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Ticket Information
Like for most major sporting events, Super Bowl tickets for the general public are available through a random drawing. The NFL accepts entries for the random drawing between February 1 and
June 1 of year preceding the game. These entries must include a name, phone number, mailing address and email address, and must be sent by certified or registered mail. Only one request per
address is accepted. Please send all entries to:
Super Bowl Random Drawing
P.O. Box 49140
Strongsville, OH 44149-0140
Super Bowl tickets are also available through numerous additional sources. Empire Tickets, a licensed ticket broker with the state of Georgia, has been the #1 source for Super Bowl tickets on
the secondary market for the past ten years. For more information, please call 1-800-725-0112 or visit our website at www.EmpireTickets.com.
Super Bowl XLIII will be hosted at the the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida on Feb 1, 2009.
The stadium seats just over 66,000, and it is expandable to 75,000 for special events. The stadium also hosts the annual Outback Bowl on New Year's Day, and the Super Bowl of Motorsports monster truck event in mid-January. Super Bowl XXXV was held there on January 28, 2001 between the Baltimore Ravens and New York Giants. It will host Super Bowl XLIII in 2009.
The NFL chooses the locations for future Super Bowl games 3 to 5 years in advance. Cities compete for the game in a process similar to those used by the World Cup and the Olympic Games. In
order to host a Super Bowl, cities must meet these qualifications:
- 70,000+ seat venue
- February average high temperature of at least 50 degrees
- Separate practice facilities for both teams
- 600,000 square feet of exhibit space for fan-related events
- Large, luxury hotel for the NFL and teams
- Quality hotel rooms for 35% of the venue's capacity within a one-hour drive
- 50,000 square feet of space for media, aka "Radio Row"
- Room for 40 television trucks and 10 photo trailers
- 250 buses for use by the NFL
- 3 golf courses for use by the NFL for their annual charity golf tournament
The NFL has made some exceptions in the past, most recently for Detroit because they had a covered stadium.
The team designated as the "home team" alternates yearly between the NFC and the AFC. The NFC holds the title on the odd-numbered years, and the AFC on the even-numbered years. The home team
also gets to choose between wearing their colored jerseys or their white jerseys.
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SUPER BOWL LINKS AND INFORMATION
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