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Thoughts on SB ticket issue?
Looks like there's a law suit forming over the whole issue with the seats at Sunday's big game. This is after the league offered two options for the 400 affected fans:
1. Receive triple the face value of the ticket [$2,400] and a ticket to next year's game [which is transferable] - not including the merchandise, food and trip to the field after the game they were given on Sunday, OR
2. Receive a ticket to any future game, plus hotel and airfare - but forfeit the $2,400, and the ticket is not transferable [so can't be sold]
Only those who were not seated receive this option...the 850 of the displaced fans who eventually got seats, including those who say their seats were worse than the ones they purchased, will not receive anything extra [from my understanding].
So, thoughts on this whole situation? Do you think this situation's being handled correctly? If you were one of the fans who got seats but weren't happy with where you were seated, would you raise a fuss and demand your money back?
Re: Thoughts on SB ticket issue?
I would be absolutely livid if this had happened to me. I would have probably been arrested on Sunday if I had traveled to see my team play in the SB only to be told that my seats were not really there. I also think that Jerry Jones is a complete greedy a-hole who was too concerned with breaking the attendance record (which he didn't) and think there was NO EXCUSE that the seats were not constructed/approved in time. The weather was only bad the few days (and the reporter and players managed to get there) before the game and the facility was not being used, so they could have put in the seats earlier.
I think the NFL is trying to do the right thing, but while 3x the face value seems like a lot, it doesn't take into the account the money paid for the flight, hotel, food, etc. And as dumb as it sounds, I cannot imagine traveling from Wisconsin to see your team in the SB for the first time in 14 years, only to be turned away. So, I see wanting these people wanting more. Of course, they cannot make everything perfect, but what if GB or Pitt are never in another SB in the near future?
I also think that the 850 people who got different seats deserve some compensation. A ticket is a contract and they violated the contract (as they did with the 400 people) by putting them in seats that were (allegedly) not comparable to the seats they purchased. It is my understanding that many of the seats were obstructed view seats. FedEx (where the Skins play) have some of these - we sat in the once, and were completely hysterical when we got to them. They are obstructed. You have poles and support beams in the way - there are TVs so you can see what's happening on the field b/c you cannot see the whole field - it was like sitting in somebody's basement (since the seats are completely underneath the section above). We purchased those seats for a game knowing what we were getting (and paying less). These people spent over $600 for a seat where you could see like half the end zone - not what they thought they were getting.
This whole thing is ridiculous - I hope that Jerry and the NFL have learned a little something from their greed! I don't see Indy trying to shove as many people in the stadium next year!
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I don't think the option for tix came up until Monday afternoon, and they're still trying to contact those who didn't get seats. The option for them to pay for hotel and flight didn't develop until yesterday or today, I think.
I agree - this is stupid. It seems like they were more concerned with setting a record than getting people in the stands. I know the league is saying that they did everything they could, but it's not like football's been played in there since regular season ended - barring some sort of major event that happened in the place, why did they wait until last minute to get those seats installed anyway? The venue should have been completely finished by then - it's inexcusable.
I'm interested to see how this all plays out.
This. And I'm with you, I would have been one of those arrested for going completely psychotic, had this happened to me. I can't even imagine the fury of those people. Shame on those who thought breaking a record was more important than delivering a promised product and experience. Absolutely shameful.
I heard that it wasn't that the seats couldn't be erected, but because the fire marshall wouldn't approve for them to be used. So, yes the planning in Dallas for selling unapproved seats... bad idea.
Would I have been livid, yes. You can't pay your way out of a mistake like that. You just can't bribe people not to sue you when this became a very emotionally charged thing.