Stupid Me!
So, I ended up going to the Manchester United soccer match on Tuesday with Allison's friend Jumi and we both didn't want to spend more than about 100 Yuan per ticket. Jumi called earlier in the day about tickets and was told that all the 80 Yuan tickets were sold out. Thinking the game would be nearly sold out, I decided to head over to Worker's Stadium early to check out the black market for tickets. Outside the subway, I bargained with a guy for a pair of 780 Yuan tickets for 150 Yuan a piece. The tickets looked pretty legit and so did the envelope that both came in. (These tickets looked really good!!!!) I usually don't scalp tickets in the U.S. but (stupid me) I figured i would do so today. Lo and behold, when we got to the gate, we were told the tickets were fake. I admit I was an idiot and had a major brain fart! With aspirations for working in sports marketing, I should really know better. We ended up going to the ticket office and just spending 80 Yuan per ticket. I felt really stupid, but in the end, I only lost about 35 US dollars so it wasn't that much of a loss. A small price to pay for learning a valuable lesson and I can laugh at the whole situation.
Sitting in the stadium, it was virtually empty. Soccer and basketball are the two most popular sports here in China and I thought the place would be packed considering it was a chance to see such a heralded soccer club such as Man-U. NOPE! the stadium was only about a third full. I dont think atmosphere and would compare to a match in Europe though there were pockets of very passionate fan. Anyways it was a good experience being there and Man-U easily won 3-0. I'd like to thank Jumi for putting up with my stupid mistake.
While walking around outside the stadium, I also ended up approaching a group of people who all wore Nike polo shirts and all-access credentials. I asked if they worked for Nike (they had that look) and talked to them for a few minutes about which departments (global sports marketing in Asia or Europe or Beaverton, etc.) at Nike were responsible for the event. One of the guys even gave me and Jumi a Man-U pin so that was cool.
Sitting in the stadium, it was virtually empty. Soccer and basketball are the two most popular sports here in China and I thought the place would be packed considering it was a chance to see such a heralded soccer club such as Man-U. NOPE! the stadium was only about a third full. I dont think atmosphere and would compare to a match in Europe though there were pockets of very passionate fan. Anyways it was a good experience being there and Man-U easily won 3-0. I'd like to thank Jumi for putting up with my stupid mistake.
While walking around outside the stadium, I also ended up approaching a group of people who all wore Nike polo shirts and all-access credentials. I asked if they worked for Nike (they had that look) and talked to them for a few minutes about which departments (global sports marketing in Asia or Europe or Beaverton, etc.) at Nike were responsible for the event. One of the guys even gave me and Jumi a Man-U pin so that was cool.
posted by Andy at 12:38 AM
1 Comments:
that sucks, maybe you should learn to listen for the chinese phrase for "hey here comes a big american sucker lets sell him fake tix to an empty game"
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