The Duke matchup at MSG is one of the cooler matchups we have had on the schedule in many years, but damn ... it's pretty depressing what it would cost to turn that one into an Illini-themed long weekend in the Big Apple:
- $400 for tickets (guessing $200 each for a decent ticket for you and the significant other?)
- $500+ for two plane tickets to fly in that Thursday and fly home that Sunday (the Fighters do not take 6:00 am flights if we can help it, lol...)
- $645 for three nights at a decent Hyatt in the Chelsea neighborhood so we could walk to MSG (average of $182 per night plus fees)
- $150 if we want to go out to ANY sort of dinner with a nice atmosphere and get a bottle of wine
- $200 or so combined in more casual meals from Thursday to Saturday?
- $75 in beer at MSG (3 for Fighter, 2 for Mrs. Fighter)
$2,000 weekend, and I probably undershot it. I guess Little Fighter doesn't need that new fancy stroller!