So apparently this is what happens when you become a soon-to-be-famous columnist, people start giving you cool stuff and then you write about it! This week I was privy to free tickets to the Keith Urban/Surgerland concert! In the corporate suite no less! Yes, the life of a wet behind the ears columnist is truly something to envy. I mean you wouldn’t believe that treatment, free food, free beer, soft cushy seats for my ass … the works baby!
Well, except that this particular corporate suite had been down sized and so the free food and free beer were limited. So limited in fact that there was no free food or free beer at all, which is how we ended up with the sweet suite seats in the first place.
Ok, if you want to get technical about it, some corporate hedge fund bit the dust and the suite owners can’t put free beer in their clients’ hands anymore, so they gave the tickets to a regular Jane and her friends. My new friend, Carol, scored corporate suite freebie tickets and was nice enough to share with the mere mortals who usually only dream of such VIP treatment. But I’m sure if they KNEW that the ticket had ended up in the hands of an up and coming new columnist for a nationally syndicated travel site they would be thrilled with the exposure they are now getting! I mean seriously, 10 to 12 people might read this in one week alone! So maybe they should have at least bought me a beer, I’m just saying.
Not that I’m complaining, I mean the tickets were free and my ass did enjoy the cushy seats. Plus, it was Keith Urban and Sugarland, who I LOVE. The suite tickets were just a bonus, Carol had me at Keith.
Fortunately, for me and my friends they sell beer right there in the arena. You can buy food too if you remember to take out a loan before you arrive. For a mere $9 I was able to get a whole cup of beer! I tried all night not to think about the fact that I could buy a whole case of beer for the same price but I failed miserably so I bought another $9 beer to drown my sorrows, it helped a little.
Really though the entertainment was first rate because the suites on both sides of us were still passing out free beer and nothing says laugh your ass off fun like free beer. The high point of the evening was defiantly when, for no apparent reason, a guy in the suite next to us jumped out of his seat and did a keg stand in the aisle … without the keg. Maybe his hands were tired of clapping and he decided to use his feet? Anyway, it was an impressive achievement; that’s a tight space.
The other highlight of the evening was the non-stop music. Surgarland is going to the top of my play list this week and Keith, well I mean come on, seriously! Nicole traded up that’s all I’m saying. If you want to know more about the concert check out my review.
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