Article: Super Bowl is one tough ticket: Weighted lottery mixed with promotion bothers Lions fan.

Byline: Matt Markey

Jan. 22--DETROIT - The toughest thing to come by in late January in this city of one million people is not an extended dose of natural sunlight, or someone who remembers when the Lions were good, or an auto worker happy with his health-care coverage.

The most coveted and precious possession is a small, dressed up piece of paper that will get you through the gates at Ford Field, and into Super Bowl XL on Feb. 5. The game belongs to Detroit this year, but the tickets do not.

As the host team for the event, the Lions have access to about five percent of the seats for the game. The team held on to some for its use, and made the ...

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