NYC Plans

I know, shock horror, I'm blogging and it has nothing to do with the Olympics! I realise I've been a little one track mind lately, but the Olympics have been taking over my life. In between watching the Olympics all night and sleeping when I can, Mum and I have been looking at planning bits and pieces of our NYC adventure.

By now, everyone knows just how sports obsessed I am! When I lived in the USA last year for six months I went to:

• 4 days of the US Open Tennis;
• 4 NBA games, including Christmas Day at Madison Square Garden;
• 2 NHL games;
• 1 NFL game;
• 1 College football game; and
• 1 MLB game. 

So when Mum and I decided to go to NYC this year for the US Open, she asked me if there was any other sport I wanted to see.

Unfortunately the NBA and NHL will still be in their off-seasons. I think this blog has made it pretty obvious that I am obsessed with the NBA, in particular the Miami HEAT!! 2 of my 4 live NBA games were HEAT games. I don't really blog about it as much, because I struggle to see their games, but I've been a massive fan of the Calgary Flames in the NHL since January 2008 when I saw them play against Phoenix. Unfortunately I won't get to see either of them play again this time. 

My 2nd row seat @ Flames v NY Islanders in December 2011

The NFL will be in the final week of their pre-season the weekend we arrive and regular season doesn't commence until the weekend we leave. In terms of my NFL team, it is kinda a little random, and definitely not one of the "major" teams. I support the Carolina Panthers, who hail from Charlotte in North Carolina. Needless to say, I've only been through North Carolina, so I didn't get to see them play live. 

When I started to look into the pre-season schedule, I was beyond excited to see that Carolina were scheduled to play the New York Jets, at the Jets home stadium. It was decided then and there, that I was going to go and watch them play! I told mum I'd go by myself if she didn't want to come - but there was no way I wasn't going to see Carolina play! She decided to come :) 

We bought our tickets last night, so needless to say I am beyond excited to see my team play live! After this I will have seen all of my favourite American sports teams play!!! I'm so excited!!

xx love Breanna