The Pacers

So as I think most of you know, Eric gave up his Colts season tickets a couple of years ago, after having them for over a decade. Frankly, the Colts organization just didn't treat the fans like you find in some places or in other sports. No recognition for being a long time ticket holder - just annual cost increases with the "give me your money" mailings. It just felt wasteful to keep spending that much money on an organization that didn't give a damn about us or other fans.

So, as a trade off, we decided that with the money that would normally be spent on those tickets, we would go to more games or events outside of the football games. This year, the Pacers had a deal around the holidays to essentially buy a mini game pack of five of the top games. And the price was damn cheap. Granted, it was upper level, but the fact that they were doing this for the good games instead of the games they knew wouldn't sell out made it pretty damn worthwhile, regardless.

So tonight was the last of those five games... it was against the Miami Heat. The Heat have become one of the Pacers biggest rivals and the rivalry has become one of the bigger ones in the NBA this year. They even pushed back the start time so it could be ESPN's primetime game. It was a packed house! And it was a hell of a game, down to the last second attempt by the Heat to pull out a win with a quick basket. But it ended with another Pacers win, keeping them on top of the division.

Most of the games we went to were pretty good. We had a few other games, too, that weren't part of our package deal. for us, this was quite a year of going to Pacers games! It's just so easy for us - just a quick walk from home.

Now I'm trying to talk Eric into going to a playoff game. We'll see.