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Sounds awesome glad a real fan got to experience it. (since they mostly end up as corporate seats.)
...it is get courtside tickets for a game!!! Absolutely freakin INCREDIBLE!!!
I am still high from being so close to the action and the players, and you see and hear things that you simply can't experience from anywhere else. Tonight was something I will NEVER forget.
Not only that, if you turn up early (ie. 5pm), wear a flag as a cape, and smile a lot, you can go and talk to the assistant coaches (Brett Brown, Chip Engelland (sp?)), and Bruce Bowen will spontaneously come over and yak it up for a minute or two. Not only that, Tony sat talking to Don Newman for about 15 minutes right next to me, Manu nodded, and I shared a joke with Rob Horry, Eric Williams and Francisco Elson. Totally, absolutely, undeniably an incredible experience.
Pics will follow when I get to Kori and LJ's to download them.
Dazed...
Amazed...
and utterly joyful!
RnROS
Sounds awesome glad a real fan got to experience it. (since they mostly end up as corporate seats.)
How much do courtside tickets go for?
Are they hard to get? Other than the price.
Face value is $850 plus tax and fees, so about $865. Yes, very hard to find.
Holy. Crap. That's a lot of money I could do something else with.
I love basketball, but wow.
Maybe when I'm 40 and making ^ 60k a year.
For my first 15 years or so as a season ticket holder, I had two seats seven rows up behind the Spurs bench in the old arena. great seats. Then my friend that had signed up for two seats also with me on Day One, decided to bail when they got too expensive for him.
This was in the mid 90s and I had another friend who had two courtside tickets near mid court facing the bench. He couldn't afford them alone so he and I shared them. The cost at that time was $50 per ticket plus you had to buy into the Spurs Corral which had been free.
Not an inexpensive night out when you figure in parking, drinks, dinner, pre-game drinks in Corral, during game beers, half-time drinks in Corral, during game beers, after game drinks in Corral, DUI tickets, etc.-- but they were worth it.
We'd get to talk to the players as they chased balls into the stands or took the ball out of bounds. Not to mention ragging on the Refs.
I can't imagine paying $1700 a night for two tickets x 41 games plus playoffs. Incredible escalation.
its nothing when you travel all the way from Australia and its a possible once in a lifetime experience.
I'll be doing the same thing in the near future
oh, for a Nuggets game though
Im going to shoot for a home playoff game in 2008
I sat courtside, center court once... definitely a different way to experience the game. You hear a lot of things that you wouldn't otherwise.
Trust me, even when you're there, it's a lot of money.
Spurs game center court, or new recliner?
Spurs game center court, or two car payments?
Spurs game center court, or house payment?
Glad you got to experience it, RnR! Good on ya mate!
60k? no way. maybe 100k. even then still a lot of money.
But before this Spurs generation is gone I will sit courtside at a playoff game. unfortunately I probably only have 1 or 2 years left
Cheers to all for the good wishes!
Yeah, a lot of money, but worth every cent. I have no house payments to make (just paid off my apartment), my car is second hand and I bought it outright, and I really don't need for anything... I guess I buy experiences rather than goods, and I don't feel ripped off at all (although it is an incredible amount of money to pay for a 4 hour entertainment experience!).
Also, flowing out of my chat with Brett Brown, I went to the Spurs' practice this morning!!! Twas waaaaay cool. I didn't get to chat to any of the players, just watched them do their drills (I think they were all preoccupied with the upcoming road btb), but Bruce said hi and even remembered my name from last night (!), and I had a chat with Brett and Chip again - both really nice, interesting fellas. Man, I am one lucky SOB!
Now all that remains is to meet DRob somehow. The way my luck is running, he'll turn up in the Oak Hills Tavern and shout me the birthday party I missed out on this year since I was on IV fluids in hospital at the time...
thats good, we have season tickets on the floor every year and not too long ago my work gave me 2 seats in the time warner suite and, there is nothin like siitin on the floor
I got four near David Robinson (on his row, a few seats down) for, I think, $1,200.
2nd row? Yeah they are around $400 each I believe. Courtside, very first row, on the sides (not endzone) are the price I quoted.
cool
Dude that better have been an Aussie flag!
Thats amazing sounds like it was worth every cent - plus you got invited to the next days practice? Incredible.
*turns green with envy*
Did you chat to Brett Brown about the NBL days?
I think when I go over it will be to see the playoffs probably need one more year of saving... I'm running out of time to see Timmy/Manu at a high level...
oh btw - Cry Havoc are an insane band
Yup, always wear the Aussie flag, and Brett and I did chat about NBL days!
Save youmoney and make you move mate, it's worth it.
Yeah everyone was wondering why you had the flag draped over your back...Andrew Gaze was the common answer...it is get courtside tickets for a game!!! Absolutely freakin INCREDIBLE!!!
I am still high from being so close to the action and the players, and you see and hear things that you simply can't experience from anywhere else. Tonight was something I will NEVER forget.
Not only that, if you turn up early (ie. 5pm), wear a flag as a cape, and smile a lot, you can go and talk to the assistant coaches (Brett Brown, Chip Engelland (sp?)), and Bruce Bowen will spontaneously come over and yak it up for a minute or two. Not only that, Tony sat talking to Don Newman for about 15 minutes right next to me, Manu nodded, and I shared a joke with Rob Horry, Eric Williams and Francisco Elson. Totally, absolutely, undeniably an incredible experience.
Pics will follow when I get to Kori and LJ's to download them.
Dazed...
Amazed...
and utterly joyful!
RnROS
I was in town with a big time client/business partner who had never been to an NBA game so I doled out the duckets. I guess I got a reasonable deal then. Even more reasonable when David shook my hand and recognized my nameless self. ha ha
Kori, another funny thing was Jack Ramsey was a ref that night and during a timeout he sort of lingered along the sideline right in front of where we were sitting. I didn't even have to really shout, but I did tell him something like "keep working, Jack, you're doing a great job" and he turned around and sort of did an air guitar thing briefly and winked at me. Pretty funny at the time.
Awesome!! Sounds like your trip is going great so far!
How'd you end up getting to watch practice also? Do the Spurs usually let people come and watch?
Glad you had a great time!
I actually don't like sitting that low. I have such a hard time seeing-- literally having to look up to the court. I prefer several rows up- above eye-level and at a better angle for us short people.
Yeah it's a pretty neat experience. I got a great deal on a set of tickets the 2nd row behind the Spurs bench. It was an awesome experience. I got to hear Pop get caught up arguing with the ref, Tony said something in french when the ref called a call against him, and Manu cussing at himself in spanish and taking it out on the chair with his towel. It's amazing what you'll see and hear when your down there
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