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Security, Ticket Cost Kept Lid On Trouble

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The Tampa Tribune

Published: February 2, 2009

The 70,000 or so people who filled Raymond James Stadium were well-behaved, authorities said.

The same couldn't be said for some outside.

Nine people were arrested on charges of selling counterfeit tickets, and an undisclosed number of phony tickets were seized, said Tampa police spokeswoman Laura McElroy.

Police issued warnings to about 15 unlicensed vendors outside the stadium.

A police horse was hit by a drunken driver.

"The horse was uninjured," McElroy said.

Although there were 26 arrests and 18 ejections, largely missing from the night's police blotter was the usual assortment of drunk-fan troubles found at Bucs games.

However, people who spend $1,000 or more for a seat generally don't want to get tossed out of the game or arrested.

"It's a different crowd," McElroy said. "They are higher profile and they paid a higher price for tickets."

Keith Morelli

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