WBRZ - Baton Rouge

The New Orleans Saints are warning those seeking tickets to this season's home games to be on the lookout for counterfeits.

Michael Stanfield, the Super Bowl champion's vice president of ticket and suite sales, says the team has learned of fake tickets in unofficial secondary markets.

Stanfield says the only officially licensed secondary market is through Ticketmaster's Ticket Exchange program, which can be found on www.NewOrleansSaints.com.

Stanfield says it's the only "safe and reliable source for tickets."

The Saints open the season Thursday in a rematch of last year's NFC Championship game against the Minnesota Vikings in the Louisiana Superdome.