Dallas Super Bowl beyond average fan’s reach

By Carlos Zepeda  |   Friday, May 25, 2007  |  Comments( 7 )

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Mark Feb. 6 on all of your 2011 calendars and start saving your money, because the face value of a ticket for Super Bowl XLV in Dallas is $900. That's just the face value. Most will have to buy their tickets through ticket agents who can raise the price of the ticket based on demand. So in four years, you could buy two tickets to the Super Bowl or use your money on a down payment for a car or a boat.

The grandest game of the year will be played in the grandest stadium in the history of football. The Dallas Cowboys' new stadium, which is still under construction, will hold nearly 100,000 fans and provide state-of-the-art amenities for all of the upper-class citizens who can afford the soaring price of NFL entertainment.

If you live in the Dallas area, your best shot at going to the Super Bowl is to be a season-ticket holder. The cheapest seat is $500 for a 10-game package which includes two preseason matchups and eight home contests for the 2007 season. By 2011, the price will have increased and you'll still have to buy the $900 ticket for the same nose-bleed seat you sat in all season, provided that you also purchased tickets for the playoff games.

Football used to represent the blue-collar American. It was the game of strong men who brought their lunch pales to work each Sunday. Guys like Jack Lambert, Bronco Nagurski, Dick Butkus and Mike Ditka. Heck, the city of Pittsburgh named its team the Steelers, paying homage to the hard-working union steel men who made their livings there.

Now, middle- and lower-class working people must enjoy the game from the comforts of home because the cost of going to the Super Bowl would mean forfeiting a chunk of their annual salaries, and that's not including travel expenses.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau Web site, the average income in 2005 for the state of Texas was $42,139, and the average for the United States was $46,242.

The host committee for last year's Super Bowl reported that 53 percent of attendees earned at least $75,000, and 38 percent accrued over $100,000. Dolphin Stadium -- which hosted this past February's Super Bowl -- seats 74,916, so 68,174 seats were filled with upper management, leaving 6,742 for the working men and women of America.

The heart of this game belongs to the working-class heroes of America, and it is a shame that segregation still exists in the cost of a Super Bowl ticket.

If you have the money to spend on Super Bowl tickets, then more power to you. If you are incredibly lucky, you might win a contest or raffle that will send you and a friend to the game. If you have mob connections, you could get tickets in return for certain favors.

Still, many prefer to watch the game with friends, food, beer and the middle seat on the couch. Besides, if you are at the game then you miss all the sweet commercials, the Bud Bowl and the extreme close-up replays of wardrobe malfunctions.

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