{"id":3083,"date":"2009-02-01T10:25:47","date_gmt":"2009-02-01T16:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=3083"},"modified":"2009-02-01T10:27:00","modified_gmt":"2009-02-01T16:27:00","slug":"sweet-seats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2009\/02\/01\/sweet-seats\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweet seats"},"content":{"rendered":"

Much thanks to my friend Billy for inviting me to use an extra ticket he had to the Memphis Tigers<\/a> game yesterday.\u00a0 It was easily the best seat I’ve ever had at the FedExForum… it read, “section CB2,” and I had no idea where that was.\u00a0 I asked and was told to go to the club level.\u00a0 Nice!\u00a0 Then I discovered my seat wasn’t even a regular seat, but a seat at a desk, with an executive chair on rollers to sit in, and a waitress to serve food and drinks.\u00a0 Here’s a look to the right of where I was sitting, at the other club box seats:<\/p>\n

I remember touring the Forum prior to its first event, and I assumed those seats were where the press would sit.\u00a0 Guess I was wrong.\u00a0 There were even monitors at the end of each desk (you can see one in the pic above), with cable TV.\u00a0 Here’s a look at the view of the floor from my seat:<\/p>\n

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Face value of the ticket was $44, and I thought to myself, that’s a bargain for the quality of experience I had sitting in that seat.\u00a0 I knew quite a few people sitting in the club level too – I hadn’t realized it, but the games are social events for a lot of Downtowners.<\/p>\n

As for the Tigers, they went on a 15-0 run to open the game, struggled a little just before and just after halftime, with Houston actually taking the lead 44-43 at one point.\u00a0 Coach Cal was livid and I could hear him yelling from a basketball court’s length away.\u00a0 Eventually the Tigers got it together and won 83-68.\u00a0 Doneal Mack had a great game and seemed to be able to hit threes at will.\u00a0 Robert Dozier had a strong game inside.<\/p>\n

Skipping brunch today, because I need to get some things done before my out-of-town trip tomorrow morning.\u00a0 Heading over to a friend’s condo at 3 for our annual Super Bowl party.\u00a0 I’ll take pics as usual, but it will be at least Wednesday before I get a photo album online, due to the trip.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"