Dennis Doyle, 31, lost his job at a Manhattan law firm and soon after decided to attend all of his favorite team’s games, unfortunately his favorite team is the New York Knicks and they are having a rough season (3-8). Doyle plans on attending every one of the Knicks’ 82 games, home and away. He took out $20,000 from his savings account to have this plan come to life.
Doyle has been writing about his experience in a blog called The Oakman Cometh: A Season with the New York Knicks and plans on releasing a novel too.
Doyle has already made more trips than two injured players, Jose Calderon and Andrea Bargnani. He bumped into Charles Oakley, his favorite former player, at a craps table in Cleveland. He stayed at an urban farm in Detroit. He has watched the Knicks lose eight times (and counting). And he has found his adventure to be a largely solitary one.
Doyle, who is single, has been meticulous in his planning. He has spent $8,000 on airfare for the team’s road trips. He shelled out $3,500 for season tickets to home games at Madison Square Garden (Section 220) and another $4,000 for tickets to away games.
Doyle said the Knicks’ coming trip to London for a game in January was a bit of a budget buster — he found a round-trip flight for $700 — but hopes to make the most of his week in Britain. “I’d like to visit Stonehenge,” he said.
Source: New York Times