Is it any different than a person wanting to go to the game in person? Why would anyone want to pay thousands of dollars to get a worse view of the game from less comfortable seats? They want to be able to say “I was there”. And the cardboard cutouts let them do that (albeit to a lesser degree, but that’s why they’re cheaper).
NASCAR will be allowing 35,000 fans (out of a 101,000 seating capacity) for the Daytona Florida race in two weeks.
My guess is the money goes to charity, so that’s something of a consolation for the waste of money.
Other sports, including the NFL regular season, have had spectators in limited capacity. The MLB playoffs had 10,000 per game, many NFL stadiums were allowed limited capacity through the regular season and playoffs, various NBA teams are allowing limited attendance. I’m unaware of any Covid tracking that’s taken place for these events to see if spreading people out and taking temperatures at the gate has worked, but there being people at the Super Bowl came as no surprise to many people.
According to this
" a portion" of the proceeds will go charity. You’d think the NFL could afford to donate it all, but “a portion” is something.
I assume the cost of making the cardboard cutout comes out of the hundred bucks.
Streets of Tampa, says hold my beer.
Sometimes I have to go into the office to do work that can only be done on site, I got a notice last week saying I may have come across someone who has since tested positive for covid. Now I’m quarantined for two weeks.
I do. That’s why I didn’t mention the lottery in my original post of the subject. My point was that I can’t imagine spending a significant sum of money on something this ridiculous and I was surprised there are apparently thirty five thousand people who feel otherwise.
In my opinion, yes, it’s completely different.
I’m guessing most of those 35,000 people don’t think of $100 as a “significant sum of money.”
I feel a hundred dollars is an amount that anyone is going to feel is significant. If Bill Gates was walking down the street and saw a hundred dollar bill lying on the ground, he wouldn’t say “It’s only a hundred dollars. It’s not worth bending over to pick it up.”
We were talking about spending it for a chance to win two tickets to a Super Bowl. Basically a lark, with approximately 1:35,000 chance of winning. Sure, they’re probably throwing the money away, and they know that. That, to me, means they don’t think $100 is a significant sum. I get that. I’ve spent more for less. Hell, after a few drinks, I’ve been known to bet $100 per hand at blackjack.
Plenty of people spend two bucks on a lottery ticket with much worse odds. And lots of people will spend a hundred bucks on lottery tickets when the pot gets large enough. So I find it completely plausible that people would spend a hundred bucks on the chance that they might be able to attend the Super Bowl next year.
I’m standing on what I’ve said.
If you’re somebody who can afford to toss away a hundred dollars on a “lark” then you’re not going to enter a lottery for a 35000-1 chance to win Super Bowl tickets. If you have that kind of money, you spend a couple thousand and you buy Super Bowl tickets.
If, on the other hand, you’re somebody who regards Super Bowl tickets as a luxury beyond your means, then you’re not somebody who’s going to regard a hundred dollars as a trivial sum.
Maybe, but I’ve seen a statement from someone claiming to be a health care worker who said “Keep the Superbowl tickets, if you want to make health care workers lives easier stop spreading the fucking virus so we can get a break, kthxbye.”
Nah. Had I known about this, I likely would have done it as well. I’m a Chiefs fan, and it would have been fun to have “been” at the game, and $100 is a reasonable cost for that experience. The lottery aspect wouldn’t really factor into it. I would have absolutely no interest in spending thousands of dollars on plane fare, a ticket and a hotel to attend.
I read someplace that the NFL sent those who paid for the cardboard cutouts a link to a website where they could use a stadium camera to get a closeup view of “their” cutout.
That’s pretty cool. I wanted to do it for the baseball season as well - but when I looked, the Royals were limiting it to season ticket holders. One of the guys I follow on Twitter had his right next to Steve Balboni, which was fantastic.
OK, so tell us why you would want to be at the game in person.
For the obvious reasons. To watch the game. To be part of the crowd. To be able to tell people I was there.