Cheap Super Bowl Tickets

It's hard to believe that Los Angeles newspapers once decried the high cost of Super Bowl I tickets at a shocking $12.00 dollars a ticket. Nowadays, most NFL fans would be more than willing to pay $12.00 for cheap Super Bowl tickets – adjust for inflation or not! Because today, Super Bowl tickets do not usually sell for their face value (about $700.00 a piece) but sell for over-the-top, impulse-buying prices like $5,000 plus for a single ticket. Group parties are even more expensive. So what's the catch -- who do you have to work for to get cheap Super Bowl tickets?

How The Big Leagues Get Cheap Super Bowl Tickets

Cheap Super Bowl tickets usually go straight to the NFL to begin with. The NFL distributes 1% of its tickets in a public lottery, 25% to the league management and 75% to the 32 teams. The teams then can offer tickets to sponsors or employees, or even to ticket resellers. Of course, this is not a practice allowed by the NFL, and as you know, NFL players always do their best to follow the law as much as possible. Particularly the Dallas Cowboys who have never been busted on anything, despite what you've heard.

How Can You Find Cheap Super Bowl Tickets?

What if you are looking for cheap Super Bowl tickets? Are you looking forward to cheap Super Bowl XLII tickets in Glendale, Arizona in 2008? How does a non-NFL employee find cheap Superbowl tickets anyway? You could try the luck of the draw, either in the public lottery or in the lotteries held for season ticket holders only. You could also try looking for Super Bowl tickets cheap at Ebay and other auction sites. Can you actually find Superbowl tickets cheap online? Make no mistake, it is very intense competition. Everybody wants to go to the Super Bowl and it's not uncommon for Ebay sellers to start the bidding with $1 and end up selling the ticket for over $5,000.

You can improve your chances on finding a good deal if you find a reliable broker that can cut you a fair deal. For starters, choose a broker that is a member of the National Association of Ticket Brokers. According to the organization's website they require all members to ensure that Super Bowl ticket deals come with a guarantee that they will be delivered or be refunded at 200% of the price. When you deal with Ebay make sure that the seller has a good reputation with other buyers. If you deal with a broker only do business with credit cards so that there is always a record of your purchase and you have the option of disputing any charges if the broke proves unreliable.

You may be able to find cheap Super Bowl tickets if you're shrewd. But chances are your buddy will pay top dollar for a seat at the biggest game of the year