Super bowl: Section - Hall of Fame Suites $288,440.00 per ticket

[The Straight Story]

http://www.stubhub.com/super-bowl-tickets/super-bowl-xlv-2-6-2011-970314/?ticket_id=279423097

Thinking about buying a few.... not :rofl:

[begin_within]

1. You can buy a nice house in some areas of the country for that much.

[petronius]

11. Sure. But if you already own a couple thousand nice houses around the country

because your bank foreclosed on them, what else are you going to spend the money on? :shrug:

[Art_from_Ark]

18. You could probably buy 4 of my childhood homes for that much

Maybe 5. The last time it went on the market, it sold for less than $60,000.

[Sonoman]

2. I'm in, if they will throw in the parking fee.

No way am I paying fifteen fucking dollars to park.

Sonoman

[Earth_First]

4. Funny you mention that...

I saw on the news tonight that stadium parking is in the $900-1000 range.

Indeed, the cost of the closest parking spot to Cowboys Stadium reaches a whopping $990, according to ParkWhiz.com. There are three entries for parking spots within 0.1 mile of the stadium ranging from $550 to $990.

If you're willing to walk half a mile, the price gets slightly more realistic at $137.50. The best "deal" appears to be spots for $55 about a mile from the stadium.

http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2011/1/25/1955502/2011-superbowl-parking-green-bay-packers-pittsburgh-steelers

[Sonoman]

26. I got it from the link...

That's it...

Sonoman

[Initech]

20. $15? You think it costs $15 to park at a billion dollar stadium?

I have a pretty close friend who lives in Arlington and he told me that parking as close to the stadium as it gets costs $90. They're probably charging double for the super bowl.

[Sonoman]

25. That's what it said at the link...

try it, sometimes...

Sonoman

[siligut]

34. $15 dollars is the price without parking

The price with parking is $70. But I know you were being wry.

[Sonoman]

38. Thank you.

"Wryness" seems to get lost around here.

Maybe it's just us, siligut...

Sonoman

[virgogal]

3. Obscene.

[benfranklin1776]

9. Amen you got that right.

A significant number of the world's population, and a goodly number of those are located here in the United States, lack basic necessities of life, i.e. food clothing and shelter, while a select few who enriched themselves at the expense of the many can afford to spend this amount of money for a three hour sporting event and will, at the same time, caterwaul at the decibel level of an SST about paying their proportionate share of taxes to maintain the system that protects their wealth. :puke: Makes one ill contemplating the policies that have promoted the creation of appallingly disgusting orgies of wanton excess such as this.

[virgogal]

12. These ticket buyers are the new "Let them eat cake" crowd.

The natives are getting restless,very restless.

My own kids work so damned hard to support their families that when I read about things like this it infuriates me.

[benfranklin1776]

15. Good analogy.

They are indeed as odious as the Marie Antoinettes, Anna Ioannovna's or Henry Clay Frick's of yore. Their emnbarassment of riches is countered by their corresponding poverty of morality.
You are right to be infuriated and, hopefully, as people continue to be plundered by reverse Robin Hoodism they become angry enough to effectuate some meaningful change, as happened in the 30'a. The last great wealth binge that ruined the country ushered in the New Deal from which we are still reaping the benefits as a society despite the Rethuglicans best efforts to dismantle it. What is needed is New Deal Version 2.0.

http://www.newdeal20.org/2011/01/27/where-are-we-headed-and-why-doesnt-anyone-care-34063/

[bullwinkle428]

5. THANK GOD THE TAX CUTS FOR THE TOP 2% PASSED!!1!

[Foo Fighter]

41. LOL!

Spot on!

[Skink]

6. It was going to be free if Dallas had made the Superbowl.

[lumberjack_jeff]

7. Let us know who wins, and what the best commercial is. n/t

[DaveinJapan]

8. As far as the ridiculous parking fees are concerned, how can people be so dense?

Where's the logic in paying $55 to walk a mile when you could be driven right up to the door by taxi for less?

Never mind the moronic $1000 crap for nearby parking, why would any moron pay that rather than hire a limo for the day for much less?

Sometimes I think people are really just that stupid (or, they just want to throw money around so they can brag about it later).

[LiberalFighter]

13. I agree. Wouldn't most attendees be flying in to the game?

[JVS]

23. A parking spot is a tailgating spot. I'd take the spot at $55 and call a cab...

rather than a $1000 spot, but you have to have somewhere to do your BBQ and beer.

