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NFL commissioner says the purpose of offering lower-priced seats is to make them available to actual fans, not increase margins for brokers in the secondary market.
Sam Farmer
November 19, 2008

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell says he's tired of Super Bowl interceptions.
Interceptions by ticket scalpers, that is.

Goodell said Tuesday that the league was looking into the best ways to get its lowest-priced postseason tickets into the hands of actual fans, and not into those of secondary ticket brokers who send prices skyrocketing.

"It's difficult and it's time consuming, but it may be the next step that we need to take is where you actually say, 'You come to the stadium with your identification, and you'll get your two tickets after you're inside the gate,' " Goodell told a small group of reporters in Los Angeles.

Along with its recent announcement that the most expensive Super Bowl XLIII tickets will have a $1,000 face value, the league said it is setting aside 1,000 tickets priced at $500. While those prices might sound outlandish, Super Bowl tickets on the secondary market typically go for $3,500 and up.

"The reality is that Super Bowl tickets are trading at four to five times face value," Goodell said. "One of the big issues that we had in reducing those lower-priced tickets is, do they fall into the wrong hands? Do the scalpers go and take them, and they get the reduced price?

"All they do is get a better margin, which we're not interested in. . . . We're trying to figure out how to get the tickets to the fans."

Even so, everyday fans shouldn't get excited. The odds of getting a chance to buy tickets through the league -- probably by way of lottery -- are very slim.

L.A. Super Bowl?

Goodell, who was in town to tour the Culver City joint headquarters of the NFL Network and NFL.com, confirmed the league has taken a preliminary look at possibly playing the 50th Super Bowl in L.A. in 2016, whether or not there is a franchise here by then.

LINK
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-...1579616.column

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10-7-07 Bears 27,Packers 20
12-23-07 Bears 35, Packers 7
Then Brett Favre became a Jet...

KAS

Oh yeah, $500 a ticket is MUCH better... I still can't afford one.

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BettorFan

I think I might pick up 1000 and then set my own price just because I hate Goodell.

KAS

Sell them all only to people with really bad BO.

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LSU4LIFE

$500 isn't bad for the Super Bowl. I would pay it if my Saints ever made it. I just don't see this actually helping most fans. The secondary ticket brokers will still find a way to get around that. They probably already have a plan in place. They are like these steroid makers. They are always two steps ahead of the league.

D-easy

If they really want to get the tickets to the funs,they should give priority to people with season tickets of the Superbowl teams.

LSU4LIFE

That wouldn't be a bad idea.

KAS

I like it - but they'd never give up the $$$$$

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BU54

My aunt went to the superbowl once. Said it was mostly yuppies there/no fun.
Me I'd rather spend that kind of $$$ on one helluva party where you can watch all the replays ect.

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Bears always have and always will need a quarterback!! But not a MLB.


10-7-07 Bears 27,Packers 20
12-23-07 Bears 35, Packers 7
Then Brett Favre became a Jet...

D-easy

The yuppies and the celebrities go there cause the superbowl is more a social and less a sport event.If you wanna see football, you better pick a couple of good regular season or playoff games.You will enjoy it more and you'll save your money.