Fans Seek More For Seat Suit

Ticketholders who were displaced during a seating debacle at Super Bowl XLV at Cowboys Stadium seek compensation for lost income in an ongoing suit against the NFL and the Dallas Cowboys.

Disgruntled fans filed suit after more than 1,000 seats in a temporary seating section were deemed unsafe just hours before the big game Feb. 6, leaving hundreds of ticketholders with no option but to watch the game from standing-room only sections or on TVs.

Other fans weren’t so lucky, and discovered upon arrival at the 110,000-capacity stadium that they’d purchased seats with obstructed views, the suit says.

The NFL recently sought to dismiss the filing, claiming it had satisfied all its obligations to displaced fans by reimbursing them for the actual costs paid for tickets, plus travel, lodging and meal expenses.

But the ticketholders contend the NFL has no documentation to confirm that all eligible fans received the settlements, which they say had too many strings attached anyway.

The class also claims the league and the Cowboys’ actions amounted to fraud as they knew before the game that the seats weren’t ready, but still allowed some fans to wait in line and climb to their seats before being told those seats didn’t actually exist.

“Defendants instead threw a ‘Hail Mary pass’ and hoped, by some miracle, the problems would somehow solve themselves and legitimate seats would magically appear,” the suit said.