The Poor Bastards Of The Other Side

Top of the morning to you regular folks, and to all you poor bastards that live or work on the "other side." For those of you who do not live in the Atlanta Metropolitan area, the "other side," is what us folks on the West Side of GA-400 call the East Side of GA-400. Our side is much less developed, more farmy, less traffic, and just a generally better way of life. The poor souls on the "other side," are all stuck in some awful traffic jam right now lisenting to talk radio while I bang away on the keyboard enjoying my coffee and bagel from the Corner Deli. Lin James in our office is an "other sider," and while Sarah Pharr resides on this side she seems to be very sympathetic to the plight of the "other siders," sort of like she is sympathetic to the plight of animals like foxes, horses, and dogs once used in fox hunts in her native England. I sometimes wonder if the people on the "other side" feel like caged animals over there in there super sized subdivisions with their thousands of people just trying to get out each morning to Starbucks and their office. Poor Pathetic Bastards.

The US Open Golf tournament continues to weaken although we have seen buying pick up in the last twenty four hours. Maybe we have seen the bottom and things are about to turn? In my opinion the answer to that question would be a negative. There are just too many damn tickets out there and it appears all the brokers are loaded up and looking to sell. Early interest in this years Open was higher than in years past and we sold a lot of it before and during the Masters. My business partner was convinced this event was going to blow sky high like all the other national events this year, but to give credit where credit is due it was Sarah Pharr in our office who made the call about four weeks ago that this thing was going to be a bomb. Sarah handles most of the incoming calls into the office and she said that the call volume of US Open Sellers was just too high for prices not to plummet.

We have seen early interest already in Masters 2006 and in our opinion this should be another good Masters. We have had a lot of our 2005 customers already buy in for the 2006 event. Please check our pricing at http://www.alphatickets.com/golf/masters-golf-tickets.htm.

The 2009 Super Bowl was awarded this week to Tampa. It really is too bad for us because Atlanta was in the running and it would be nice to not have to travel to the Super Bowl for a change. As far as the 2006 Super Bowl goes, our position is that it is a crap shoot. Yes it's in Detroit, and yes many people will not want to travel to Detroit because of the weather and just because it's Detroit. On the other hand, there are far fewer seats in Ford Field than in the last several venues, and if Philadelphia is in the Super Bowl again, fugetaboutit(donnie brasco). If Philadelphia or the New York Jets get in the game prices will go through the roof, or as our good friend L.A. the venerable ticket hustler would say, "this muthafucka fittin' to be blown up." Conversely, our view is if our Atlanta Falcons obtain entry into the elegant edifice of Ford Field it will be a huge bomb and prices will dive. Who knows, just be careful out there. Check our current pricing for the Super Bowl at http://www.alphatickets.com/football-tickets/NFL/super_bowl_tickets_2006.htm.

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Until Next Time - Adios!