So I got to the Lightning game last night and went to pick up my tickets from will call thinking it would be a quick and simple venture. I got to the window and gave them my ID and they quickly told me that there were no tickets for me. I insisted that I had ordered tickets two days ago and that they should be there and that they needed to check again. They checked and returned with the same answer. Without getting upset I restated that I had already ordered tickets for section 312 row B and that they should be there for me. They went back and checked again. By now there were three ticket operators and a manager typing into the computer trying to find any record of my order. Ten minutes later, a manager walks up and hands me my tickets. Well, they weren't actually my tickets. At least they weren't the original cheap seats I had ordered. Here's the view from fourteen rows back:
I just want to say that the people working at the ticket window are awesome.
The night kept getting better from there. Directly across the ice from where I was sitting was a flock of Calgary Flames fans. They gave me two priceless moments on the evening. The first came during the pregame warm-up when they were holding up a giant flag with their team's logo on it. Of course, they were holding backwards. But the best moment came after the warm-up when highlights of the Lightning beating the Flames to win the 2004 Stanley Cup were being shown on the big screen. Words cannot describe the sadness and dejection on their faces during those glorious five minutes of highlight footage.
The icing on the awesome cake came with a Lightning 2-1 overtime win. Actually, the Lightning had very little to do with it. Nittymaki pretty much won another game by himself for the team.
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