I was having happy hour with a friend of mine this past
Thursday and I was making my way down 7th street in Chinatown when a
man walked up to me and put something in my hand. Usually its some flyer to where I would find
the nearest trash can but to my surprise it was an actual FREE ticket vouchers
for the PFL event coming up this Thursday. So, going further back I actually saw these
tickets on the ground by my house in DC on Wednesday. I assumed they were
tickets to Arena football and the only way for me to go to Arena football were
if you were put the tickets in my hand. I will not bend over to go to Arena
Football game. Hindsight is 20/20 and I
should have bent over to get a closer look.
Anyway, back to Thursday, so my first reaction was what the hell I bought
floor seats two days after the ticket release date and now some random dude
just hands my free tickets. Why did I
spend all of that money if the PFL are just giving tickets a way? On my way to catch the bus during HH I even saw
more tickets on the street. I picked
them up this time. My question is? Does this
devalue my ticket? On the back of the ticket it says voucher is redeemable for
$15-49. Which are nose bleed seats.
However, when I went to turn them in today. They were in section 109 which are valued at $75,
half of what I paid for floor seats. Let’s
face it I was always going to buy tickets to this event. I’m hardcore fan of
MMA. I have an MMA blog and I’m sure my only reader is my wife and not I’m not
even positive she reads these posts. I’m not going to act like I know the
details of running an MMA promotion but giving seats away isn’t a good way to
make money but maybe the PFL is banking on the second season or the playoffs to
regain the revenue to pay those million-dollar salaries it promises. As a fan of the sport I like the idea of
getting new fans and maybe this way the PFL will be even bigger giving more opportunities
to fighters and drawing bigger names to the promotion. On the hand, I feel kind of gypped, that I
could have saved some cash and sat a couple rows back for free. I don’t know.
Like I said before, I was going to spend the money as soon as I heard
the date, but the real question is does this experience leave a bad taste in my
mouth. Will I spend that cash the next time knowing I could just hang out in
front of the Capital One Arena a couple days before fight week to score some free
seats. Still looking forward to the
event. See you PFL on July 5th.