[DaveinJapan]

27. I suppose. nt

[Occulus]

33. "you have to have somewhere to do your BBQ and beer"

Most of us call that a patio :silly:

Or perhaps a porch :D

If we're lucky enough to have a roof over our heads in the first place :evilfrown:

[DaveinJapan]

35. I have to defer to the tailgate argument on this one, at least for $55 or so...

That's hardly a rich man's activity, it's what normal folks do in normal times, and it's a lot of fun. I've never done it myself, but I've done enough 'Q' in the backyard to know how important it is...and so I can defer to that argument of wanting to drive up and park and party, and then see the game (even if on some level the Superbowl is kinda beyond that sort of stuff, if someone CAN park and have a tailgate party and enjoy the game, more power to em! Personally, no way I could afford even a regular season game these days, but I'm not begrudging anyone their fun just because I can't do it!

[Mimosa]

10. The rich are waaay richer. Any questions, rubes? n/t

[Hannah Bell]

28. +100

[hlthe2b]

14. For a damned football game... sorry, sports fans... THAT IS NUTS

[brewens]

16. I went to see The Stones in '94 at The Kingdome. I was a Budweiser

distributor employee and got the chance to buy tickets through them. Bud sponsored that Voodoo Lounge tour. My buddies and I also ponied up an extra $35 to party in the Kingdome Pavilion before the show. It was called the Voodoo VIP Lounge. No big deal, just beer and munchies, but we could get a buzz and and walk across through a roped off area and get right to our seats when the show started.
What was interesting was the limos that pulled up, and people that got out to go to the luxury boxes or suites. Looked like mostly rich kids and their dates. We had pretty good seats and could see where the rich kids were watching from. No way would I have traded seats with them for the only time I was ever gonna get to see The Stones! Ok, maybe if I got to take a couple of the girls home after the show.:)
I could see plunking down maybe $1000 for good seats at the Super Bowl if the Seahawks ever get there again. That might not even be enough for really great seats though. Those guys in the Hall Of Fame Suites will be watching on big screens just like I will. It may be the last one I watch though. I swear if they have a lock-out or strike next year I'm done. I'll just go watch the Idaho Vandals and my old Lewiston Bengals play every chance I get if I want football.

[name not needed]

17. I'm looking at the package for the cheap seats on Jetsetter right now.

2 seats, a hotel room for the weekend, ESPN pre-party passes and god knows what else. All this starting at 8 thousand, AFTER a deep discount.

[pinboy3niner]

22. I paid six bucks to see the Beatles, LOL!

And that included Bobby Hebb, the Ronettes, and more.

[onethatcares]

32. I paid $7.00 to see

Janis, BST,Joe Cocker, Chicago, Santana, and a few other groups in Philadelphia Convention Hall in 68 I think it was.
2 day show, lost my ticket for the second day and the guy at the door said, "here hand out these playbills and go pick a seat"

I ended up sitting in the box overlooking the stage while Janis Joplin did her set.

[Initech]

19. Man is it any wonder why we hate the uber-rich?

[Morning Dew]

21. this is good too

http://blogs.star-telegram.com/cowboys_stadium/2011/01/party-plaza-tickets-go-on-sale-today-to-cowboys-club-seat-season-ticket-holders.html

ORIGINAL POST: Dallas Cowboys club-seat season ticket holders are getting invited to the big game. Sort of.

Starting today, these ticket holders will be sent an e-mail from the Cowboys offering them tickets to the "party plaza" at Super Bowl XLV.

The tickets will cost $200 a piece and each season ticket holder will be allowed to purchase up to four tickets.

The party plaza tickets, however, do not allow holders into the actual stadium.

:rofl:

[JVS]

24. How about getting cheap seats, but tailgating in a new Rolls Royce?

Seems like a better use of the money

[onethatcares]

29. if you own a house within 2 miles of the place

can you park em 6 deep on the lawn and make a killin?

[DaveinJapan]

30. You can make a little over $300. But then you have to fix your lawn. nt.

[Vickers]

31. That's more than I make in a year.

A lot more.

[NuclearDem]

36. WOW THATS A LOW PRICE

PUT ME DOWN FOR THREE JIMMY

[RadiationTherapy]

37. The comments say this is for 23 tickets and 4 parking spots.

[AnnieBW]

39. I'm sure that the blue-collar, working class guys of GB and Pgh

Will be jumping at those tickets.

[JackDragna]

40. Will there be nachos?

I sure as hell am NOT spending that kind of money unless I get some fucking nachos!

[madinmaryland]

42. Just like people buy $50k cigars and bottles of wine...

we really need to be focusing on the inequities in societies.

(of course the $50k cigars and their smoke...)

:)