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 A Little Luck, A Lot Of Cash Land Tickets | Type: Internet Article |
| | A Little Luck, A Lot Of Cash Land Tickets | Aug 16, 2004 | by Jacob Goldstein
Summary:
Everyone who showed up Sunday morning had an equal shot at one of 2,000 tickets to see the likes of Usher, Kanye West and Christina Aguilera. That didn't stop some people from showing up at 4 a.m., though, and by 9 there was a little anxiety in the air.
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The crowd in front of AmericanAirlines Arena grew restless just before 9 a.m.
''I need money,'' a man said into his cellphone. ``I don't want to undermine this operation.''
''I'm 300 pounds,'' said a guy who didn't look a pound over 200. ``People knock me aside like I'm a piece of paper.''
They were among about 1,500 people who turned out with hopes of scoring tickets to the MTV Video Music Awards, which are being held for the first time in Miami on Aug. 29.
Everyone who showed up Sunday morning had an equal shot at one of 2,000 tickets to see the likes of Usher, Kanye West and Christina Aguilera. That didn't stop some people from showing up at 4 a.m., though, and by 9 there was a little anxiety in the air.
The crowd bumped and pushed a bit as numbered wristbands were handed out, then settled in on the concrete steps outside the building. Arena staff drew numbers out of a plastic tub, and a man read out the numbers. The fans who had their numbers read won the privilege of dropping $100 to $300 for a pair of tickets.
A casual numerology took hold in some quarters.
Lonka Ozval thought that her 10070 boded well:
``It's my lucky number.''
Seems a bit long for a lucky number, doesn't it?
She clarified: Seven is her lucky number because of all the sevens in her birthday: Sept. 7, 1977.
The sun came up over the arena. The man read the numbers. After a few hours, almost everyone had a ticket. The few souls still waiting had the listless air of stranded air passengers. Commerce thrived.
''All right, 900,'' a man holding a wad of $100 bills said to a woman holding a ticket envelope.
``A thousand.''
``I won't do it.''
More talking. No deal.
A few minutes after the last number was called, a woman swooned in line. Someone lowered her to the ground, and a few sips of water brought her back from the land of Madonna and P. Diddy.
A man selling bottled water made a lesson of the unfortunate woman. ''Y'all need that H-two-O,'' he said. ``I told you.'' |
 Source: The Miami Herald | |
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