Madison Square Garden
My US Open mens final ticket stub from that day.
During the afternoon of this day I went to the US Open Tennis Mens Finals and watched Stephan Edberg systematically destroy Jim Courier with his lightning-fast serve and volley game. The official start time of the mens finals was listed as 1pm, but I don’t think it started on time. During the match my companion and I had moved into court-side seats because someone nice had arranged for us to sit there, just a few rows up off the court.
So it was a little difficult trying to explain how much I appreciated that when I also knew we had to leave early in order to make it to MSG for this Dead show on that evening. We arrived a little late but were settled in our seats by the time they played a smoking version of Big River, a few songs into the first set.