Super Bowl tickets are available for big bucks

DETROIT FREE PRESS
DETROIT -- SAVVY SUPER BOWL TICKET SHOPPERS CAN FIND SEATS FOR LESS THAN $2,000, SOME TICKET BROKERS SAID MONDAY.
LOCAL BROKERS QUOTED PRICE RANGES FROM $1,850 TO $2,500 FOR NOSEBLEED SEATS AND $4,000 TO $6,000 OR MORE FOR PRIME SEATS TO THE FEB. 5 GAME AT FORD FIELD. PRICES MAY HINGE ON HOW SERIOUSLY FANS IN SEATTLE TAKE THEIR SEAHAWKS' FIRST TRIP TO THE SUPER BOWL. COMBINED WITH DETROIT'S REPUTATION FOR ROUGH WINTER WEATHER, THE LACK OF FOOTBALL TRADITION IN SEATTLE AND ITS DISTANCE FROM DETROIT MAY BRING SEATS AS LOW AS $1,500, SAID PAUL MARTENS, CORPORATE SALES MANAGER FOR TICKETSNOW IN CHICAGO.
"YOU GOTTA FIND THE PANIC DAY AND HIT IT THEN," MARTENS SAID, ADVISING FANS TO GAUGE PRICES OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.
SUPER BOWL TICKETS HAVE FACE VALUES OF $600 AND $700. BUT THE NFL KEEPS A TIGHT LOCK ON SUPPLY, LARGELY LIMITING DISTRIBUTION TO CORPORATE SPONSORS AND ITS 32 TEAMS. THE LIONS GOT 5 PERCENT OF THE TICKETS AS THE HOST. THE SEAHAWKS AND STEELERS EACH WILL GET 17.5 PERCENT (ABOUT 11,000 TICKETS EACH). BOTH TEAMS ARE PASSING ON MOST OF THOSE TO SEASON TICKET HOLDERS THROUGH LOTTERIES.