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By Allie Burger<\/strong>
\nReporting from Houston<\/em><\/p>\n

One day after Super Bowl LI, fans wanted to wear their team spirit on their sleeves…. and their shirts, as well their hats and even their pants. But that proved difficult, even impossible for some, at the NFL shop in Houston.<\/p>\n

\"Super<\/a><\/div>\n

Fans waited for over an hour in line outside a corner of the George R. Brown Convention Center on Monday to buy Super Bowl merchandise and New England Patriots and Atlanta Falcons gear at half-price. However, many Patriots fans were disappointed.
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\u201cWe came down to get shirts and we saw the line of like 400 people and heard there was no more Patriots gear so we took off,\u201d Boston native James Paghai said. <\/p>\n

The sale began just after 9 a.m. and consisted of only general Super Bowl and team gear that had been sold throughout the week. Super Bowl champion merchandise was not available.<\/p>\n

Paghai and three of his friends flew down from Boston on Friday. The group had gone to the same sale at Super Bowl XLIX in Phoenix back in 2015, and said that this year\u2019s post-Super Bowl sale experience was significantly worse.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe kind of didn\u2019t think there were going to be this many people,\u201d Paghai said. \u201cWe were shocked. We were in Arizona and this wasn\u2019t the case \u2026 We came down around the same time, 10:30 a.m. \u2026 It was crowded, but there wasn\u2019t a line to get in like this.\u201d<\/p>\n

Patriots fan Kevin Lopes said that yesterday\u2019s crowd at and around NRG stadium gave him a good idea of what to expect at the sale. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt was like ten-to-one Seattle fans at the [2015] Super Bowl,\u201d Lopes said. \u201c[Seahawks fans] weren\u2019t going to go down and buy Patriots gear, and it\u2019s kind of the reverse this time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Patriots fan Reuben Gonzales of Reynosa, Mexico was among the fans who did wait in line for over an hour to enter the store. This was his sixth consecutive Super Bowl, and said this was by far the most frustrating post-game sale experience he\u2019s had.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think I\u2019ve ever seen a line waiting outside,\u201d Gonzales said. \u201cWe did it for the deals, and waited just to see what we would find. If we were able to find more Patriots gear, it may have been worth it. But, I don\u2019t think an hour in line was worth it.\u201d <\/p>\n

Coordinators of the event were unavailable for comment in response to fans’ complaints.<\/p>\n

Katrina Denson, from Atlanta, was among the few disappointed Falcons fans mixed into the Patriots-dominant line. She was one of the only congregated who knew she would have a good variety of items to choose from, considering most of the Falcons merchandise was still available.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m sure they have a lot of gear they\u2019re trying to get rid of,\u201d Denson said. \u201cI don\u2019t think they\u2019re going to run out, so I\u2019ll be able to find something to be able to say I waited in this line and it was worth it.\u201d<\/p>\n

She also added that though she was disappointed with the outcome of the game, she wanted to seize the opportunity to support her team wearing as many Falcons items as possible.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m still proud, I\u2019m still out here amongst all these Patriots fans in my Falcons gear with my head high because I\u2019m still proud of our dirty birds.\u201d<\/p>\n

Denson and the hundreds of others in line were confident that despite the dwindling options the wait is a small price to pay for the deals inside. <\/p>\n

Photo at top: Fans wait outside George R. Brown Convention Center on Monday to buy half-price Super Bowl LI merchandise. (Allie Burger\/MEDILL)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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