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Ticket prices for Patriots-Buccaneers game reflect Tom Brady hype

Ticket prices for Patriots-Buccaneers game reflect Tom Brady hype
WEEKEND FOR SPORTS BETTING. WMUR’S RAY BREWER IS LIVE TO EXPLAIN. WHO ARE THEY PUTTING THEIR MONEY ON? RAY: IT DEPENDS WHO YOU ASK, BUT BOAST OF THE MONEY IS GOING ON BRADY. -- BUT MOST OF THE MONEY IS GOING ON BRADY. TOM BRADY IS MAKING HIS HIGHLY ANTICIPATED RETURN TO GILLETTE STADIUM AS THE PATRIOTS HOST THE TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS. BRADY SPOKE TO REPORTERS YESTERDAY, DEALING WITH A SORE THRO.AT HE SAYS HE DOES NOT KNOW WHAT IS CAUSING THAT SORE THROAT. SOME ARE CAUSING THIS THE MOST ANTICIPATED REGULAR-SEASON GAME DINECADES. IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, BETTORS ARE TRYING TO CASH IN ON THE GAME. THE NEW HAMPSHIRE LOTTERY SAYS MORE THAN 3000 WAGERS HAVE BEEN PLACED THROUGH DRAFTKINGS ON SUNDAY’S GAME, 97% OF THEONM BRADY’S BUCCANEERS. >> IT’S A GENERATIONAL EVENT, RIGHT, WHERE YOU HAVE A LENDGE THAT COMES BACK TO PLAY IN HIS HOME STADIUM, OR IT WAS A HOME STADIUM FOR 20 YEA.RS THIS IS LIKE BOBBY ORR FOR THE BLACKHAWKS. THIS DOESN’T HAPPEN VERY OFTEN. RAY: THE NEW HAMPSHIRE LOTTERY SAYS THIS IS ALREADY THE MOST ANTICIPATED GAME THEY’VE EVER SEEN OUTSIDE OF THE SUPER BOWL. AGAIN, THE GAME IS SCHEDULED FOR SUNDAY NIGHT WITH THE KICK-OFF AT 8:30. REPORT
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Ticket prices for Patriots-Buccaneers game reflect Tom Brady hype
There is a large amount of hype surrounding this weekend's New England Patriots versus Tampa Bay Buccaneers football game, and ticket sales are reflecting the excitement.“I’ve never seen hype for a game like this,” Pat Higgins said. Higgins has been selling game tickets for 20 years — through the golden years of Boston professional sports, especially when it comes to Tom Brady. >> Most NH bettors putting money on Tom Brady’s Buccaneers ahead of Patriots game“Anytime you have the greatest player who ever lived come back home for his final game at Gillette, you’re going to have people talking about the game,” Higgins said.Looking at ticket websites, the low end to get in the game is around $300 for upper-tier seats, while the upper prices are closer to $3,000 for 50-yard line seats — down from $5,000 earlier this summer when the NFL announced the Bucs were coming to Foxborough. >> Buccaneers QB Tom Brady hoarse, focused ahead of return to face Patriots in FoxboroughNo matter where or how you get your seats, Higgins said this game is one for the ages when it comes to New England pro sports.“This is it. This is the farewell. He is not coming back. Not going to wear a Patriots uniform anymore,” Higgins said. “Unless he plays until he is 50 – and maybe he does – but this is it. The chance to say goodbye to the best person who ever did it.”

There is a large amount of hype surrounding this weekend's New England Patriots versus Tampa Bay Buccaneers football game, and ticket sales are reflecting the excitement.

“I’ve never seen hype for a game like this,” Pat Higgins said.

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Higgins has been selling game tickets for 20 years — through the golden years of Boston professional sports, especially when it comes to Tom Brady.

>> Most NH bettors putting money on Tom Brady’s Buccaneers ahead of Patriots game

“Anytime you have the greatest player who ever lived come back home for his final game at Gillette, you’re going to have people talking about the game,” Higgins said.

Looking at ticket websites, the low end to get in the game is around $300 for upper-tier seats, while the upper prices are closer to $3,000 for 50-yard line seats — down from $5,000 earlier this summer when the NFL announced the Bucs were coming to Foxborough.

>> Buccaneers QB Tom Brady hoarse, focused ahead of return to face Patriots in Foxborough

No matter where or how you get your seats, Higgins said this game is one for the ages when it comes to New England pro sports.

“This is it. This is the farewell. He is not coming back. Not going to wear a Patriots uniform anymore,” Higgins said. “Unless he plays until he is 50 – and maybe he does – but this is it. The chance to say goodbye to the best person who ever did it.”