How the Giants Allot Super Bowl Tickets to Season-Ticket Holders
As a Giants season-ticket holder, I’ve been asked often if I’ll be able to buy Super Bowl tickets. Here’s a letter I got from the Giants on how their lottery works.
January 2012
Account Number: xxxxxxxx
The allotment of Super Bowl tickets given to the participating Teams is very limited. In order to distribute tickets for purchase as fairly as possible to our Non-Club Season Ticket Holders, we conducted a drawing by a random computer selection that was weighted by seniority. In order to be eligible for the drawing, your account must be in good standing. However, as in all drawings, there are no guaranteed selections; and unfortunately, your account was not selected for an opportunity to purchase tickets to Super Bowl XLVI.
For each year that you have held tickets in your name, your account number was entered one time. For example, if you have held tickets in your name for fifteen years, your account number was entered in the computer drawing fifteen times. If you have owned tickets in your name for three years, your account number was entered in the computer drawing three times. If your account has been in your name since Yankee Stadium, your account number was in the drawing forty-six times. If your account has been in your name since Shea Stadium, your account number was in the drawing forty-one times. Therefore, the longer you have been a ticket holder the greater the likelihood of your account being chosen.
We thank you for your support and look forward to a great 2012 season.
Sincerely,
New York Football Giants
A ticket stub from Hank Aaron’s 3,000th-hit game, played on May 17, 1970, is up for bid on eBay.
I always thought these ticket stubs were underrated collectibles. They’re rare, historical and generally affordable.
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How cool must this show have been? KISS and Rush on the same bill in the summer of 1974, each promoting their debut albums.
This handbill is on eBay now, with a starting bid of $200.
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This is one cool eBay item: a 1975 unused concert ticket of KISS headlining and Rush opening at Ohio Northern University. Was just $5 then, but seller is asking $150 today.
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StubHub Seller Asking $755,550 Each For Cavs-Knicks Tickets
What the fuck is wrong with people?
From the Sports Illustrated Vault, a look at the New York Yankees’ pricing plan for the 1987 season.
The team was coming off back-to-back second-place finishes, had Don Mattingly and Rickey Henderson in their primes, and won 89 games before 2.4 million home fans (29.9K per game).
Payroll for the entire team: 19.4 million. (C.C. Sabathia, Alex Rodriguez, Derek Jeter and Mark Teixeira each were paid more in 2010.)
Best day of the NFL offseason? When my N.Y. Giants season tickets are delivered. Nice package to accompany the opening of the new stadium, which cost WAY too much of MY money to build.
