Hockey Makes Me Poor
I’ve sold off a chunk of my early season games to offset the cost of my games, but I only sell them to friends at cost to be nice and share the fun. I’m sure later in the season if the Caps do well, I’ll put them up on StubHub. There’s all kinds of fees and whatnot to forward re-issued tickets and stuff like that through the official TicketMaster route so I prefer to just mail them or hand them to people in person.
The main thing is that I spent $9 on a Diet Coke and soft pretzel before Saturday night’s game. I ate some leftover pasta before we left so I wouldn’t be stuck eating a $9 chicken finger basket with fries at the Phone Booth. Instead my boyfriend and I went to La Tasca for dinner after the game. (Menu at the downtown location is shorter than at the Clarendon location, btw.) It wasn’t cheap, but since we didn’t too much and limited ourselves to one beer each, our check was only $50.
Add on the metro ride ($2.70 round trip, per person) and an $8 cocktail and it comes out to $72.40 and that does not include the ticket price (FWIW, about $35 for the pair).
I will say though, the game was boring when the Capitals couldn’t convert any power plays into read goals. But at the last 5 minutes it got crazy exciting and the Caps ended up scoring an empty net goal and winning by two.
Sistah Ant wrote:
That’s why every time I think of actually going to a game, I just stay at home.
Posted on 10-Nov-08 at 5:26 pm | Permalink
Craig wrote:
If the Capitals ever play the NY Islanders this season I may be interested in purchasing the tickets if you are looking to sell. I’m also in the DC area.
Craig
http://www.budgetpulse.com
Posted on 12-Nov-08 at 5:22 pm | Permalink
brainy wrote:
Hey — just be glad you can actually sell your hockey tickets at cost! ;0)
Yeah, I’m just jealous that my team doesn’t have a draw like Ovechkin…
Posted on 19-Nov-08 at 9:26 pm | Permalink