**One 30 year woman in my office flew to Toronto to see him in concert. As opposed to going to Fenway. Which is 15 miles from her house in the Boston suburbs. How much did she spend on airfare, hotel, eating out, etc to go from Boston to Toronto. Plus the concert tickets.**
I did it more than once. Concerts in conjunction with a sporting event. One night in Phoenix David Bowie played. The next night it was Johnny Rivers at a different venue.
Then there’s the NFL prime time schedule allowing anyone to watch they’re team while traveling. A week checking out Kitty Hawk, Roanoke, Hatteras, and Charleston with a swim an Myrtle Beach. Season opener and the niners were playing the Giants and the commentators couldn’t help but talk up that TE from Miami as the 2nd coming. Niners won btw.
Then there was a week driving around New Mexico. Monday nite was in a Santa Fe Howard Johnson’s sports bar watching Bryant Young break his leg. The 2nd half was spent in the hotel room knowing the game was lost.
Those road trips were fun. Affordable $99 flights anywhere back then combined with a rental car for a week. Sightseeing, concerts, games on the tube. Don’t forget the fine cuisine at Hooters. Life was good. It’s ok now, just more expensive.
After the Red Sox won the World Series in 2004 you could not get tickets at Fenway. However, Southwest had $49 flights out of both Providence and Manchester to Baltimore, Philly and Tampa Bay. If the Sox were playing in those cities there would be more Red Sox fans there than the home team.
That still happens at Tampa now. Especially in September when the Rays are playing the Sox or Yankees.