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Chicago Bulls tickets
Hi everyone
1
I really don't know if the Bulls are selling out now-a-days but I think it's always better to get tickets in advance. Avoids any lines on games day and one less thing to worry about plus I don't see much to gain by waiting.
2
If the Bulls trade for Kobe Bryant, you'll want to see him play. Dude can play.http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.wordpress.com/
3
No need to purchase in advance.
4
Not actaly top-tier team, but the University of Chicago men´s basketball team plays Emory at home on the 20th. A lot cheaper than the Bulls and sometimes more inspired play. Loyola University may be a bit better. The men´s basketball team plays BYU (Brigham Young University, a bit sports school) at home on the 21st and Butler on the 24th. The women´s team plays Green Bay (the school, not the Packers, alas), on the 23rd. Too bad you are apparently leaving on the 24th, since the Blackhawks (pro hockey) are at home on the 24th.
5
University of chicago? a D -3 team? you'll see better hoops in a playground."you should spend the rest of your tiny life in a Colorado feedlot, then be herded off to some nonunion slaughterhouse to be turned, painfully, into fast-food burgers for one of the less prominent chains."
6
If you want a good seat, I would get it in advance. The only way you'll get a ticket below face value is if noone really wants to go to the game. And even then, I would still expect the good seats to be sold out.
7
#6 I disagree, especially if looking for a single. On a weeknight, the good seats won't be sold out. If it was a saturday night, and the opponent was better, I'd agree, but not here."you should spend the rest of your tiny life in a Colorado feedlot, then be herded off to some nonunion slaughterhouse to be turned, painfully, into fast-food burgers for one of the less prominent chains."
8
"There is scarcely anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse, and sell a little more cheaply. The person who buys on price alone is this man's lawful prey."
9
To each their own. I personally prefer to be able to look at a seat map in front of me and be able to pick exactly where I want to sit when I'm planning an enjoyable outing to a game. Of course, some prefer trying to find someone selling tickets (illegally where you can get caught btw) in front of the stadium a few minutes before the event where the scalper is trying to convince you that the seat is great, when it can be crap in reality. If I'm going to go out of my way to go to a game, I want to make sure it's an enjoyable experience and not a potential headache. Plus, scalpers mostly only buy out tickets that they know they can resell for a profit. And those who decided not to go at the last minute rarely actually go to the venue to resell - they would be going to the game themselves.
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#9 I'm not talking about scalpers - there will be plenty of good tickets from the box office on game day, and without the need to pay the ticketmaster service fees."you should spend the rest of your tiny life in a Colorado feedlot, then be herded off to some nonunion slaughterhouse to be turned, painfully, into fast-food burgers for one of the less prominent chains."
11
The OP is Australian and probably rarely (ever?) gets to Chicago or the States in general. Who cares whether it will or wont be easy to get a ticket or whether you might get the ticket a bit cheaper??? You really want to go to the game , cos u may not get another chance any time soon.I NEED a holiday
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