Anyone here ever been to a Super Bowl

mexcooker12 · Post by **mexcooker12** » January 19, 2005 11:40 am

Just for the heck of it I was looking at Super Bowl ticket prices and the cheapest I saw anywhere was 1900 for upper endzone seats. That seems completely insane to me and I cant understand how many people could afford that. I am pretty sure face value of the tickets range from 500-700 which is still really high to me. Anyone here ever been to a Super Bowl game?

CaptainP · Post by **CaptainP** » January 19, 2005 11:42 am

I never have, but I have a friend who goes every year. She's not rich, but takes vacation to party in the Super Bowl city. She never has tickets, almost always gets into the game. There are lots of scalpers who get desperate close to gametime and give deep discounts.

ejr · Post by **ejr** » January 19, 2005 11:45 am

I was at the 1987 Super Bowl in Pasadena California---New York Giants vs Denver Broncos. Had hoped the Bears would be back, but no such luck, and relatives of mine in Pasadena had contacts to get tickets. We were all in about the 10th row of the endzone and the tickets (and we paid face value) were $75 back then.

FYI, the halftime show was some lame Disney production.

CaptainP · Post by **CaptainP** » January 19, 2005 11:47 am

ejr wrote:FYI, the halftime show was some lame Disney production.

As opposed to the lame halftime shows they put on now...

ejr · Post by **ejr** » January 19, 2005 11:52 am

CaptainP wrote:
ejr wrote:FYI, the halftime show was some lame Disney production.
As opposed to the lame halftime shows they put on now...

exactly!

mexcooker12 · Post by **mexcooker12** » January 19, 2005 11:57 am

CaptainP wrote:I never have, but I have a friend who goes every year. She's not rich, but takes vacation to party in the Super Bowl city. She never has tickets, almost always gets into the game. There are lots of scalpers who get desperate close to gametime and give deep discounts.

Is there anyway for you to know how much she typically pays for a ticket from a scalper? I am thinking about making the trip down.

CaptainP · Post by **CaptainP** » January 19, 2005 11:58 am

mexcooker12 wrote:
CaptainP wrote:I never have, but I have a friend who goes every year. She's not rich, but takes vacation to party in the Super Bowl city. She never has tickets, almost always gets into the game. There are lots of scalpers who get desperate close to gametime and give deep discounts.
Is there anyway for you to know how much she typically pays for a ticket from a scalper? I am thinking about making the trip down.

She's hard to get hold of these days, but I can try...

weirdo0521 · Post by **weirdo0521** » January 19, 2005 12:01 pm

Four guys I work with went to the Bucs vs. Raiders in San Diego a few years ago....they finally scored tickets on Sunday morning through the concierge.they paid $1100 a piece for tickets that were $750 face value.....most of the tickets issued go to NFL sponsors.......so a lot of tickets become available closer to the game because so many people go for the event, party etc. but don't want to go to the game....Toughest part usually is hotels and flights out on Monday....

Y-NO-9-O · Post by **Y-NO-9-O** » January 19, 2005 12:26 pm

I went last year. Mrs. Y-NO found us seats and flights 2 days before the game. 48 yard line club level seats (Roger Staubach's seats) right in front of Janet's boob. Had sushi served to us in our seats. Face value was $600 each. They were actually offered for free, but Mrs. Y did not want to be beholden to the person giving them, so we paid face value. Sure, the tickets and the airfare came to a couple grand, but being in Charlotte and having the Panthers at the game made it a once-in-a-lifetime chance. Got some free stuff too. Every seat had a SB seat cushion, a hand drawn "welcome" sign (elementary school children drew them), a SB miniature radio with about 5 different stations playing the game (depending on which team you favored).
I would do it again in a heartbeat.

land_shark3 · Post by **land_shark3** » January 19, 2005 12:53 pm

Never been myself, but my dad went down a while back. He said it really was one of those "go big or don't go" type of events. If you are going to one Super Bowl, go in style.

He also said that the scalpers he talked didn't drop their price until after kick-off or even after halftime because so many people just want to say they've seen the Super Bowl.

IsleReef · Post by **IsleReef** » January 19, 2005 1:06 pm

Growing up I had a cousin who played pro and wound up going to the 1979 Rams/Steelers Super Bowl......... I was kind of young and not really into football....... I was always more of a hockey fan.........

McGee · Post by **McGee** » January 19, 2005 1:10 pm

I've been to both of the Patriot's superbowls and will HOPEFULLY be going again this year.

