Many good seats available in Cincy

The last three home games drew the three smallest crowds in Bengals' history.
CINCINNATI (AP) -- Scalpers hung out on empty street corners, offering high-priced tickets at bargain rates.
Vendors stood by carts crammed with Bengals gear, waiting for a customer to come into sight.
In the parking lot closest to Paul Brown Stadium, a few dozen fans grilled sausages, sipped beer and joked about the lack of excitement.
"You mean, in other NFL cities it's different?" said Bret Ramsey of Bellevue, Ky.
There's nothing quite like Cincinnati on an NFL game day -- the empty streets, the empty seats, the empty parking lots, the surreal scene leading up to kickoff.
"You have a feeling of being shortchanged. That's the best way to put it," said Angelo Iacono, 29, of Fort Thomas, Ky. "You feel shortchanged, even though we didn't pay for the tickets."
No takers
Tens of thousands of tickets were available Sunday for the Bengals' final home game, a 20-13 upset of the New Orleans Saints. Anyone could get a ticket, for just about any price.
Three scalpers huddled on a street corner one block from the stadium, offering $54 tickets for $20. Two hours before kickoff, there had been only one taker.
"We're trying to figure out which cloud he fell out of," joked one scalper, who declined to give his name.
Scalping tickets is legal in Cincinnati. It's also the toughest selling job in town.
"Anybody who tells you they're making money is lying," said another scalper in a hooded coat, also declining to give his name. "It's been bad. Why do we even come out here?"
That was the theme of the pregame show on the Bengals' local radio station. One caller after another insisted there was no reason for anybody to go, even if they'd already bought tickets.
"Cut your losses, get on with your life," said Chuck, a caller from suburban Montgomery. "If you hit your thumb with a hammer, do you want to continue to do it?"
Apparently not. The Bengals' last three home games drew the three smallest crowds in the stadium's three-year history. The Bengals sold only 43,544 tickets for Sunday's game, the second-smallest gate of the season.
There were perhaps 25,000 to 30,000 fans in the stands for the team's first home win of the season.