I think $1000 is just a bit over the original price, but pretty reasonable.
As far as the section, I am in 648, and even though we are up there a ways, the veiw is good, and I like my seats. 648 is an endzone view which I like a lot.
I don't know about other who have seats in the 600s, but I definitely recommend taking the escalator instead of the ramps. It takes pretty much the same time to get up there, but you save your energy for doing more fan related stuff, like making the kids in front of you cry by whistling real loud... plus, if you take the ramps to the top, you might be sober when you get there, and no one wants that!!