Published: February 08, 2011
Jerry Jones and the Dallas Cowboys Face Lawsuit from Fans over Super Bowl Tickets
DALLAS - (BUSINESS WIRE) - Eagan Avenatti, LLP, a law firm specializing in consumer rights, today
launched an investigation into possible claims against the Cowboys and
Jones after receiving reports that the Cowboys and Jones deceived
hundreds of the team's best season ticket holders into paying $1,200 a
seat for Super Bowl tickets that turned out to be temporary seats with
obstructed views.
The season ticket holders, known as the "Founders" of Cowboys Stadium,
each paid at least $100,000 per seat for a personal seat license at the
stadium, which the Cowboys and Jones promised would entitle them to the
"best sightlines in the stadium" and the right to purchase a ticket to
Sunday's Super Bowl at face value. Instead, they arrived at the stadium
Sunday to discover that Jones and the Cowboys had assigned them to sit
in obstructed view, temporary metal seats, which had only recently been
installed in an effort to meet Jones' goal of breaking NFL Super Bowl
attendance records. Adding insult to injury, almost all of the seats
lacked any view whatsoever of the Cowboys' prized "video board" , which
Jones routinely claims is the most unique and best feature of Cowboys
Stadium.
The "Founders" season ticket holders collectively account for over $100
Million in personal seat licenses Jones sold to pay for the construction
of the stadium, as well as over $3,000,000 in annual season ticket sales.
"These season ticket holders are rightfully irate at Jones and the
Cowboys," said lead attorney Michael Avenatti. "Jones sold the very fans
that helped finance the construction of the stadium on the idea of
attending the Super Bowl, took their money, and then put them in
illegitimate seats with obstructed views. What team or owner on the
planet would treat its best fans like this?"
As a result of these allegations, Eagan Avenatti, LLP is preparing a
lawsuit on behalf of ticket holders who were damaged. "We will get to
the bottom of this. And when we do, I expect we will find that greed and
ego had a lot to do with what happened."
About Eagan Avenatti, LLP
Michael J. Avenatti, Esq. is a founding partner of Eagan Avenatti, LLP,
a firm of trial attorneys that specialize in litigating a variety of
high profile legal disputes in courts throughout the United States.
Avenatti and EOA are consistently ranked among the best attorneys in
America. Most recently, the firm won a $40 million jury verdict after a
five week trial in New Jersey. The firm is based in Los Angeles,
California.
For more information about the investigation or Eagan Avenatti, LLP
please email Judy Regnier at jregnier@eoalaw.com.
Please direct all media inquiries to:
Eagan Avenatti, LLP
Suzy
Quinn
Director of Media Relations
Office: 949-706-7000
Cell:
310-465-9893
Email: squinn@eoalaw.com
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