Two tickets to this year’s BCS title game do not, after all, equal six months in a New York City apartment. For Chad Brown, they equal six months in a New York City apartment, plus a security deposit with a little left over for utilities.
In November, shortly after moving to a Brooklyn short-term sublet, former ticket broker Chad Brown put his two tickets to the Alabama-Notre Dame game on Craigslist in the hope not of selling them, but of trading them for six months of housing (story here). He estimated that the tickets were worth about $8,000, and at the time, a hassle-free move was more valuable to him than the cash he’d get from a straight sale.
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About Teresa
A freelance turf writer, I'm the New York correspondent for Thoroughbred Times and the racing blogger for Forbes.com, and my work has appeared in The Saratogian, the Daily Racing Form, the Blood-Horse, Trainer magazine, and the Rail at the New York Times. I'm a member of the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters Association, of the board of directors for the Belmont Child Care Association, and of the voting committee for the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.
I teach high school English in Brooklyn, and I'm a Brooklyn dweller and former and erstwhile resident of Saratoga Springs, New York. When not teaching or writing, I'm watching the Rangers at the Garden, playing Scrabble, or rescuing cats.
