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US Open Finals on a Monday
For the last few years, I had talked about possibly going to see Nadal...if he ever made it to the US Open Final. On Monday around 3 pm, I finish work early and went to DC National airport to see if I could get a standby flight to Laguardia.Flying Standby at Delta
For $40 and 25K points, the ticket agent told me I could get one of the last Delta Shuttle connectors available (with a round trip flight later that night).
Let's do it! I thought - how often do you get to see a player achieve their career slam?
So I literally boarded the plane just minutes before it left the gate (they announce my name over the PA system as I sprint to the gate). The whole time on the flight I am just imagining what it will be like to see Nadal in the final winning the career slam. I'm a bit nervous that Djokovic is one of the few players that have a strong hard-court record against Nadal plus an extra day's rest from the rain delay to recover could make it tough against him.
Life is either a great adventure or nothing.
- Helen Keller
Arrival at LGA
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| DCA to LGA - Express: 45 mins |
Of course, being a spur-of-the-moment decision, I had not gotten a ticket in advance. But when I got to the box office, I found out it had actually sold out! Walking back to the boardwalk, several individuals approached me as I saw they had cash in their hands.
Tickets! Get your Tickets here! Looking back - the safer way and easier way to get tickets I learned later was to buy it from TicketExchange online here. But unfortunately, I had left before I had a chance to get them online. Ok, I thought, a scalper...they definitely have an extra ticket. Unfortunatelyhttps://ticketmaster.evyy.net/c/253665/264167/4272?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com/arthur-ashe-stadium-tickets-flushing/venue/237621, it was another fan asking me if I had an extra ticket.
I walked all the way back to the entrance bridge and saw at least 5-10 people asking the mob of fans just departing the 7 train if they had extra tickets for sale! I was in trouble... (read the rest of the story here)
