Wizards Game Woes

One of the few things DC has NYC beat on is its price of sporting tickets because DC teams are so painful to watch. But I am using this to my advantage to see as many star players from the OTHER team as possible. During these dog days of February, the NBA is in full swing and I started reading reports out of the Washington Post that people were going to games versus other bad teams for as low as 30 cents. I started grabbing up tickets for the Clippers, Knicks and Lakers. For the Clippers' game, my seats were up top but center court for $20. In comparison the same tickets at the Garden are going for $250! Granted the Knicks are abuzz with this Lin character but even without Lin they would still be $125 at least.

After the Clippers' game I now know why these tickets are so dirt cheap; and their record is only part of the answer. In general its a pretty awful fan experience. At least at the Garden you have the stadium entertainment factor. (see earlier blog post) First off, the lighting is so bright all around the arena it looks bad for entertainment value. The court should look like a stage. Also, the lady in front of us was so bored that she had her Ipad out the whole time playing Scrabble, not even Words with Friends! But the absolute worst part was one of the "Wizard Girls" was promoting Carmine's restaurant, which opened up down the street from the Verizon Center. But she kept pronouncing it Carmen and people were booing her. I now think paying a premium at the Garden is worth it. At the final buzzer, the Wizards lost by 30, but by that time we were already drinking the night away at the dark Carmine's bar.