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The Patriots' poorly skewed ticket distribution system is part of the problem. If they would at least *try* to get their "average Joe" season ticket holders the chance to get tickets at face value, more would make the trip. By eliminating them from the team's allocated tickets, they've forced them into the secondary market. $3-5K per ticket plus ~$1K each for flights plus another $300-700 for lodging plus car rental (~$200-300?) adds up to way more money (~$5.5K per person) than most of us can afford. Drop that $3K ticket price down to $800 and bring the total down to ~$2.3K person. Watch how many people would go.
Let's put it this way - if I could get a ticket for $800, I'd probably be there now and not sitting here listening to the wind howl outside my window that's almost completely blocked by a snow drift.
Even in defeat, the Philly fans remained the enduring story of the week. They started descending on the city of Jacksonville in the middle of the week, tens of thousands of them, few of them with tickets, all of them with green Philly jerseys and goofy mustaches. They kept multiplying and multiplying ... by Saturday, every other person in Jacksonville had a mustache. They weren't just enjoying themselves; they were living a dream. At the Maxim party on Saturday night, there were random Philly fans stumbling around in full Eagles gear, like they couldn't imagine heading out in public in anything else. Driving for coffee on Sunday, I passed at least 10 Eagles fans holding cardboard signs and begging for tickets, offering as much as five grand for a pair.
Meanwhile, the Patriots fans were nowhere to be seen; after two Super Bowls and the negative Jacksonville stories, most of them apparently decided, "Ah, screw it, I'm watching this one at home." We were decidedly outnumbered for the game -- both outside the stadium and inside the stadium -- by something like an 8-to-1 margin. And these Philly fans were loud. They kept chanting a hijacked version of the "J-E-T-S!" chant (substituting the letters "E-A-G-L-E-S!" in there), sang some fight songs, even engaged in some pointed trash-talking. Without the usual number of high rollers, and without the usual number of Patriots fans, it must have felt like a home game for them.
Plus, nobody who lives more than 200 miles from MA can stand the Patriots. ;-)I think it will be similar to Seattle vs. Pittsburgh in the Superbowl in Detroit. Crowd heavily skewed to Seattle. East direct flight in less than 3 hours in a place where many northwesterners retire or vacation in winter. Plus Seattle fans aren't jaded...even the rich people who can afford tickets will be screaming their lungs out.
Plus, nobody who lives more than 200 miles from MA can stand the Patriots. ;-)
keep in mind, this game is being played at the home of the Arizona Cardinals...division rivals of the seahawks. the seahawks players were booed at the pro-bowl.