The first year was by far the cheapest--we ended up paying $600 for a $400 ticket because it was after 9/11 and not a lot of people were back to traveling. We bought the tickets through a broker before we left because we wanted to make sure we had them in hand. However, if we had waited until game day, scalpers were selling tickets for $100. This is NOT the norm and I read afterwards that it was by far the cheapest superbowl ever. In reality, the price usually goes UP at kick-off because the scalpers are trying to take advantage of everyone who waited....

Last year's ticket was 1200 and I count myself very very lucky to have gotten it for that price. Demand was WAY more than the supply and people looking for tickets were actually lined up on the highway and off ramp as you approached the stadium.

As a word of caution-- make sure you don't buy a fake ticket. Buy them from a legal ticket agency if you can. I talked to several people who had bought fakes and it breaks your heart to see some poor guy you know can't afford it loosing $2500 to some scum bag. If you must buy from a scalper on the street, make sure you've seen a ticket you KNOW is real. That way you can actually feel it, see what the hologram sticker looks like, etc.

Good Luck, Go PATS

MG · Post by MG » January 19, 2005 1:39 pm

ejr wrote:I was at the 1987 Super Bowl in Pasadena California---New York Giants vs Denver Broncos. Had hoped the Bears would be back, but no such luck, and relatives of mine in Pasadena had contacts to get tickets. We were all in about the 10th row of the endzone and the tickets (and we paid face value) were $75 back then.

FYI, the halftime show was some lame Disney production.

My wife and I went to the '87 Super Bowl. Got a ticket application from my brother's friend who is a Giants season ticket holder. Drove to the East Rutherford, NJ Post Office the day after Christmas to mail the application. Big snowstorm on Thursday before the game, NY airports closed until Friday morning. Flew to LAX via Dallas on Friday afternoon. The Beach Boys performed on the Rose Bowl field before the game.

Halftime show saved the Giants. I have a friend who works in the media and was on the field when the Giants came off at halftime trailing 10-9. He said they were exhausted from the heat. The extended halftime gave them a chance to recover and the sun set as well so it cooled off.

Tickets were $75 and we sat in the same seat numbers as the season tickets at Giants Stadium.

GIANTS 39, Broncos 20
Phil Simms 22-25, 268 yards, 3 TD, MVP

job41475 · Post by **job41475** » January 19, 2005 1:44 pm

I've been to The World Series and Stanley Cup Finals but never the Super Bowl or NBA finals for that matter.....

LIPH · Post by **LIPH** » January 19, 2005 2:18 pm

Tickets to the first Super Bowl were about $25, maybe less, and the game wasn't a sellout. At the time CBS had broadcast rights to the NFL and NBC had the AFL and the game was broadcast on both networks. It wasn't called the Super Bowl either. And before you ask, I don't remember what they called it.

rednekkPH · Post by **rednekkPH** » January 19, 2005 2:21 pm

LIPH wrote:Tickets to the first Super Bowl were about $25, maybe less, and the game wasn't a sellout. At the time CBS had broadcast rights to the NFL and NBC had the AFL and the game was broadcast on both networks. It wasn't called the Super Bowl either. And before you ask, I don't remember what they called it.

How much did your ticket cost, after the senior citizen discount?

IsleReef · Post by **IsleReef** » January 19, 2005 2:35 pm

rednekkPH wrote:
LIPH wrote:Tickets to the first Super Bowl were about $25, maybe less, and the game wasn't a sellout. At the time CBS had broadcast rights to the NFL and NBC had the AFL and the game was broadcast on both networks. It wasn't called the Super Bowl either. And before you ask, I don't remember what they called it.
How much did your ticket cost, after the senior citizen discount?

LIPH · Post by **LIPH** » January 19, 2005 2:37 pm

I was only 14 years old when they played the first Super Bowl. Yes, we had television back then.

rednekkPH · Post by **rednekkPH** » January 19, 2005 2:39 pm

LIPH wrote:I was only 14 years old when they played the first Super Bowl. Yes, we had television back then.

Televisions maybe, but did they have footballs?

mexcooker12 · Post by **mexcooker12** » January 19, 2005 2:42 pm

rednekkPH wrote:
LIPH wrote:I was only 14 years old when they played the first Super Bowl. Yes, we had television back then.
Televisions maybe, but did they have footballs?

Back then they still played with the little straps of leather on their head for helmets.

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