As you may have heard, the Green Bay Packers are in the Super Bowl after a 13-year hiatus. I’ve been lucky with the Pack, as this is their third trip to the title game in my lifetime, and I’ve already seen them win it. Obviously, I want them to win it this time too, but I’ve already scratched that one off my “Bucket List.” However, this list is not about seeing my own teams succeed (besides, everyone who knows me, should probably also figure that I want to see championships for the Vols and Brewers). Instead, it is a list of sports experiences I would like to have.
Qualifications:
- Must be an experience I have not yet had (ruling out: a game at Wrigley, road trip to Notre Dame, and going to the NCAA tourney).
- Not conditional to my team (e.g. “Seeing the Brewers in person at the World Series).
The List:
- A Game at Cameron Indoor Stadium: Say what you will about Duke basketball, they have some amazing fans, tons of tradition, and an amazing, intimate venue to watch the game. Preferably this would be a UNC-Duke match up, but I’m not terribly picky.
- A Game at Fenway Park: All apologies to Yankee Stadium, but they tore the original down.
- World Cup Match: This might even be better if the U.S. weren’t playing. The passion, the tension, the celebratory riots, what more could I want?
- The Super Bowl: I wonder if they show the ads inside the stadium?
- Final Round of The Masters: If Augusta National is only half as breathtaking as it is on TV, it will be an amazing experience.