It was shortly after last year's Super Bowl seating snafu that the NFL stepped forward to offer disgruntled and displaced ticket holders a chance to go to another league championship game ... only this time with the NFL picking up the tab.
Now we know what happened. There are 246 who accepted their offer to attend Super Bowl XLVI in Indianapolis, the league said.
While that seems like a significant number, keep in mind that there were over 3,200 people the NFL cited as potential applicants to future Super Bowls. One group included 2,800 persons from Super Bowl XLV who were in temporary seating and were either delayed in gaining pre-game access to their seats or who were relocated.
They had the option of receiving the face-value of their tickets or tickets to a future Super Bowl.
Another 475 persons. the league said, who were unable to be seated had the options of taking three times the face value of their tickets ($2400 each) plus a ticket to Super Bowl XLVI; one game ticket to any future Super Bowl, plus airfare and four nights at a hotel; a check for $5,000 or a check for more than $5,000, with documented expenses required.
A class-action suit filed in California alleged that there were another 800-1,000 persons who had views of the field partially obstructed, but, under the NFL's offer, they are not eligible for reimbursement.
Of the two groups the NFL did identify, there was no indication which included the majority of the 246 respondents, with a league spokesman saying only that it was "a mix of both."





