In the lead up to this weekend's Super Bowl XLVI, tickets for the big game took over the top spot in TicketNews' exclusive events rankings for the week ending Sunday, February 5.

The championship game, which also took Lucas Oil Stadium to the top of TicketNews' venues rankings for a second week, was a rematch between the Patriots and their Super Bowl XLII foes, the New York Giants. On February 5, the Giants repeated their win of four years ago behind a catch by wide receiver Mario Manningham which set up a fourth quarter comeback for Big Blue, ending the game in a 21-17 win.

Nobody knows when the Green Bay Packers will begin defense of their Super Bowl championship, but Packers fans will pay a bit more to see their favorite team once the 2011 (or 2012?) NFL season starts.

The Packers, which became the lowest-seeded NFC team to ever win the Super Bowl when they won three road games before edging the Pittsburgh Steelers 31-25 in Super Bowl XLV Sunday, February 6, announced this week they would raise season ticket prices at Lambeau Field.

In the week leading up to Super Bowl XLV, it's no surprise that the event which all but constitutes a national holiday kept a firm grip on its number one position of the past three weeks. The Green Bay Packers bested the Pittsburgh Steelers 31-25 in the nail biter at Dallas Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, TX, on February 6. As in past weeks, ticket sales took Super Bowl XLV to the top spot this week, where it power scored an impressive 11.21.

Football fans traveling to Dallas for the Super Bowl this year have had to endure freezing temperatures, ice storms and canceled flights, but the last thing they probably anticipated was that the NFL would run into a ticketing problem. But apparently, that's exactly what happened.

Workers scrambled to install temporary seats inside Cowboys Stadium today, February 6, to accommodate thousands of additional fans, but according to the league there are an undisclosed number of fans who will not be able to attend the game, and the league is offering refunds of triple the face value of their $600 tickets.

Last summer, football fans in Texas entertained hopes of seeing one — or both — of the state's NFL teams in the Super Bowl at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington. The Cowboys were a popular preseason pick to win the NFC while the Houston Texans were viewed as a sleeper contender in the AFC.

It didn't take long for the Lone Star State's Super Bowl aspirations to fade. The Cowboys started 1-7 on their way to finishing tied for last in the NFC East at 6-10 while the Texans opened up 4-2 but lost eight of their last 10 games — including six by a touchdown or less — to finish, that's right, tied for last in the AFC South at 6-10.