Re: Detroit Lions 2010: Let's do our Best to keep our Johnson in our Schwartz, okay?
Hammer, first of, thanks for the tips! I appreciate the response. Looking forward to the game on Sunday -- should be great time. And, let me express the feelings shared by almost every other non-Chicago football fan: that WAS a TD catch, and a beautiful one too... as far as I am concerned, Detroit is 1-0 this season (too bad I am not the Commissioner of the NFL).
And I am glad that Stafford's injury isn't as serious as previously thought.
I've got a couple of more questions for you folks...
Even though it's the Lions, this is still the NFL. I wouldn't count on any of that, except maybe the $48 price. If I were you, I'd make sure I'd have a ticket in advance. It's the home opener.
Allright, will get tickets in advance. I've got two options: 1) get the $48 seat in the upper level (300s in the corners of the endzones are available) from ticketmaster; or 2) pay ~$10 more and get a lower level seat (100s in an endzone corner) from StubHub...
The second option is not easy, as I'd pr'ly have to wait until Thursday. Stubhub FedExes the tickets to your home address bought until the two or three days before the game, and I would have left for Detroit already. I think tickets bought after Thursday are kept at their "Last Minute Services" location close to Ford Field.
The question is: is additional risk + $10 worth going to the lower level?
A taxi is going to be prohibitive. This is Detroit. They don't believe in public transportation. I think it's roughly just over half an hour. It's very easy to get to Ford Field. What I do when I go to Comerica Park is take I-94 East to US-10 South, and get off at the Motor City Casino exit (the casino is on the right) and turn left onto a service drive that turns into Temple Street. I'll run Temple Street all the way to Woodward Ave (warning: this is not the nicest part of Detroit, here). Which leads me to......
There is a VFW hall on the corner of Temple and Woodward, about an 10-12 block walk to Ford Field, which is literally right behind Comerica Park. They've charged $10 for parking, and there's someone on duty there. Expect to pay at least $20 near Ford Field, and I have no idea about how long it takes to get out of that. I know that from the VFW hall, it's back down Temple Street, to US-10 North, to I-94 West, and you're gone.
Just how "not nice" is that part of Detroit? I've driven through parts of Harlem in the 90s where it was not recommended to stop at red lights... wasn't pleasant, but I survived.
Google directions take the MLK Jr. Blvd to Woodward. Is that route worse due to traffic?
