Sports on a Dime

Super Bowl = Super Expensive

Scalping might be taking place with Super Bowl tickets in Indianapolis this year, but the real scalping is taking place at the hotels and motels in the Indianapolis area. You can book a “special” on Expedia at a “cheap” 1 star motel called the Knights Inn by the airport for $725 per...

Face value of Super Bowl Tickets

The face value of Super Bowl tickets over the last 40 years has increased by a factor of 100! In 1967, the cheapest Super Bowl ticket had a face value of $6 while the face value in the 2011 Super Bowl at Dallas Cowboy Stadium started at $600. The NFL holds an annual lottery for Super Bowl tickets. My blog...

2012 Super Bowl Tickets

2012 Super Bowl tickets are expensive as usual. Super Bowl XLVI will be played at Lucas Oil Stadium on February 5th in Indianapolis. The cheapest 2012 Super Bowl tickets listed on reseller sites were on Super Bowl Sunday on Ticket Networks at $1,179 per ticket. Tickets dropped $800 the last four days as...

Super Bowl ticket issue

On Super Bowl Sunday, the NFL offered $2,400 or three times the face value of the Super Bowl tickets to the 400 “unlucky” fans unable to view the Super Bowl from their seats due to safety concerns. On Monday, the NFL increased the offer to include Super Bowl 2012 tickets. After mulling the offer over,...

Super Bowl ticket lottery

If you are feeling lucky and attending the Super Bowl is on your bucket list, send a request for the 2013 Super Bowl random ticket drawing. Your 2013 Super Bowl ticket request needs to be received by the NFL between February 1st and June 1st.  Super Bowl XLVII will be held February 3, 2013 at the Superdome,...

Super Bowl 2012 – the new American Holiday

Before President Obama puts an end to the BCS National Championship football game, I wouldn’t be surprised to see Super Bowl 2012 become the newest American holiday. Why? Super Bowl Sunday has turned into a bigger American holiday than Thanksgiving. What would the Pilgrims think? Over 100 million Americans...