March Madness Indeed

[JustinTime18™]

For shits and grins, I checked into ticket prices for the bracket being played in Greenville, SC. Just an hour from my place and Greenville is a pretty cool little city. Figured I could get a couple nose bleed seats for a couple hundred.

Cheapest ticket? $525.

For a Friday afternoon game.

So, $1100 or so when you include parking. That's more than the mortgage.

WTAF.

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I don't know the area at all, but can it support those ticket prices?  

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@JustinTime18™ said:
For shits and grins, I checked into ticket prices for the bracket being played in Greenville, SC. Just an hour from my place and Greenville is a pretty cool little city. Figured I could get a couple nose bleed seats for a couple hundred.

Cheapest ticket? $525.

For a Friday afternoon game.

So, $1100 or so when you include parking. That's more than the mortgage.

WTAF.

Greenville is a great up and coming place.  A lot of industrial development in the region has pushed a lot of its growth.  My mentor was the lead for the development of BMW's North American HQ in Greenville, and a close friend did the landfill methane extraction generation program to provide power.  

Whenever I'm in Asheville, I make it a point to go down and meet some friends in Greenville.

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I saw this for a family for NBA

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@Vikergirl said:
I saw this for a family for NBA

the solution is real simple.

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@JimmyinSD said:

@Vikergirl said:
I saw this for a family for NBA

the solution is real simple.

Don't buy food?

Kidding.  I agree, spending that much and then whining about it on twitter doesn't garner any sympathy for me.

Last game I went to was MN out in Seattle, I think it was Harvin's last game IIRC.  AD went on a huge run but got tackled at the goal line and we lost.

Anyway, took 5 kids and myself, $60 apiece.  I won't pay the prices they want now.

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@greediron said:

@JimmyinSD said:

@Vikergirl said:
I saw this for a family for NBA

the solution is real simple.

Don't buy food?

Kidding.  I agree, spending that much and then whining about it on twitter doesn't garner any sympathy for me.

Last game I went to was MN out in Seattle, I think it was Harvin's last game IIRC.  AD went on a huge run but got tackled at the goal line and we lost.

Anyway, took 5 kids and myself, $60 apiece.  I won't pay the prices they want now.

hell no,  i meant leave the wife and kids at home.

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Looked at another ticket site, much more reasonable in comparison. If you can call $135 a ticket reasonable.

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@JustinTime18™ said:
Looked at another ticket site, much more reasonable in comparison. If you can call $135 a ticket reasonable.

$135 versus $525. Yeah that is more reasonable 

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@Vikergirl said:

@JustinTime18™ said:
Looked at another ticket site, much more reasonable in comparison. If you can call $135 a ticket reasonable.

$135 versus $525. Yeah that is more reasonable 

Or hang around the corner and scalp a couple for $60 1/2hr. before tipoff.