Alex Marvez of FoxSports.com reports the NFL will be adding bells and whistles to promote the first mainland Pro Bowl in 35 years.
Ticket prices will reflect that as well when the league's annual all-star game is played during the Super Bowl off-week for the first time on January 31, 2010 at Dolphin Stadium in Miami Gardens.
Seats that aren't purchased by Miami Dolphins season-ticket holders in a first offering will be priced at the "scale of a wild-card game" when placed on sale to the general public in October, NFL Senior Vice President of Events Frank Supovitz told FOXSports.com on Wednesday.
The cheapest tickets for the 2008 wild-card game between Miami and visiting Baltimore were $46, but most cost significantly more than that. Dolphins season-ticket holders can purchase Pro Bowl seats for the same price as a 2009 home game. That cost ranges between $31 and $105, although tickets between the goal lines begin at $70.
If they want a good turn out then they need to make the Pro Bowl be played on the Thursday night before the SB. They should treat it like a preseason game, if you want a ticket to the SB also have to buy a ticket to the Pro Bowl.
I don't think the Pro-Bowl will ever be what they want it to be. If they actually played it with all the passion of a regular game then maybe but that will never happen.
If they want a good turn out then they need to make the Pro Bowl be played on the Thursday night before the SB. They should treat it like a preseason game, if you want a ticket to the SB also have to buy a ticket to the Pro Bowl.
I really like this idea actually. I think it would work much better.