So, who's going to Sweden to catch the Pittsburgh Penguins vs Ottawa Senators?

by FrankD on Aug 26, 2008 12:15 AM EDT in News

Globe1_medium Well, not me. It's not every day you get an e-mail associated with the Pittsburgh Penguins that offers you the opportunity to travel to the season opener in Sweden for the low, low price of $2,250 per person ($3,062 if you're going alone). In fact, I just had to take one glance at my checking account to realize this is not at all possible. But I think each and every member of Pensburgh should play the lottery in their respected states and promise to take along the entire blog if they win.

If my calculations are correct, we'll need roughly $140,000 to cover the tickets and airfare (conveniently NOT included) to take along everyone who is registered as a user on the site. And hey, you occasional readers are welcome to come along as well.

So let's get moving on this lottery thing.

Lucky numbers: 66, 29, 71, 87, 55, 17

And in case you're wondering what Epcot Center is doing in this blog, rest assured it is merely the oddly spherical shaped arena in which the two teams will open the season up in whilst playing in Sweden.

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gives me a neat idea...

how cool would it be if someone ran a lottery for say 5 bucks a ticket and sold 1000 tickets and the winner got 2 tickets to the games overseas? Heck charge 10 bucks and give 50% of proceeds to a charity so its suddenly a legit lottery??? Lets do it!

-Dave
http://www.eSellOut.com
Penguins Tickets for the fan who needs odd #’s of tickets!

by esellout on Aug 26, 2008 1:20 AM EDT reply actions

Are you talking about a raffle kinda thing?

FrankD from Pensburgh.com

by FrankD on Aug 26, 2008 6:38 AM EDT up reply actions

yeah, i think it would be neat to do something like that…or find an organization willing to put some muscle and effort into doing it.

-Dave
http://www.eSellOut.com
Penguins Tickets for the fan who needs odd #’s of tickets!

by esellout on Aug 26, 2008 10:36 AM EDT up reply actions

I got the same email and thought ‘man, wouldn’t it be cool?’ Then I saw the price and thought ‘man, wouldn’t being able to afford something like that be cool?’ Unfortunately, I enjoy being able to afford food and rent too much to even think of procuring the necessary funds, and I’m really not a ‘by any means necessary’ type…as badass as that would sound.

I'm sorry, Mr. Hossa, but I'm afraid we can't be friends anymore. Why? Because I hate you.

by JDunman on Aug 26, 2008 7:02 AM EDT reply actions

I think we’d all like to be that ‘by any means necessary’ type. But what really irks me is that after all that money, all that travel and all that devotion to the team, you still fly into Sweden and sit in the upper level. Talk about a kick in the junk.

FrankD from Pensburgh.com

by FrankD on Aug 26, 2008 7:56 AM EDT up reply actions