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I was in Seattle in 99' on a winter vacation. We flew there and drove to Whistler, BC. We had 2 nights on both sides of the vacation in Seattle. You're right on about the people there being courteous. I scored tickets(front row) the day of the Neil Young concert at the theater. The guy was putting the name up on the marquee and I asked if there were any available. He climbed down and chatted with me a bit. I told him there were 8 of us and he said to come back at 2pm. I came back at 2pm and there was a line around the block. He see's me get out of the car and waves me over and hands 8 tickets to me for $60 a pop. He then proceeds to put up a sign in the window that says "Sold Out". I have no idea where we're sitting cuz there's no seats printed on the tickets but he tells me to look for him at the front door when the doors open for the show. We get the there later and he escorts us down to the orchestra pit front row center stage! The guy didn't know me from Adam but we were courteous and he returned the courtesy. Can you imagine that happening here at one of the venues? Oh yea, I almost forgot about this one. On the back end of the trip the NCAA men's basketball tourney is being played at Key arena directly accross from the hotel. Me and another friend who are interested in the tourney go the ticket booth in the pouring rain only to find out it's sold out. A guy in a suit comes up and asks if we need tickets. He hands over 2 and says it's on the house! They are center court 15 rows up! It turns out the guy who gave us the tickets was the Florida AD and we were sitting in the team's family and coaching section. I sat next to 2 scouts from the Knicks. The games we saw were Gonzaga over Stanford and Florida over Weber State. Good times and I have fond memories of that city. The fish market was awesome! Have fun out there and enjoy the city!
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