With only about 3,000 tickets remaining, the NFL expressed confidence Thursday that the Jan. 31 Pro Bowl at Sun Life Stadium will be a sellout.
League spokesman Greg Aiello said via Twitter that the anticipated crowd of about 68,000 at the Dolphins' stadium would be the largest at a Pro Bowl since the 1959 game drew 72,250 in Los Angeles.
League officials had quietly expressed concerns about attendance, with both the date and the venue being changed from past years. Since 1980, the game had been held in Honolulu a week after the Super Bowl.
This year's game will be staged in what had been the so-called dead week between the conference title games and the Feb. 7 Super Bowl.
The Pro Bowl and Super Bowl will be the first events at the newly renamed Sun Life Stadium.
As usual, the Pro Bowl rosters have been in flux. AFC quarterbacks Tom Brady of New England and Philip Rivers of San Diego withdrew Wednesday, with Houston's Matt Schaub and Tennessee's Vince Young named as replacements.
None of the players involved in the Super Bowl will play in the Pro Bowl, which means the third AFC quarterback, Peyton Manning of Indianapolis, might also be out.
Brett Favre of Minnesota and Drew Brees of New Orleans were named to represent the NFC, but one of them will be in the Super Bowl. Philadelphia's Donovan McNabb is next up as a replacement.
Dolphins host relief effort: The Dolphins will partner with Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, Triton Container and the American Red Cross for a Haiti relief effort from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the stadium.
Non-perishable food items, water, medical supplies and hygiene products as well as all financial contributions will be accepted at Gate 15, located on 199th Street east of the stadium.
Triton Containers will provide containers at no cost and Royal Caribbean will ship the items to Haiti.
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