11 Ways You Can Go to Sports Events for Free
In this world where mindless sports fanatics are willing to shell out a month’s salary months in advance for an MLB final or an NBA match, there lurks a tribe of the smart ones that know the nooks to scour for free entries to sporting events. You don’t have to climb a tree and risk a limb to watch sporting action for free. If you know where to look you can get front-row seats with free popcorn and full freedom to abuse the opposing players. Remember, resourcefulness is key and you should keep your eyes and ears open because contests and prizes can pop up at the most unlikely of places. Even universities and colleges reserve free entry tickets for students and staff for otherwise sell-out sporting events.
Sponsoring free entry to sporting events is almost an industry in itself; it’s great publicity for the sponsor who also earns the eternal gratitude of the obliged sports nut.
Here are 11 ways you can go to sports events for free –
1. All kinds of businesses offer free tickets and sport is run as a business too. The NHL, for example ran a contest in October 09’ on Twitter and the winner got a trip for two to a regular season game of his choosing.
2. Sports channels want eyeballs and a lot of them regularly announce contests and freebies with free entry to sporting events as the major attraction. Answering a simple sports question could win you not only a ticket to a game but also free air fare, accommodation, and some pocket money as well. Here are some tips on winning a Super Bowl ticket.
3. Sites promoting events and sports in a given area will offer free tickets. If you are a member of the cult of free ticket hunters then sign up for newsletters of as many such sites that you find. What’s happening in Utah is offering free BYU baseball tickets for spring 2010.
4. If you’re not getting free tickets anywhere, turn to God, yup the Lord’s representatives on earth look to increase the flock by dangling the carrot of free tickets to sporting events. The best part is that there are no obligations here and no strings attached.
5. NASCAR racing is probably the sport which inspires maximum frenzy in search for free tickets and free passes. Automobile dealers and tire company employees discover relatives each year during NASCAR season they didn’t even know existed. Now blood centers short of blood are offering free NASCAR tickets in exchange for some blood.
6. WWE is another sports and entertainment business that frequently airs its free tickets promos on radio and TV. The company website is worth periodic visits to check if they are offering any free entry passes to RAW, Smackdown, and ECW. Military men including the Coast Guard and National Guard can just walk up to the nearest WWE arena in the U.S in their uniforms and watch a match for free.
7. Discount coupon and freebies-related sites usually carry information on free tickets to major games. Usually the chances of finding free entry to pre-season games are higher.
8. Participate in the Red Cross Battle of the Badge which scheduled for January 18 – February 20, 2010 – compete with friends and family to see who can donate the most blood. All participants receive a voucher for two tickets to a Los Angeles Clippers game.
9. One way to get free tickets, though not entirely in your hands, is to follow your city or state’s sports teams that lose more often than they win. When disenchanted fans stay away from their matches, organizers are bound to offer free tickets and throw in some free booze in desperation to fill the seats.
10. Subscribe to Google News for breaking news on free entry tickets. Many blog and websites are team- and area-centric. You can easily search for and subscribe to websites that regularly carry information on free tickets. Go here for free T.N.A tickets and here for free tickets to the Eastern Sports and Outdoor Show.
11. Sports and radio have a great symbiotic relationship and sports trivia competitions on a zillion radio channels all year round can be your ticket to a free seat for a World Series match, a college football game, a boxing match, basically any sporting event.