Fauteil+Tribune (One Seat + One Stand) Promotion: Classical Concert and Soccer Match for only 20 EUR!

Just a couple weeks ago, OL (Olympique Lyonnais) announced on its home page that it would be offering, in conjunction with the Lyon Philharmonic, tickets to one classical concert and one soccer game for the unbelievable price of ... 20 EUR! ($26 US). Not the price for one, but for both!

Apparently this is the third year that they've had this promotion, in order to increase interest on both ends, to get people who go to concerts but not to matches to make it out to Stade Gerland to root for the OL in the wintry cold, and vice versa.

But what a value: the seats are in the first balcony (and not the second balcony) and the artist is none other than Emmanuel Ax, whom I saw with Dad play in Amsterdam some years ago. (Perhaps it was the year 2000? We had one night in Amsterdam, that time, and hoping for a last-minute return, went to the Concertgebouw, and got in, what super luck!)

Likewise, the seats for the OL games are in the left lower stands, which means that it is closer to the pitch. Since I'm always watching in the upper north end zone, it'll be a nice change of scenery and will be for me a different view of the game.