Two stories that are demonstrating how nuts things are getting for the Super Bowl, and they both involve tickets.
A poster to Democratic Underground posted two very interesting facts from the present Ticketmaster Ticket exchange site.
Section 29, Row 18 -- I assume this is ONE ticket for SIXTY-EIGHT THOUSAND PLUS.
Two cheap seats? Only set you back a surfboard each... $9,000 each.
(Let's see who outside of my anonymous friend gets THAT reference. :) )
Of course, there's another reason things have gone apeshit.
A number of ticket brokers and resellers tried to do something stupid and got CAUGHT.
I can't say, back in the day, I wouldn't have considered it for, say, Magic cards or something like that.
But to "short sell" tickets -- basically, you put tickets on the market you do not have, you then get the money, and use IT to buy tickets on the secondary market.
Works... Unless it's Super Farce XLIX and ticket prices on said secondary market are the worst in history!!!
Several hundred fans, as a result, are NOT GOING.
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