Comments on: How to Buy Super Bowl Tickets – 2012

By: Hannah @ HowMuchIsIt

Hannah @ HowMuchIsIt — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:05:00 +0000

Super Bowl tickets are highly overrated. In Detroit, I was able to get tickets since my Aunt had a connection with Pittsburgh and the team. Don’t get me wrong, but the tickets are OUTRAGEOUS for what you get. If I’m going to spend $5,000 on 2 tickets for 2 hours of entertainment, I think I would rather go to Hawaii for 7 days, haha!

Anyways, for those that are seriously interested in purchasing tickets, consider checking out a cool site called SeatGeek. This site is awesome and it will spider all of the legit ticket broker sites online and constantly find you the best deal.

By: MoneySmartGuides

MoneySmartGuides — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:24:48 +0000

I knew a bunch of tickets went to the corporate sponsors and teams in the game, but I didn’t realize how few were actually sold to the public!

Personally, I would much rather watch the game on TV. I’ve been to NFL games before and enjoy them immensely, but the Super Bowl is for the big-screen TV. After all, if you go to the game, you can’t hang out at your co-workers desk on Monday talking about the great (or lack thereof) commercials!

By: Kevin Smith

Kevin Smith — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 18:27:20 +0000

I won a trip to this super bowl, my first ever NFL game.

On game day we made our way to the stadium on a tour bus and I had some beers in me. I think the prices for tickets is insane, I’m not rich, and could have used the cash!

As I’m stepping off the bus, two guys are asking if anyone wants to sell their tickets. I’m a wheeler and dealer and willing to talk. So I asked them how much they were paying. They took a look at my good seat and just said “how much you need” …. (face value is $900) … I said $5,000, he countered with $3,000. I started to walk away, and he says “hold up, I’ll go $4,000″. Hmm
He pulls out the largest wad of 100s I’d seen in real life, took him two hands to control the mound of cash. I was drooling and willing to watch from a tavern somewhere with 4k in my pocket!

Then there was that little voice … you know the one. I’ve sat in jail before regretting I didn’t listen to that little voice.
So, before the swap, I told them to hang on, I was going to call my trip coordinator for some insight, as they are Dallas natives.
I called Jodi my coordinator, and he informed me scalping is illegal … so I told the scalpers, sorry, but I had to pass. They followed me in hopes I’d change my mind. They lurked outside my bus, taunting me with the money and only being replied to with a head shaking “no”.

My truck is beyond repair, but still runs, and I could have gotten a decent used vehicle for a couple grand and still had enough left over to play with.

Half of me is kicking myself for not taking the chance, and the other half of me is glad I’m not stuck in a Dallas jail missing my flight schedule. That’s how I found this site, I am trying to look up the laws on scalping tickets in Dallas.

I had a gut feeling these guys were undercover with the police or NFL, either way, I sure could have used the loot. The game was incredible though, such an experience, and when the Packers won, is when I really got goose bumps all over and realized it was much more than just football … it’s history being made.

Here’s my photo album and videos of my trip;
http://s26.photobucket.com/albums/c108/hunterws/SUPER%20BOWL%202011/

By: Gary McCourt

Gary McCourt — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 15:46:40 +0000

I believe the NFL should find another way to get these tickets into the hands of the “normal blue collar fan”. Tickets should not be distributed to the rich, famious nor to corporate America. The NFL is controling this process which they consider fair because our complaints are to minor and weak to be heard over the mountain of money they receive from corporate America. Maybe a boycott of professional football by all fans for one year would teach them a lession, even though I doubt it because there will always be those picket line scabs to keep those in control in their high paying jobs.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 18:41:09 +0000

All good points. But I don’t think the convenience charge matters as much when you are paying that much!

By: pkamp3

pkamp3 — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 18:38:12 +0000

If you do go the scalper route, you can often negotiate down the price of the tickets (especially if you are buying more than one). The market rate also decreases as it gets closer to game time… and tickets lose a lot of value after kick off. Scalping is one case where those late to the party benefit.

Also, scalpers have no convenience charges.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:29:26 +0000

The secondary market is controlled by supply and demand… there is very little supply, so even the worst tickets in the venue cost over a grand each, and the premium seats can go sky high.

By: Money Reasons

Money Reasons — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:48:32 +0000

Wow, I had no idea what a pain it would be to acquire superbowl tickets! I knew that they were expensive, but I didn’t think they would be such a hassle to get ahold of!

I always thought the price was determined by supply and demand… But apparently not! I wonder how high the ticket prices would go if the purchases were based off of supply and demand? Maybe $5,000? maybe higher? if so, I suddenly feel very poor…