| Do you want to go to the Super Bowl? For just | | | | only allowed two (2) tickets. The deadline for the |
| about every person out there, that answer is a | | | | 2006 Super Bowl was June 1, 2005. Each year the |
| resounding "YES!" Men and women alike, would like | | | | lottery is open between February 1 and June 1 of |
| to, at least once in their life, attend the Super Bowl | | | | the year PRECEDING the Super Bowl in question. You |
| because it is the biggest and most well-known of all | | | | must also pay for these tickets up-front. (Okay...so |
| American sporting events. | | | | this won't help you this year, but next year, you |
| The Super Bowl has become synonymous not only | | | | should try this!!) |
| as the crowning achievement in football, but also for | | | | Strategy #4 |
| its celebrity audience and wild parties. Super Bowl XL | | | | Visit This is a great site that gives you all kinds of |
| will be no different. The 2006 Super Bowl will be | | | | information about the major sporting events as well |
| hosted by the gracious city of Detroit, Michigan at | | | | as various ticket brokers who specialize in the Super |
| Ford Field on February 5th. There will be quite a buzz | | | | Bowl. You can feel confident that all of the ticket |
| in and around Detroit...lots of parties and tailgating and | | | | brokers listed on this site are reputable because |
| of course FOOTBALL. | | | | consumers are allowed to review each ticket brokers |
| I, for one, would be happy to go to Detroit and soak | | | | and their level of service. It even provides event |
| in the experience as a fan without having to part | | | | information, so that you can impress your family and |
| with several hundred dollars for nose-bleed seats. I, | | | | friends with your obscure sports knowledge!! |
| however, am not my sports fanatic husband, Brian. | | | | Consumer Choice Review also gives you helpful |
| Brian currently has a countdown on our refrigerator, | | | | information on how to protect yourself from |
| which he updates me on every morning while I inhale | | | | purchasing counterfeit tickets. |
| coffee. He is giddy with all the excitement and | | | | Strategy #5 |
| nervously making sure that each detail is handled with | | | | Another option for Super Bowl tickets is Ebay. Ebay |
| the precision of a bride only weeks before her | | | | will have a plethora of tickets, but consumers should |
| wedding...confirming and re-confirming our flights, our | | | | be aware that you could be paying top dollar for a |
| rental car, our hotel. (Yes, I am going as well...for | | | | ticket that is fraudulent. I have heard horror stories |
| research, or course!!) | | | | of people buying on Ebay, so I have always been |
| My idea was to wait until we were positive that our | | | | leery of using it. I found some really good tips on |
| hometown team would make it to the Super Bowl | | | | using Ebay on Consumer Choice Review. This site |
| and then make arrangements. Apparently when it | | | | provides a step by step guide to buying on Ebay. |
| comes to planning for major sporting events, my | | | | Strategy #6 |
| husband does not procrastinate...(now, how can I | | | | Go to the stadium and take the risk that there are |
| relay that into him taking out the trash?) There are, | | | | no tickets available from scalpers. Or that the tickets |
| of course, deals to still be had, even with less than 3 | | | | that are available are ridiculously expensive or even |
| weeks till kick-off. Whether you want to attend one | | | | worse, possibly counterfeit or stolen. I would never |
| of the team rallies, the infamous Playboy Party, | | | | pay thousands of dollars in cash for tickets that could |
| Maxim Party or you just want to go to the game, I | | | | turn out to be fake or stolen. You should always use |
| can help... | | | | a credit card because they offer protection of |
| Strategy #1 | | | | purchases that turn out to be fake or stolen tickets. |
| If you are current season ticket holder to either of | | | | ***Be very careful when taking this approach and be |
| the two chosen teams (Seattle Seahawks or the | | | | sure to read the tips posted on Consumer Choice |
| Pittsburgh Steelers) or the host team (Detroit Lions) | | | | Review prior to taking this strategy. |
| contact the team ticket office directly. Each team | | | | I realize that many of these options will not be |
| has its own policy on ticket distribution, but current | | | | helpful to the throngs of fans who are just now |
| season ticket holders have first priority. Now given | | | | deciding to attend the Super Bowl, however, there |
| that the game is only a couple of weeks away, they | | | | are options out there that will get you into the game |
| probably will not have any tickets, but it would be | | | | as long as you are prepared to do what it takes and |
| worth it to contact them just in case. | | | | to spend the money it will take. I would highly |
| Strategy #2 | | | | recommend that you take a look at Consumer |
| Call your best friend's-father's-cousin's-wife's-husband, | | | | Choice Review. They can guide you through every |
| who just so happened to be a season ticket holder | | | | scenario successfully. And the best part about it is |
| and see if they were lucky enough to get tickets to | | | | after the game, you can come back to their site and |
| the Super Bowl. If so, bribe them! | | | | tell other fans about your experience at the 2006 |
| Strategy #3 | | | | Super Bowl (and even share your photos.) You can |
| The NFL hosts a lottery which is open to the general | | | | become part of the growing community of individuals |
| public. They only distribute a minute amount of | | | | sharing tips on attending the Super Bowl, one of the |
| tickets (1,000) through the lottery and each winner is | | | | greatest sporting events in the world. |