Buying Event Tickets (Concerts, Sports, etc) in Advance During Analyst Stint

What are your thoughts on buying tickets in advance for events like concerts and sports that you may or may not be able to attend? Do you pay up and hope you can either go or sell them, especially if you think the event will sell out?

I ask because there's a show I want to see on a Saturday early evening in September. I assume I'll be able to go if I get my work done in the morning but I don't want to buy this one and tickets for other shows and let them go to waste. I also assume that it's only even a question if it's on a friday or saturday night?

 
wanderer:
I'm in a similar situation. I was thinking of getting tickets to the patriots jets game at the meadowlands with a friend. I think I will buy the tickets and just tell my friend to find a backup in case I can't make it.

Weekend events are pretty reasonable to plan for, especially something like a football game. Just let people know going into the weekend that you have these tickets, that you're planning to have your blackberry in hand from friday evening until sunday morning and that you'll be plugged back in as soon as you return from the game. Unless something has gone really, really wrong this should be fine.

 

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