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After a decade and a half of franchises failing and relocating, the 1936 season was the first in which every NFL team remained the same city as the previous year. While that indicated some level of stability, the league's attendance challenges were such that the Boston Redskins, hosts of the league championship game due to winning the Eastern Division, moved the game to New York’s Polo Grounds, hoping the Redskins-Packers game would draw a better crowd than they would by playing in Boston. Over 29,000 showed up for the championship game, nearly doubling the largest crowd in Boston that year.

Teams took various steps to boost attendance, including the Packers employing a door-to-door sales campaign in August, but the league needed additional efforts given the many empty seats. One tool the league office used was offering free tickets for ladies provided they were accompanied to the game by a gentleman escort who purchased a ticket.

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