AJC Still looking for that perfect Christmas present for the basketball nut on your list? How about a pair of just-released front-row seats for the remaining 25 Atlanta Hawks home games? Yes, sports fans, the Hawks are selling four partial-season tickets for front-row seats in Section 107, in the corner of Philips Arena between the sideline and baseline seats. Buy just two, or buy all four of the tickets, but check your bank account before divvying up for the seats, because they are being sold for $22,902 each. That price comes out to $916 per game per seat, but at least the tickets come with parking passes and all-you-can-eat food and drinks from the arena’s game day menu.
I know the Hawks are 15-8, 3rd in the East, and putting together a great start considering how many changes they made in the offseason. Cool story for all 80 of the die-hard Hawks fans out there. But almost $23,000 bucks to see Al Horford, Josh Smith, and Devin Harris? Whoever is selling this is out of their goddamn mind and possibly related or in a relationship with one of the Real Housewives of Atlanta. NBA is a league that revolves around star power, and although the Hawks are basically on pace to do what the Pacers did last year by putting together a quality record through depth and a corps of solid players, it’s not like people feel their balls tingle when the Hawks roll into town or, in Atlanta’s case, even when they are in town. Here’s a few things you could do in lieu of buying one of these seats for the rest of the season:
1. 23,000 McDoubles
2. Several shitty hookers or a couple of high class hookers
3. Four seats behind home plate for the Braves 2013 season
4. 2 Tickets anywhere you want to sit for Catholics vs. Cousins 2013
5. Lots of other stuff
Even if LeBron were here, I doubt that a lot of people would pony up 23k per seat to see him for 25 more home games. Just shows that someone in the Dirty South has gotten on to some good shit before they posted their courtside season tickets.
