These Giants fans were anything but feeling blue.
The lucky Big Blue season-ticket holders who won a chance to buy seats for next week’s Super Bowl lined up at MetLife Stadium yesterday to pick up their golden tickets.
“Yes I am going to the game! I have been trying since 1987,” said Rich Visotcky, 58, of South Jersey. “My brother and I are very excited, we are both going.”
Andy Fogel, 52, of Rockland County, had also been waiting for decades to make it to a Big Blue Super Bowl — and will get to see this year’s clash with the Patriots in Indianapolis.
“I’ve been a season-ticket holder since 1976 and this is the first time I’ve been picked to go,” said Fogel, who got the word he would be allowed to buy the tickets while vacationing in Aruba.
“My son lives in Rochester and we are going to meet in Pittsburgh and drive to Indianapolis. We are really excited,” he said. “I’ve been taking him to games since he was 8.”
After last week’s Giants playoff win over San Francisco, season-ticket holders had been entered into a computerized drawing — although not everyone got an equal chance of winning.
Those with more expensive seats and those who had been season-ticket holders the longest were allowed more chances to score the choice ducats.
Winning the drawing allowed the season-ticket holders to buy two $900 Super Bowl tickets — which are a bargain because resold tickets to the game were averaging about $4,000 online.
This sellers market was encouraging some people in the line yesterday to put tickets up for sale and hopefully turn a tidy profit.
“Financially it’s tough, the prices are closing out the regular fans,” said Dave Frick, 49, of South Jersey, who was planning to resell his tickets to another season ticket holder.
“The face value of $900 is ridiculous,” he added.
Other buyers wouldn’t trade their tickets for the world. Some were so excited to go they were making plans to fly to Indy before the Feb. 5 game even though they didn’t have a hotel.
“We are all flying out on Saturday,” said Steve Fleischman, 41, of Connecticut. “We don’t even have a hotel. We are just going to spend the night celebrating.”
Ayris Gramby, 54, of White Plains said she was buying the tickets for her brother and father who are long-time Giants fans. A fan herself, she made it clear that her $1,800 will be well spent.
“I know the Giants are going to pull it off,” she said. “Go Big Blue!”
