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March 9, 2010
To move tickets (at significant but non-bargain discounts), Nets and partners resort to extreme whimsy and euphemism
Atlantic Yards Report
The web-based Groupon business, which offers discounts if a minimum number of people make a purchase, is now offering Nets tickets with a face value of $100 for $39--not much of a bargain.
And the text of the offer not only mistakes the Falcons for a basketball team, it resorts to extreme whimsy ("impressive demonstrations of talent" include "drinking from Gatorade cups") and euphemism (the team, threatening to set a record for losses, is "a few games out of first place").
...But is Groupon--often the source of genuine bargains--as good in this case as StubHub?
Well, for the March 16 game against Atlanta, StubHub offers tickets in sections 104 and 118 for $10.
NoLandGrab: $39 for one ticket? You can take a whole family of protestors to a Nets game for little more than that.
Posted by eric at March 9, 2010 2:22 PM