ARLINGTON, Texas – Angry fans outside a Cowboys Stadium fence chanted “Let us in,” “Jerry sucks,” and “We want seats” while being denied inside access for Super Bowl XLV on Sunday.
The ticketed fans, estimated between 200-400, were denied entry inside the stadium because temporary seating sections to be installed for the game had not been completed. In the meantime, the NFL has moved the fans to the Party Plaza area – the stadium’s standing room only section.
Denied fans stand outside of a fence at Cowboys Stadium.
(Courtesy of Y! Dallas)
For fans who don’t eventually get granted seats, the league will issue refunds “triple the cost of the face value of their ticket.”
Ron Soncini, a Steelers fan from Reno, Nev., wasn’t happy with the NFL’s offer.
“The game is what I came here to see, not to be rejected,” he said about 90 minutes before kickoff. “I don’t understand this. This is ridiculous.”
While the league didn’t explain the nature of the delay in its release, fan Amanda Saldana of San Antonio says they were told that “stuff was blocking our seats.”
Many of the rejected fans said they were skeptical of the unofficial refund letter given to them at the gate. They also were opposed to watching the game in a hospitality area.
Phil McCollough of Orlando, Fla., thought he would be attending his 13th Super Bowl. He paid $1,700 for his ticket. “I could have been home playing with my grandchildren instead of this.”
Others said they had paid up to $3,000 for their seats and were not happy about the NFL’s offer to give them three times the amount in a refund.
“What about our travel and hotel expenses,” one man shouted.
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The ticketed fans, estimated between 200-400, were denied entry inside the stadium because temporary seating sections to be installed for the game had not been completed. In the meantime, the NFL has moved the fans to the Party Plaza area – the stadium’s standing room only section.
Denied fans stand outside of a fence at Cowboys Stadium.
(Courtesy of Y! Dallas)
For fans who don’t eventually get granted seats, the league will issue refunds “triple the cost of the face value of their ticket.”
Ron Soncini, a Steelers fan from Reno, Nev., wasn’t happy with the NFL’s offer.
“The game is what I came here to see, not to be rejected,” he said about 90 minutes before kickoff. “I don’t understand this. This is ridiculous.”
While the league didn’t explain the nature of the delay in its release, fan Amanda Saldana of San Antonio says they were told that “stuff was blocking our seats.”
Many of the rejected fans said they were skeptical of the unofficial refund letter given to them at the gate. They also were opposed to watching the game in a hospitality area.
Phil McCollough of Orlando, Fla., thought he would be attending his 13th Super Bowl. He paid $1,700 for his ticket. “I could have been home playing with my grandchildren instead of this.”
Others said they had paid up to $3,000 for their seats and were not happy about the NFL’s offer to give them three times the amount in a refund.
“What about our travel and hotel expenses,” one man shouted.
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