Had some UNC friends in town for the Final Four, so we went down to meet up with them this past weekend in San Antonio. Turns out their flight got delayed and so they had to rush straight to the Alamodome and we didn't get to see them at all. Needless to say, they weren't too happy after Kansas basically blew out the Tarheels in the first half of that game. On a happier note, they were able to sell their tickets to Monday's championship game for a pretty penny. Word of warning, turns out there were undercover cops busting people for selling tickets after the game, charging them with scalping and fining them $2000. Ouch.
The Alamodome is not a good place to watch basketball. It is a football stadium, but in order to be able to sell more tickets, they use it for basketball. I remember when the Spurs used to play there and how there really wasn't a home court advantage because the fans were so spread out from the court. My point in all this is that I was shocked at what some people paid for the nosebleed seats for the Final Four. The shot below is taken from the worst seats in the Alamodome, which still cost these unlucky stiffs $275. Better to have put that money towards a nice HDTV.
