Club-level seats for NBA and NHL games at the new MCI Center in Washington, DC, go for US$7,500 for the season, or about 91 bucks a game. Yet the arena management, citing the "fact" that $43.46 worth of amenities come with the package, have set the "fair market value" of the seats themselves - which are not available for individual purchase and are being pitched at lobbyists - at $48. Just so happens, The Washington Post notes, that $49.99 is the limit for gifts to senators and staff.
Tix for Pols
Club-level seats for NBA and NHL games at the new MCI Center in Washington, DC, go for US$7,500 for the season, or about 91 bucks a game. Yet the arena management, citing the "fact" that $43.46 worth of amenities come with the package, have set the "fair market value" of the seats themselves - which are not available for individual purchase and are being pitched at lobbyists - at $48. Just so happens, The Washington Post notes, that $49.99 is the limit for gifts to senators and staff.
