skybox!

I am fortunate enough to get to hang in a skybox this weekend for the Jaguars/Bucs preseason game. I've had this opportunity once before and to be honest, prefer sitting out in the crowd. It has its advantages. Free beer, some food spread thing, air conditioning, a roof over your head if it rains and free beer. The tickets usually come with an up close and personal parking pass, too, but I haven't seen them yet and would hate to presume, but that thing is gold if I get one. Beyond that though, you feel detached in the skybox...like you aren't really at the game. You can't yell, because you're in a room and the sound reverberates, and pisses off the other people there, watching other games on the dish or talking in the back of the room. It's an awful lot like watching the game in your living room, except the screen's smaller and the beer isn't free at home. The couch is more comfy at home though, and the parking pass...really is up close and personal.

Still, it's the skybox..and though I have been once before, the youngster never has, so he's looking forward to saying he's been there. I gave the wife first crack, but she's not all that interested. That's about all there really is to it, though. You get to say you've been there. Beyond that, if you already have one of those humongous screen TV's or know someone who does, the same experience can cost you about $30 in your or a friend's living room...for beer and munchies...slightly more if you want steak for munchies.

Then there's the other factor. The skybox during this particular Jaguars preseason is a bit like having a front row big screen TV view of a train wreck....but I'm hoping this time, Superman gets there in the nick of time, everybody lives and the story has a happy ending.

ps. We're starting well. Got the tickets and they do include a parking pass, right next to the stadium.