Monthly Archives: October 2008

TicketCity runner in New York City Marathon

October 31, 2008 – 11:54 am

Sunday morning 39,000 runners will hit the pavement of the Big Apple for the 39th running of the New York City Marathon.  One of those runners in the field will be our own, Eric G, who is running his first marathon.
Eric is one of our stars from our Tech Department and is running in the ING [...]

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Miami Heat offer upper-level seats at $10

October 30, 2008 – 6:32 pm

The Miami Heat announced a ticket promotion where they will offer some upper-level tickets for $5.00 to $10.00 per seat.  The promotion is only for select games in the 2008-2009 season, but shows how readily available NBA tickets are at low prices.
TicketCity is currently offering lower-level seats as low as $25.00 and $29.00 per ticket [...]

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The host city for the 2016 Olympics

October 27, 2008 – 11:41 am

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is currently evaluating the cities bidding to host the 2016 Summer Olympics.  An Evaluation Commission from the IOC has recently scheduled trips to see the four cities who are the finalists in the bidding process.  They will conduct those visits in Spring 2009, and then vote on the winner on [...]

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The Economics of the NBA

October 24, 2008 – 4:13 pm

In an effort to ease tensions about the recent economic downturn in the United States, including the NBA’s decision to cut 9% of its workforce over the course of the year, the league is shoring up interest by introducing expanded instant replay rules, citing franchise ticket promotions and investing in crucial publicity abroad.  This comes [...]

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Top NBA games of 2008-2009 season

October 24, 2008 – 12:10 pm

The 2008-2009 NBA season tips off on Tuesday, October 28th with the defending champion Boston Celtics playing against Lebron James and his Cleveland Cavaliers.  That game is just the first of many great games scheduled for the upcoming NBA season.  Click on the link below to see some of the other top NBA games scheduled for [...]

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World Series Tickets for Rays, Phillies at TicketCity.com!

October 21, 2008 – 10:55 am

It has been another amazing season for Major League Baseball, filled with individual player milestones and team accomplishments.  Now that we are gearing up for the World Series, let’s look at the accomplishments of players around the League:  Randy Johnson of the Arizona Diamondbacks recorded his 4,673rd strikeout to place him at 2nd on the All-Time [...]

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Rays: Keep Your Chins Up

October 17, 2008 – 11:53 am

Did any of you get a chance to see the stunned look on the Rays faces last night when J.D. Drew hit the RBI to give the Boston Red Sox the 2nd biggest comeback in playoffs history?  I’ll bet most of you BoSox bandwagoners just flipped the channel to ER and were through with it, [...]

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Face Value on Super Bowl tickets at $1000

October 16, 2008 – 7:21 pm

The NFL confirmed that certain tickets for the Super Bowl in Tampa will have a face value of $1000.00 printed on them.  If you get the opportunity to buy Super Bowl tickets at face value then definitely do it.  So few are available to the general public, that vast majority of Super Bowl tickets sell [...]

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VAN HALEN vs AC/DC

October 15, 2008 – 2:27 pm

As a fan of both Van Halen and AC/DC, I hope the AC/DC tour is not a FLOP like Van Halen’s recent tour was. I was absolutely geeked up to see EDDIE V/DIAMOND DAVE and company, but that tour made me realize you cannot always revisit your past and be pleased with what you see [...]

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NBA & NFL play games in Europe

October 13, 2008 – 10:34 am

Two of the four major professional sports leagues in the USA will be heading to Europe in October to showcase their talent.  Both the National Football League and the National Basketball Association have schedule games to promote their sports to European crowds.
The NBA is up first, they tip off their NBA Europe Live 2008 on [...]

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