green Bay Packers in Winnipeg, Manitoba, in Week 3 of the preseason, but ticket sales for the Aug. 22 game have been slow.

At the current rate, the 33,000-seat home of the Canadian Football League's Blue Bombers will barely exceed a quarter of its capacity for the matchup.

Canada hasn't hosted an NFL game since the Buffalo Bills played annual contests at Toronto's Rogers Centre from 2008-13.

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