02-07-2016, 02:25 AM
I tried to buy tickets the regular way through TicketBastard but I guess clicking on 'Buy Tickets' .003 seconds after they went on sale at 10AM was too late. I have no doubt the show sold out to all the fans and not the thousands of ticket 'bots' that flood the net when a big on-sale happens. The double priced tickets that show up 5 minutes later on Craig's List and StubHub are just a coincidence.
Fortunately a friend's sister-in-law is dating a guy that works in the Warriors ticket office. He has the hook-ups with fellow ticket sellers and got us a pair of lower-level seats at face-value with no service charge.
Our plan was to BART in and check out Super Bowl City then hoof it down Embarcadero to ATT Park.
Apparently 50,000 other people had the same idea. When we arrived in S.F. Super Bowl City had been closed due to capacity issues.
No worries. Neither of us are big football fans so we just wandered over to 2nd street and hit Kate O'Briens for a pint o' Guinness then 21st amendment for some local brews.
We arrived at ATT Park around 6PM and grabbed a couple Giant's-priced $11.50 beers, some cold garlic fries and found our seats.
The opening band, 'Cage the Elephant' came on at 7PM. They were mediocre modern alt-rock but were not terrible enough for rabid Metallica fans to boo them off stage. Kudos to them.
Metallica took the stage at 8:30PM.
Full disclosure here. I am not a huge Metallica fan from way back. The first Metallica album I owned was the self-titled 'Black Album' which 'true' fans call their 'sellout' record. Single quotes are free. Sue me.
Anyway they played a bunch of songs. Some of which I recognized from their "Into the Never" movie, some of which I didn't know. They all had that crunching, pounding energy that made the stadium crazy. Our seats had a great view of the stage, video screens and the Bay Bridge lights. They encored with "Whiskey in a Jar" (Thin Lizzy cover - dedicated to Cliff Burton), "Nothing Else Matters" and "Enter Sandman". There was a fireworks show and then it was over.
What an awesome night.
My feet hurt. No one was sitting during the show.
I am looking forward to a nice relaxing Sunday watching the Puppy Bowl and remembering the vicious performance of "Seek and Destroy".
Fortunately a friend's sister-in-law is dating a guy that works in the Warriors ticket office. He has the hook-ups with fellow ticket sellers and got us a pair of lower-level seats at face-value with no service charge.
Our plan was to BART in and check out Super Bowl City then hoof it down Embarcadero to ATT Park.
Apparently 50,000 other people had the same idea. When we arrived in S.F. Super Bowl City had been closed due to capacity issues.
No worries. Neither of us are big football fans so we just wandered over to 2nd street and hit Kate O'Briens for a pint o' Guinness then 21st amendment for some local brews.
We arrived at ATT Park around 6PM and grabbed a couple Giant's-priced $11.50 beers, some cold garlic fries and found our seats.
The opening band, 'Cage the Elephant' came on at 7PM. They were mediocre modern alt-rock but were not terrible enough for rabid Metallica fans to boo them off stage. Kudos to them.
Metallica took the stage at 8:30PM.
Full disclosure here. I am not a huge Metallica fan from way back. The first Metallica album I owned was the self-titled 'Black Album' which 'true' fans call their 'sellout' record. Single quotes are free. Sue me.
Anyway they played a bunch of songs. Some of which I recognized from their "Into the Never" movie, some of which I didn't know. They all had that crunching, pounding energy that made the stadium crazy. Our seats had a great view of the stage, video screens and the Bay Bridge lights. They encored with "Whiskey in a Jar" (Thin Lizzy cover - dedicated to Cliff Burton), "Nothing Else Matters" and "Enter Sandman". There was a fireworks show and then it was over.
What an awesome night.
My feet hurt. No one was sitting during the show.
I am looking forward to a nice relaxing Sunday watching the Puppy Bowl and remembering the vicious performance of "Seek and Destroy".
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