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The Coolest Super Bowl Ticket Stub Of All Time

The Coolest Super Bowl Ticket Stub Of All Time

When Super Bowl Tickets Looked Super

When Super Bowl Tickets Looked Super

I'm generally a positive guy, but I can't help wonder why recent Super Bowl Stubs have become such design snoozers. In looking at the run of Super Bowl Stubs, it appears the game reached its design zenith in its first 5 years. Vibrant colors, striking original artwork, everything working in harmony. What's your take? Post your favorites...

Bowl Week: A Look Back

One would think, with the myraid printing techniques employed today, we'd be in a golden age for ticket design. So why do so many tickets today feel so, well, uptight? Mid century bowl tickets reflected the pure joy of the season. Carefree, understanding of sports place in culture, and most of all, visually eye popping. Here's just a few of my favorites. Poke around the site to see 100's more. Enjoy, Russ.

SD Hall of Champions shares its Ticket Library

Deep inside the vault at the San Diego Hall of Champions sat an over stuffed binder, chock full of plastic display sheets, the kind you used to store baseball cards in. The binder housed not cheap pieces of cardboard however, but rather an amazing history of San Diego sporting events told through ticket stubs from the Padres, Chargers, and even the Clippers.  

A binder is hardly a fitting way to display these treasures, so the Hall decided to loan TicketStubCollection.com that binder, and have the site act as the de facto stub display for them.  

Hall of Champions Curator Anthony LaChica remarked "The San Diego Hall of Champions was pleased to partner with Russ to loan our ticket collection to TicketStubCollection.com. This platform provides a modern way for a wider audience to view these hidden gems, which represent pieces of San Diego's rich sports history."     

Highlights of the collection include a run of season passes for the PCL Padres, dating 1937-1966 and a stub from the 1976 Chargers game in Tokyo. Others include both Padres World Series appearances, opening night at the Sports Arena, and even a few San Diego Clippers and Conquistadors. 

 The San Diego Hall of Champions is the nation's largest multi-sport museum, boasting three levels of memorabilia and 68,000 square feet. The museum offers a state-of-the-art theatre, an interactive media center and fascinating displays on the nation's favorite sports. For more information visit them in San Diego's Balboa Park or click The San Diego Hall of Champions is the nation's largest multi-sport museum, boasting three levels of memorabilia and 68,000 square feet. The museum offers a state-of-the-art theatre, an interactive media center and fascinating displays on the nation's favorite sports or click here.

Bruins Fan Slips B's Stub Into Grandpa's Casket.

HAVERHILL — Nicky Mangano says his grandfather James Cassidy loved the Red Sox, Celtics and Patriots, but he wasn't much of a hockey fan. But his grandfather knew that he was and they often talked about it.

Nicky, 16, of Bradford, said that ever since he placed a Bruins game ticket stub in his grandfather's casket two months ago the Bruin's have had a new fan, and have been winning.

"Every time the Bruins win I look up and say 'thanks grandpa,'" Nicky said.

He said his mother Deborah Mangano will look up and say "thanks dad," while his father Nick Mangano will do the same and say "thanks Jim."

As the Bruins continue their march to their first Stanley Cup since 1972, Deborah Mangano says her father may be sending the team good wishes from above.

"Maybe it is due to a little divine intervention," she said. "Maybe he's sending down some good vibes."

At Cassidy's wake, family members had placed Red Sox, Celtics and Patriots caps in his casket.

"On the morning of the funeral, when we were saying our last good-byes," Nicky tucked in his ticket stub," his mother said. "We all said maybe that will bring the Bruins some good luck."

"I was thinking that he didn't have all the sports, so I added the Bruins ticket stub," Nicky said.

Cassidy, a highly decorated World War II Army veteran and North Andover resident, died April 14. He was 85. Cassidy was a long-time weekly Hot Topic contributor to The Eagle-Tribune. This year's Memorial Day Parade in North Andover was dedicated in Cassidy's honor.

Nicky, who just completed his junior year at Central Catholic High School, said his grandfather knew he loved the Bruins.

"When I visited him in the hospital he knew I was sad that he was dying, as we were really close," Nicky said. "He'd ask how they were doing and I'd tell him they were playing well."

When James Cassidy died the Bruins had just started the playoffs against the Montreal Canadians and the Bruins were 0-2.

"At my grandpa's wake I placed a ticket stub from the Dallas Stars game that I attended in February with my dad, my mom and one of my cousins," Nicky said. "And since then the Bruins have been doing really well. They came back from two nothing to win the series in seven games, they swept the Flyers in four, then Tampa in seven, and now they came back to tie Vancouver 2-2," he said as of June 9.

"I think he wanted to do something to make me feel better as I was really sad about his death," Nicky said.

When watching the Bruins on television, Nicky is sure to be wearing a Patrice Bergeron jersey while his dad wears a Bobby Orr jersey.

"As the Bruins were getting close to the playoffs Nick would tell me that he could see the Cup and even taste it, Deborah Mangano said about her husband.

Reprinted from the Haverhill Eagle Tribune