Are Super Bowl Tickets Just a Pipe Dream?
The short answer is yes: Super Bowl tickets are nearly impossible to land unless you’re willing to part with hundreds or even thousands of dollars. Remember that in addition to purchasing the tickets themselves, you must travel to the city in which the game is being played. Even if you score airline tickets for cheap, you must still find a place to stay in a city that is frequently booked to capacity. Ah, you say, but the Super Bowl is coming to my home town this year–now what? If you’re opposed to buying passes at 10 or 20 times the face value, your only real option outside of winning tickets through a radio or TV station is to trade. If you’re able to snag tickets to, say, the Indianapolis 500, the Kentucky Derby, or one of the other three major sports’ championships and have no intention of using them, it’s often possible to trade with ticket brokers, who will give you special consideration over many regular buyers. In this way, brokers often end up with great seats to sell, someti
