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NFL & Jerry Jones to charge people $200 to stand outside Super Bowl stadium

Discussion in 'Football: NFL, College, High School' started by GRENDEL, Jan 19, 2011.

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  1. GRENDEL

    GRENDEL Member

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    By Chris Chase

    For one-third the price of a regular ticket, NFL fans will be able to stand outside Cowboys Stadium and act like they are attending the Super Bowl XLV. The league announced on Wednesday that tickets to watch the game on large HD video screens on the east side of the stadium will cost $200.

    They're calling it the "party plaza," because what's more of a party than spending two bills to go through a security line for the right to sit on a grassy knoll, pay $9 for a beer and watch a game that's freely available on television?

    Tickets will first be offered to Cowboys season ticket holders who will have to buy in blocks of four. The $800 will cover four tickets to watch the game, four programs, four scarves and a parking pass. Scarves? For that price, they better be Burberry.

    "We've never done this before," NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy told ESPN Dallas of the league's plan to price-gouge folks who want to attend the Super Bowl without actually attending the Super Bowl.

    Besides additional revenue, the biggest upside for the Cowboys is that those buying tickets to the party plaza will count toward the game's official attendance. Jerry Jones has expressed a desire to break the Super Bowl record for biggest crowd, which was set in 1980 when 103,985 attended the game at the Rose Bowl.

    How people standing outside a stadium counts as attendance is beyond me. If you're standing next to an unplugged TV, does that mean you'll be tallied in the Nielsen ratings?

    http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/sh...ple-200-to-stand-outside-Super?urn=nfl-309783

    This is probably the stupidest idea and it will probably sell out in record time.....
     
    #1 GRENDEL, Jan 19, 2011
  2. sammy

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    Stooooopid idea :eek:
     
    #2 sammy, Jan 19, 2011
  3. RoxSqaud

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    I'm not against it..

    ..but 200 is a little much.
     
    #3 RoxSqaud, Jan 19, 2011
  4. GlenRice

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    I have a big screen tv and booze in my house. Free, everyone's invited.
     
    #4 GlenRice, Jan 19, 2011
  5. br0ken_shad0w

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    Maybe worth it for tailgating, but looks like it's not. RIP OFF.
     
    #5 br0ken_shad0w, Jan 19, 2011
  6. RoxSqaud

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    Thanks, but no thanks.
     
    #6 RoxSqaud, Jan 19, 2011
  7. conquistador#11

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    Bob mcnair is lamenting himself for not coming up with this idea seven years ago. It's Traaaumatek.
     
    #7 conquistador#11, Jan 19, 2011
  8. vinsensual

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    Somebody's mad his super bowl quality team finished 6-10.
    Not talking about Texans fans
     
    #8 vinsensual, Jan 19, 2011
  9. rocketsjudoka

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    It will probably will and more teams will do it. Heck what will probably happen is teams not in the Superbowl will charge people to come and watch it in their stadiums.
     
    #9 rocketsjudoka, Jan 19, 2011
  10. A_3PO

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    If people are stupid enough to pay, I don't blame them for charging.

    A fool and his money...
     
    #10 A_3PO, Jan 19, 2011
  11. percicles

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    Dallas 30K a year millionaires are all over this.
     
    #11 percicles, Jan 19, 2011
  12. Ziggy

    Ziggy QUEEN ANON

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    Exactly. Good call Jerry.
     
    #12 Ziggy, Jan 19, 2011
  13. Parlett316

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    Wait, doesn't he do this for normal Cowboys games?
     
    #13 Parlett316, Jan 20, 2011
  14. leroy

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    Only in Dallas would people be stupid enough to drop $200 to look like they went to the Super Bowl.
     
    #14 leroy, Jan 20, 2011
  15. REEKO_HTOWN

    REEKO_HTOWN I'm Rich Biiiiaaatch!

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    this is like those stupid events they promote in movies theaters:

    "Come and watch a live concert streamed to this movie theater"


    A sucker is born every minute.
     
    #15 REEKO_HTOWN, Jan 20, 2011
  16. Major

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    I actually think this is a great idea. You always have people in any city that will never be able to attend a Superbowl due to cost/etc. For those people, this is a great opportunity to get closer than they otherwise would and at least experience the general atmosphere. For most of us, we think it's silly - but if people deem it worth their money, more power to them. It's not like this is replacing any other alternative they had - it's just an extra option for anyone interested.
     
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  17. GRENDEL

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    The party pass for regular games is actually a good inexpensive deal BUT the major difference between this and what's done in the regular season is, that pass still gives you access INSIDE the actual stadium.

    It's standing room only but you aren't stuck outside watching it on TV.

    The Superbowl version doesn't let you get into the stadium.
     
    #17 GRENDEL, Jan 20, 2011
  18. macalu

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    frankly, great idea by Jerry. there's a market so why not.
     
    #18 macalu, Jan 20, 2011
  19. R0ckets03

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    Good idea if it works and their are enough suckers in this world to make something stupid like this work.

    Personally, I wouldn't even pay $20 to stand outside the stadium so I can stand and watch while overpaying for nasty food.
     
    #19 R0ckets03, Jan 20, 2011
  20. Uprising

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    Will you throw in some used hair gel?

    jk aside...


    This idea is LAME. $200 to drive to the stadium in taffic. Park...sit on grass, pay ~$10 for beer, walk back to my car. Get stuck in traffic leaving the parking lot....stuck in traffic on the highways....and still have to drive home....f that.

    I'd rather sit back on my couches, watch it on the 50" while drinking some beers....and eating the BBQ I'm going to cook that morning.
     
    #20 Uprising, Jan 20, 2011
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