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.

Ticket sales poor for NFL preseason game in Canada

Jack Browne
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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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