In Super Bowl XLIX, there was a big ticket controversy. Ticket brokers promised buyers tickets, before the brokers had the tickets. The brokers were waiting for the prices of the tickets to go down, to buy them so they could make a profit. But what happened was the tickets prices increased as the game got closer, making it nearly impossible for the brokers to get tickets. The people who were promised tickets that they already paid for, had tickets that did not exist. As people, were stranded outside of the Super Bowl waiting for calls from their brokers, most brokers reimbursed their customers double the amount the customer paid. So for instance, if someone spent $7,000 on Super Bowl tickets, the broker would have payed them back $14,000. The reason for the increase of sales right before the Super Bowl was mainly because of the location. Since, the Super Bowl was in Phoenix, the weather was very warm and more people would rather go to Phoenix than New York because of the cold weather. The prices also went up because of the teams in the Super Bowl. Everyone knows the Seahawks are one of the most popular teams in the NFL and everyone enjoys watching them play. Even most of the Seahawks home games are sold out, so you can only imagine what the Super Bowl would be like. The tickets from this years Super Bowl were almost the highest of all time.
http://espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs/2014/story/_/id/12255886/hundreds-super-bowl-tickets-fall-through
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