NEW JERSEY – Super Bowl tickets probably won’t be getting any easier to come by, or any cheaper, after a court ruling Wednesday in a lawsuit brought by a fan against the National Football League.
New Jersey’s Supreme Court ruled that the NFL didn’t violate state consumer fraud laws with its ticketing policies for the 2014 Super Bowl, a decision that likely will spell defeat for a federal lawsuit that seeks potentially millions of dollars in damages.
A New Jersey man brought the legal action in 2014, claiming he was forced to pay more than double the $800 face value for tickets on the secondary market because the NFL, following its established policy, released just 1 percent of tickets to the public through a lottery.
The rest of the tickets, as usual, were withheld for teams, sponsors and other insiders.
The 2014 Super Bowl saw the Seattle Seahawks beat Denver 43-8.