Super Bowl Lottery

i called 4:30 today.she said next week is when they will start the lottery.i tend to think they take care of their own. then they start the lottery.as we as ticket holders have no way of knowing how many we actually get from the ticket office?????of the 50 or so ticket holders i know NONE GOT OFFERED TICKETS TO LAST YEARS GAME???imagine that!!!not sure if gold package tix were in the lottery back in 96-97 but alot of tix holders i knew had them then.good luck

I would hope that the fans that actually paid for tickets for the playoffs would be in the lottery. You have to realize that not many real fans actually get to go to the game. You have 2 teams that are given limited tickets and then all the corporate bullcrap.

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Originally posted by GBFanForLife:
Silent killer

I did not send payment for the playoff tickets and still got picked for the lottery in 2007. I still got the letter with my uncashed check.... F'ing Giants. I always opt not to send in payment for the playoffs. (I went to a playoff game in 2004. Thats the last time I will be in the stands in January. I am a wuss.)

That letter was dated Dec 28th.

Well then they must just throw all season ticket holders in the lottery. That's cool. I can't believe I got tickets to the playoffs this year. I have no problem being in the stands in January!!!!

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Originally posted by GBFanForLife:
Silent killer

Congrats! Better you then me!!

hey lets keep this topic up to date as the the lottery starts this week after the front office takes there hands out of the cookie jar good luck to all go pack

Tickets for the Super Bowl are doled out by the NFL on a very guarded basis.

The two teams playing get about 17% of the tickets while the team hosting the SB gets 5%. The other 29 teams get 1% of all tickets to do with as they chose.

Now all the tickets doled out to the teams are offered up to season ticket holders (or other fans.) Corporate partners/sponsers tend to get a majority of the tickets as do local politicians. (For the two participating teams, them sponsors/partners become even more greedy.)

The remainder of the tickets are kept by the NFL. For the past few seasons they have been running a lottery to the public, with seats going for $500. Last year they ran 2,000 seats that way and contrary to popular opinion, it was the NFL who decided to run the SRO seats at the SB.

The NFL also has another package of tickets for sale starting at $2,400--these include specail benifits--like hospitality tents and what ever.

I believe the major networks might also get 1% of all tickets to dole out as they wish.

But the NFL itself is estimated to give out about 20% of tickets to corporate partners, NFL offices, and of course politicians---local, state, and feds.

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Originally posted by oldnavy:

Link or reference?

http://www.dallasnews.com/spor...ntails-long-9320.ece

This aricle is very similar to one I read about 6 or 7 years ago and another even years before that.

Well, I saw on Packers.com that letters to the lucky few went out last Thur. (1/4/12).

I don't think even the U.S. Mail takes 4-5 days to get from Green Bay to Madison, so I guess I can assume no jackpot for me this year.

It used to be in order for you to be entered in the S.B. lottery you had to apply for play-off tickets. A few year ago they started putting all season ticket holders in the drawing not just those who sent in their play-off invoices.

Face value: $800 per ticket.

My friend got 2.... His brother got 2..

I smell cronieism.

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Originally posted by FreeSafety:
I smell cronieism.

u ain't lieing..

I'd love to win this contest:

Enter to spend Conference Championship Sunday w/ John Madden

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Originally posted by FreeSafety:
I smell cronieism.

Don't tell me.

It smells like an old white guy.

But there's a "y" in it.

I'd rather spend Conference Championship Sunday at Lambeau Field rooting on the Packers.

I with ya there Fedya.

I have a ticket to the Conference Championship game if they make it that far.

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Originally posted by section19:
I don't think even the U.S. Mail takes 4-5 days to get from Green Bay to Madison, so I guess I can assume no jackpot for me this year.

I think you are giving them too much credit.

Wonder what happens to the lottery tickets that go unclaimed? I would assume there is a higher rate of that when you dump all season ticket holders into the lottery.

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Originally posted by PackerHawk:

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Originally posted by section19:
I don't think even the U.S. Mail takes 4-5 days to get from Green Bay to Madison, so I guess I can assume no jackpot for me this year.

I think you are giving them too much credit.

Wonder what happens to the lottery tickets that go unclaimed? I would assume there is a higher rate of that when you dump all season ticket holders into the lottery.

Do you really think your average season ticket holder would pass on S.B. tickets at face value?

At the moment the cheapest S.B. ticket on Stub Hub is right around $2500.

I went to sign up to reserve a ticket package on packer fan tours cuz there's no obligation to buy...until I got to the part that said how much would you be willing to spend per person and the lowest price was $4000...gulp..

That is the unfortunate part of the Super Bowl. The real fans can't really participate. I was extremely fortunate to get playoff tickets. I give thanks to all the fans who chose not to buy tickets that allowed me to get lucky in the ticket lottery. I would definitely have forked over the $800 dollars a ticket for the Super Bowl but I will just have to enjoy the game at home.

It's a 4 hour drive to Indy from home here in WI (Grafton). Anyone considering driving to Indy prior to the game? Don't expect to get a ticket but would be fun to be in town for a few days before the game.

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Originally posted by PackerHawk:

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Originally posted by section19:
I don't think even the U.S. Mail takes 4-5 days to get from Green Bay to Madison, so I guess I can assume no jackpot for me this year.

I think you are giving them too much credit.

The 5 billion dollar pre-funded lax sorting center...

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Originally posted by section19:
Do you really think your average season ticket holder would pass on S.B. tickets at face value?

No. But there are quite a few that pass on playoff tickets so why not the same for Super Bowl tickets? I think once you add people that turn down playoff tickets to the lottery it becomes more likely that some people drawn will decline tickets. Some may not even open the letter.

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Originally posted by PackerHawk:

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Originally posted by section19:
Do you really think your average season ticket holder would pass on S.B. tickets at face value?

No. But there are quite a few that pass on playoff tickets so why not the same for Super Bowl tickets?

Because of the insane amount you can get for S.B. tickets. Ethical issues notwithstanding, unless you area pretty well heeled, it's hard pass up a $1600 investment (if you can scrape up the cash) with a chance to clear another $3000-$5000 by re-selling them.

The paper said 88% of Green package folks took their tickets for the home play-off games. I don't know if the remaining 12% would constitute quite a few. To this Gold package person, who was hoping for tickets, it didn't seem like many at all passed on tickets.

I'm not sure how many total Green season ticket holders there are but 12% is indeed quite a few. If there was 25,000 season ticket holders that's 3,000 people. If you are just in it for the profit, you can get a pretty insane amount of money for playoff tickets at Lambeau, particularly the NFC Championship game.

I paid $568 for two pairs of Packer playoff tickets. If there is that many people willing to pass on playoff tickets at Lambeau for that price you can be sure there would be plenty that would pass on spending $800 per ticket for the Super Bowl. A lot of people don't have $1600 to toss around right after Christmas.