Supplemented by 160 luxury suites, the Staples Center's configuration has about two-thirds of its seats (including club seats) in the lowerbowl portion of the arena.
The Indiana Pacers have put a mini-plan together that gives ticket buyers 11 games for the price of eight, which includes seats in the lowerbowl of Conseco Field House.
By the time O's starter Jason Berken uncorked his first pitch to New York leadoff hitter Alex Cora, swaths of empty seats lined the lowerbowl down the left field and right field lines (as for the upper level, a few guppies in a sea of green seats).
Lost ticket revenue, lower conference allocations from bowl game appearances, and lower game-day revenues from event operations would also have a multi-million dollar impact on the program.
While the 2013 Super Bowl between the Ravens and 49ers is currently showing high prices on the secondary market, it is actually shaping up to be lower than the average cost to attend a Super Bowl in the past two years.