Free Jovi Concert – not free for me!

So, last week I entered the CW11 contest for tickets for Bon Jovi’s free concert in Central Park on July 12th. I did it not thinking I’d ever win. I never win anything. Ever.

I won tickets.

So now we have a dilemma. Since we live 4-5 hours away we have to figure out how to get there – car, bus, train, air. If we take the car, where can we park without driving into the city? Don’t want to drive in the city. Can we park and ride somehow? We have to come back immediately after the concert because my husband has to work in the afternoon on Sunday.

• The cost to take the bus is outrageous and will get us there late for the doors opening at 2 p.m. They have given away 80,000 tickets and are only letting 60,000 people in. If we get there at 3:30 after a 5 hour bus ride and are turned away I will be very upset. The bus home is very close to the ending time of the concert but I think we could make it. If I’m wrong we’d have to hang around Port Authority overnight – always a fun option.
• The train is not an option – there is no train home until the next morning. Too late and don’t want to stay overnight in the station or spend the money to stay in a hotel.
• Flights? Ahahahahahaha. Times are excellent, but 2 round-trip tickets, even on JetBlue, is an outrageous $558!!! For a 1 hour flight each way. Give me a break. That doesn’t include taxi fare either, of course.

So, unless we pay a fortune, chance the bus or figure out some park and ride strategy I don’t see this working. It’s very upsetting and just a huge tease.

Any ideas?