Tickets for any big sports event can be worth a fortune. Especially as big of a game as the Super Bowl. Most people got their tickets far in advance and were able to travel to Arizona to go watch the big game. However, some people bought tickets, but they were tickets that never existed. Due to the limited supply for tickets, the price for the tickets sky rocket to about triple they were last year. The Friday morning before Super Bowl Sunday, the average prices of tickets were around $10,000. Due to the increase in price ticket brokers were forced to either buy higher priced tickets at a loss, give a refund or not deliver the ticket. As Schuyler Velasco mentioned at csmonitor.com "...secondary sellers Like Stub Hub have for years been selling tickets before they actually have them..." (http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Sports/2015/0201/Super-Bowl-XLIX-tickets-Why-are-they-the-most-expensive-ever). Another reason why the tickets were so expensive was both the Seahawks and Patriots were good traveling teams. Last year when the Seahawks played in New York, not many fans wet because it was too cold and it was too far of a travel.
There are too many flaws in this system for selling tickets. Thousands of people got ripped off and were disappointed that they could not watch their favorite team in the Super Bowl. There could be a way to fix this system, if it is done right. There should be a new website where seller provides photographic proof that they have the ticket, so that the potential buyer does not get ripped off. After the buyer buys the tickets, the broker would ship or email the tickets to the buyer as soon as possible so that the broker can guarantee the buyer that they can get their tickets before the event. This website can make sure that no person can get ripped off and makes buyers more likely to buy more tickets because they know they will get their tickets.
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