Suites are sweet. I got tickets from one of my colleagues here at work to go see WWE's RAW last night. He gets them from a band booster or something to sell to us to get money for the band. So cool, it's a tax write-off also. But the best thing is that these tickets are for a suite at the Staples Center and sometimes they also include VIP parking.
Honestly, in some ways the VIP parking made it worth it right there. Parking is outrageous at Staples, with the decent, just across the street parking at $20. Just wrong. But the tickets I got came with the VIP parking pass, which meant we parked in the structure right behind the arena for free. No crossing streets, no dodgy attendants, no sketchy characters skulking about. Awesome.
The suite itself was also cool. No food was laid out and the refridgerator was locked, so we had to cough up for food, but even that was better. The suite levels have their own bars and food stands and I swear the food is better. Hell, the floor itself is carpeted! As dumb as that sounds, it just makes it that much more luxurious than the normal plain concrete.
Anyway, the suite seats up front were these sweet theatre style chairs with plenty of leg room. The view was awesome; totally unobstructed by anyone or anything.
About the only thing that was missing was the comaraderie between fans. Attending a live WWE event is a genuinely communal event in a lot of ways. In an isolated suite with a handful of other guys (half of whom hadn't seen wrestling in 10 years), that whole communal side of things is removed.
But all told? The show itself was really cool, very fun to watch. And it was freakin' awesome to actually sit in a suite at Staples instead of nosebleed seats or something.
We're gonna have to try again and see about maybe hockey or basketball tickets. I'm pretty sure the hook-up will have those a few times and it looks like the view would be even better.
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