Ticketmaster: NFL sales up 332 percent

NEW YORK (AP) — With the NFL lockout over, fans seems ready to forgive and fill up stadiums.

Ticketmaster said Tuesday that sales on its NFL Ticket Exchange were up 332 percent Monday from the day before. They were up 294 percent from the previous Monday.

Players approved the new deal Monday, ending the 4½-month lockout.

NFL back in business with lockout ending

The deal to end the NFL lockout means relief for anybody involved with the business of pro football — and a sudden scramble to sell tickets, hawk merchandise and launch promotions.

Minutes after NFL players approved the agreement, the boisterous voice of coach Rex Ryan was booming in the phone lines of Jets season ticket holders.

The Detroit Lions had four to five times the number of calls and sales as a typical Monday. By late afternoon, the Tennessee Titans had emailed fans offering $20 off official player jerseys to "celebrate" football's return.

Fans already had started to call the Kansas City Chiefs and Miami Dolphins about tickets last week when the owners announced they had approved the deal.