Police: More than 150 people bought fake Super Bowl tickets
Published 8:03 am Thursday, February 22, 2018
MINNEAPOLIS — More than 150 people didn’t learn they had bought counterfeit Super Bowl tickets until they arrived at U.S. Bank Stadium on game day, according to Minneapolis police.
Minneapolis police Lt. Kim Lund told the Pioneer Press that the number of fake tickets this year was seven times more than discovered at Houston’s game last year. People spent between $400 and $5,000 on the bogus tickets.
“There were no extra tickets — there was no way that we could get somebody into the Super Bowl if they had a counterfeit ticket, period,” said Shawn Neudauer, a Department of Homeland Security public affairs officer. “It’s especially heartbreaking when there’s kids involved and there were several families that came in from out of state.”