Ferrari Mailing List: Re: NFC: AZ Cardinal Super Bowl Package $$$$

[Fellippe Galletta (fellippe.galletta]

On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 6:53 PM, <Red5hilser [at] aol.com> wrote:

>
>
> Back in the day, when the 1st Super Bowl was held in the L.A. Coliseum, I
> had two comp. 40 yard-line tickets from the newspaper. At the time, the
> Coliseum was dry, and I ask you, what good comes from attending a football
>  game
> without a few brewskies under yer belt?
>
> My uncle was owned a TV repair shop, and although the game was blacked  out
> in the Los Angeles area, he rigged up a 40 foot antenna and picked the
>  game
> live and in color from San Diego, so I gave the tickets away.  Besides,
> there
> were about 40,000 empty seats for the game. Who knew?
>
> What could be better than sitting on the couch with your dad, uncle,  and
> his
> son, cuz Bob, drinking beer from a pony keg, munching on smoked
>  yellowtail,
> with sharp cheddar cheese and crackers, while rooting for  Vince and the
> Packers?
>
> How times have changed. The Arizona Cardinals are offering their official
> Super Bowl Package (not including air fare) for $5,650, not including tax.
> The
> air fare is $446 per person on a chartered Southwest  airliner.
>
>   Yer pal, Ferrari Bubba


Willi,

This story is a great example of the law of supply & demand. 80,000 seats
for an extremely popular one time affair as opposed to the rest of the
sports who battle their championship out over 4-7 games.

It does bother me on a fundamental level that football is always an
expensive ticket to attend versus baseball and basketball....I won't deny.
But if the free market is willing to pay for it, the price is correct. When
the Eagles when to the superbowl a few years ago, newspapers were reporting
that many Philadelphians were tapping their home equity lines of credit in
order to pay for the tickets.

True story.

:)

FG