Gymnastics Superstars

A friend from work scored two tickets to Gymnastics Superstars at the HP Pavilion in San Jose. Now, normally gymnastics is not really my bag, but the tickets are for seats in AMAT's luxury suite. I've never been in one so I said yes. She said there'd be food too and I'm a sucker for free food. It's amazing how differently the arena staff treat you. We didn't have to wait in line to get in since there was a special line for suite folk. There is also a special information desk so you find your box pretty quickly. The suite inside is pretty nice with a bathroom, more than ten seats, a couple of couches, two HD TVs, a fridge, etc. There was pizza, wings, wine, beer, soft drinks, salad, etc. so there was plenty to grub down on.

The actual show was a bit weird. It's cosponsored by Disney or something because we had to listen to the craptastic stylings of KSM and Jordan Pruit - further proof that anyone can have a hit song without having any talent. The actual gymnastics stuff was pretty cool. It's amazing how strong the athletes are and the kind of stuff they can do on the rings and whatnot. They had a couple of rhythmic gymnists and I only thought about Wil Farrell in Old School. Heh.

The worst thing about the show was how overly packaged it was. There was some stupid choreography and too much forced excitement. I don't think "they" get it. The audience is there to see people do some crazy cool stuff, not to dance around like robots or play crappy cover songs. I definitely think Disney has lost its way and I feel bad that Olympic athletes have to whore themselves out like this to support themselves. I guess it beats working at Home Depot.

Anyhow, it was definitely an interesting experience and now I know why people like rockin' the luxury suites. AMAT will invite us to hockey games, but those tickets are usually reserved for management type folks. I guess I'll have to work on my charm a bit more.