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Dozens try to sell Grey Cup tickets online days before event

Tickets to 103rd Grey Cup sold out, Winnipeg Blue Bombers say

If you're still looking for tickets to Sunday's Grey Cup game in Winnipeg, chances are pretty good you'll find them.

Dozens of people are trying to sell their tickets, and some have even advertised them less than their face value.

Winnipegger Mark Desjardins is trying to get rid of a pair of tickets he paid $800 for earlier in the season.

He hoped the Bombers would make it to the end.

"The last few years every team that held the Grey Cup was in the Grey Cup," he said. "Winnipeg seemed to have made a lot of improvements since last year."

Desjardins has been to four Grey Cup games in the past and by Sunday that number could be five if he can't find a buyer for the tickets.

"I think going to a Grey Cup is an excellent event. I can't believe that they're having trouble selling them, and I don't know why that is," he said. "There are people that will buy at the last minute because [they're] waiting for their team to be in the Grey Cup."

Representatives for the Winnipeg Football Club say the event is "very close to a sellout," and they expect it to sell out either Friday or Saturday.

"The seats are excellent … They're right close to field level. I think they're prime seats," said Desjardins, who said he's now willing to accept $750 for the pair — $50 less than what he paid.

Desjardins has until Sunday to unload the tickets.

The Ottawa Redblacks and the Edmonton Eskimos will go head to head at Investors Group Field at 5 p.m.