Tuesday, January 20, 2009

My Grand Idea

So, after a few days/weeks of lamenting because I didn't think there was any way of getting my hands on affordable Super Bowl tickets, I got a call/e-mail last night from Guy's uncle, who put a ray of hope into my life. He has a cousin who got chosen in the season-ticket-holders lottery for two tickets, and his cousin will sell them to us at face value as long as one other person he offered them to decides he doesn't want to go.

So, I'd say there's about a 75% chance we will make it to Super Bowl XLIII! The only things that stink about the situation are these:
1. The tickets are still $800 apiece -- a fact that makes my penny-pinching husband turn green.
2. Thinking that there was no way we'd get tickets and wanting something fun to do for the Bowl, I bought us tickets to an all-you-can-eat-and-drink buffet at an Orlando sports bar. The tickets were $50 each and nonrefundable. I'm trying to sell them on craigslist, but I don't know if I'll be successful.
3. We have to figure out how to get to Tampa, get a parking pass, and cancel some of our Disney dining reservations for the second day of our trip -- basically it throws a wrench in our plans, but I suppose it's a good wrench. It's just that for someone like me, who wants to have everything planned weeks in advance, it's difficult to wait and see what happens.

I should know later in the week if we have the tickets or not.

In the meantime, I had an idea of how to raise some money for the tickets. I often have ideas that other people think are dumb or unrealistic, but I'll share this one just to see if anyone has any tips on how to pull it off. I thought if we go to the game, I could somehow see if any Tampa-area businesses want to buy advertising space on the t-shirt that I'll wear. I'll just get something printed online with a Steelers logo and then the name/phone number/slogan of the company(ies) on the back. I feel like it's a good deal for the company -- the shirt will likely be seen by hundreds or thousands of people. I just don't know how to get the word out to companies that I want to do this, and I also don't know if I can get a shirt made in time.

Any thoughts/tips/opinions? Am I retarded for even wanting to try it?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

The steelers suck and they are going to lose. The cardinals are a mighty Winter bird and will crush the weak fartfaces known as the Steelers.