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hlthe2b

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2. What I'd like to know is why they choose northern climes in the winter...

Reply to spanone (Original post)

Sun Feb 2, 2014, 09:18 AM

Feb 2014

with open stadiums? The one % will be in the closed boxes, but the rest--who must spend an inordinant amount of money and effort to get a ticket, just to freeze out in the cold?

I hear secondary scalping market $$ is down--probably for that reason alone. Home tv looks much better.

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