Tickets
 

What he meant in that sentance was tickets such as people [spectators] from Alaska buying airline tickets to go down and watch the nationals. It had nothing to do with the teams, just everyone else.

In reading this thread, I realized that it should probably be thought of more as a donation as a museum often does for admission. Yes, I realize that a "donation" in this sense is a "fee," however the term "donation" doesn't seem to receive the same hostility from most people. Or does it?

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