Super bummed
by MOgg on 12/26/21American Airlines Center - DallasRating: 1 out of 5We purchased tickets to see the Mavs play the Bucks on Dec 23. My 13 year old son follows basketball and LOVES Giannis and the Bucks. We decided to take him to an NBA game for his big birthday gift from us, and he picked this game. He had been waiting almost a month and was so excited. We couldn’t afford close tickets, and got seats up pretty high (this was not a problem though, the seats were still great. Although, there was a guy who was in them when we got there and he kept moving around to different seats in the area. It was clear he wasn’t in his ticketed seat). The morning of the game, we find out that ALL off the big players for both the Mavs and the Bucks were out. No Luka, no Giannis, no Hardaway Jr, no Burke, no Kristaps… heartbroken doesn’t even cover how my son felt. Going to do these kinds of things is not something we can just decide to go do. We live 3.5 hrs away and ample planning went into this night. It sounded like the Mavs had to scramble to have enough players. We still went and it was fun, but it wasn’t what we were wanting to give him for his birthday now. There was a bummed feeling that lingered. We would love to come back and try again, but the Bucks don’t play in Dallas again this season. While I understand that some things can’t be avoided, especially when it comes to Covid safety, we are now hearing how the COVID protocol wasn’t the real reason some of the players weren’t there-(Giannis in particular). Giannis is his favorite player, he wanted to see him play in real life. We paid money to see him, and found out the day of that he wouldn’t be there. No refunds offered since so many players were out. I would love to try to take him to another game sometime, and hopefully it won’t be such a let down.
