Sports Blog: Enjoy the Game without Breaking the Bank

With the lure of online shopping, nights out at the bars and financing spring break trips, a lot of collegiettes are hurting for cash these days. This leaves us ladies with limited funds to spend on sporting events. However, there are some cheap and even free options for sports fans to get their fix without breaking the bank.

What better way watch games for free than to look right on our own campus?

If you don’t feel like dropping dough on a basketball game, check out the women’s basketball team – games are free! The female Fighting Illini team has one more home game before they head into the Big Ten Tournament, so give them a great send off Monday February 20^th at 6:30 p.m.

All the Olympics TV promos getting you pumped for the summer Games? Stop by Huff Hall to watch the women’s gymnastics team take on Michigan State at their ‘Pink Meet’ February 17^th, at 7 p.m.  Admission is free.
If you are dying to see our Illini football team redeem themselves for their less than stellar performance towards the end of last season, mark your calendars for April 14^th to watch the free Orange and Blue scrimmage game. You can check out our (hopefully) improved team led by our new head coach, Tim Beckman.

Looking to get off campus for your sports fix?

Though I am a huge Cardinals fan, you can’t find better deals than the College Discount days at Wrigley. Depending on the day, you can get tickets in the Bug Light Bleachers for as low as $10! The discounts aren’t available yet, but check into this website: http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/chc/ticketing/college_discount.jsp to find great promo codes and deals. Last year I used this site to get Cubs/Cards tickets for under $30 definitely within in my college budget.

If you are looking for more winter sports like hockey, www.seatgeek.com is a web site that scans all different ticket websites to find you the best deals. I found tickets to Blackhawks games for as low as 30 dollars!  If you don’t have time to travel up to Chicago, the Jr. Blues, a Jr. A Hockey team in Springfield, play just an hour and a half away and have home games March 16^th and 17^th.

If you are looking for some basketball bang for your buck, check out tickets for the Big Ten Tournament in Indianapolis this March. Stubhub.com has tickets still available and depending on the session you go to, tickets are as cheap as $17. Hopefully U of I takes care of business, but if not, at least you can scout out Big 10 teams to fill out your March Madness Bracket!