Stupid Ideas

Shank latches onto one and gives it some rightful mockery:

$100 to hang around a Warriors game but not actually see it live? I’ll pass

Just when you think we have reached the height of absurdity regarding sports saturation and “event people” who will do absolutely anything to be part of a major sports experience, we learn of something that on the surface seems so mind-numbingly stupid, it defies all logic.

Say hello to the “In The Building Pass” currently being offered to fans of the Golden State Warriors.

For a mere $100 per month, Warriors fans who’ve been unable to score tickets can buy an “In The Building Pass,” which gives them access to all regular-season home games. For that $100, they gain entry to Oracle Arena and are invited to watch the game from Club 200 level TVs. They’re eligible for giveaways, like if it happens to be Draymond Green bobblehead night. They can use the concourse bathrooms, buy beers for $15-$17, and maybe score a bottle of water for $6.50. They can watch all the beautiful ticketed people file in and out of the arena.

But that’s it. There is no access to the actual arena. Not even standing room.

It goes on from there, but this sounds like something to be avoided. It's worth reading the whole column, just to catch riffs like this one:

This feels like paying $100 per month for the privilege of driving to Logan Airport, parking for $50, standing in line for a half-hour where you will be strip-searched and humiliated by TSA, then buying some bad food and gazing at the duty-free stuff that you can’t buy on the long walk to Gate E-10. Finally, you get to watch happy travelers board a plane bound for Madrid.

Well, that might be the best one, but you be the judge.