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People paid a lot of money for those seats and it s one of the most anticipated sporting events of the year. senior mark mckay joins us by phone. there are 12,050. there are many of these disgruntled fans. they are not happy. the installation of temporary seating here at cowboy seating was said to be by the nfl unsafe and unusable. 850 fans in four sections are being relocated to similar or better seats. 400 fans not being accommodated inside the stadium are watching from a plaza. those fans according to the nfl will have their tickets refunds triple of the face value, said to be $900. they re actually receiving word now a lot of these fans are angry and the first that are hearing of it are the reporters ....
Now back to our developing story. people are upset. why are these people upset at the super bowl? because there are some tks-sized problems there. some fans are not going to have a place to sit because some temporary seats were not installed correctly. this is a huge problem and cnn s mark mckay is covering this story for us. over a thousand fans were affected by this. reporter: 1,250 according to the nfl. let me give you my perspective. we re next to a media area. they ve kol here to watch the super bowl which is beginning momentarily. they ve now been bruit to a lounge. they re very angry. it s not about the money, they say. it s about the experience. right now they re seeing the backs of heads of a dozen supporters. nfl is not speaking to them other than handing them a letter ....
Backs of people s heads. these people outside of this lounge, they re not seeing anything at this moment. mark mckaye, thank you, mark. we ll be getting back to you. again, a problem with seeth at the super bowl today. something that fans who are watching the game won t get to see. you ll get to see it here on cnn because we are reporting it. again, 1,250 fans affected. they paid up to $900 or more for a seat that they re not going to have tonight. we re going to continue on and talk about a day of celebration and remembrance today in california. that s where friends, family, and admirers of former president ronald reagan have gathered to honor the nation s 40th president. he would have been is 1 00 years old today and john king is there. john? reporter: good evening. that both 707 behind me carried ronald reagan all across the united states but also around the world as well. ....