I have quite a few stories about getting in games on the cheap. I got 60-dollar seats to my first hockey game a few weeks ago for $20 each from a scalper in the middle of the first period. I got free courtside tickets to a Mavericks game from my job (and got to sit a few seats down from Mark Cuban). But my favorite experience was during last year's basketball season when the Mavericks played Sacramento and I was dying to see Chris Webber, even though I was too broke to buy a ticket. A scalper outside gave my friend and me some really cheapo tickets for free (because he said we were cute), and we magically passed those off as floor tickets. So she and I sashayed our way around the court and behind the benches and the scorers' table, in the hopes of finding empty seats somewhere. We did so smoothly, and I had a great view (and he had a great view of me). That was a good game.
posted by lnicole at 01:02 AM on February 05, 2002
The Art of the Deal
I have quite a few stories about getting in games on the cheap. I got 60-dollar seats to my first hockey game a few weeks ago for $20 each from a scalper in the middle of the first period. I got free courtside tickets to a Mavericks game from my job (and got to sit a few seats down from Mark Cuban). But my favorite experience was during last year's basketball season when the Mavericks played Sacramento and I was dying to see Chris Webber, even though I was too broke to buy a ticket. A scalper outside gave my friend and me some really cheapo tickets for free (because he said we were cute), and we magically passed those off as floor tickets. So she and I sashayed our way around the court and behind the benches and the scorers' table, in the hopes of finding empty seats somewhere. We did so smoothly, and I had a great view (and he had a great view of me). That was a good game.