Tickets to 2012 Super Bowl in Indianapolis Could Cost More Than $1,000

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Tickets for last year's Super Bowl in Tampa cost $1,000 each at a minimum, the Associated Press reported. By 2012, when Indianapolis hosts the big game, tickets likely will be much higher.

At last year’s game, the average price of tickets on StubHub, the online resellers, was $4,300.
Ticket prices for the first Super Bowl, played at the Los Angeles Coliseum 43 years ago, were $6, $10 and $12. They went over the $100 mark in 1988 and have increased regularly since.

The face value on the seats is expected to be about $1,000 apiece, though seats already are selling for much more on the secondary market through various ticket brokers and sports travel outfits.

Prices on the secondary market range between about $2,400 per seat for the most remote tickets, all the way up to more than $12,000 for prime seats with a great view of the action.


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Super Bowl Could Prevent RNC Bid

The Indianapolis Star reports on whether the big game in 2012 might prevent the city from bidding on another big event, the Republican National Convention.

State GOP officials say Indianapolis has it: the volunteers, the hotel rooms and the appeal to host the 2012 Republican National Convention.

But whether they're ready to push for it is another question.

Indiana Republican Party Chairman Murray Clark said that having the 2012 Super Bowl in Indianapolis makes things a bit more complicated.

"I'm more convinced than ever that Indianapolis would be a superb place for a national convention for either party," he said. "Having said that, the 2012 Super Bowl obviously is a big deal for the community, and we certainly wouldn't want to be at cross-purposes with the Super Bowl.