Janina Podzius: Double date night while saving money!

Tonight Jim and I went on a double date with Jered and Jenni! We met up at the park and ride on Camelback and 19th avenue and were able to ride the light rail for free since we were going to a Suns game. (FYI) Taken from usairways.com:

In partnership with METRO light rail, US Airways Center and the Phoenix Suns have established the "Rail Ride Event" program, which allows guests who purchase a ticket to an event at US Airways Center to ride METRO light rail at no additional cost, on the day of the event.
Through Rail Ride Event, METRO will recognize US Airways Center event tickets as valid light rail fare on the day of the event for four hours prior to the start of the event, through the end of the transit day.
In addition to Phoenix Suns and Phoenix Mercury games, US Airways Center hosts nearly 200 events each year, including concerts and family shows, with the venue's longstanding partners Live Nation and Feld Entertainment. Tickets for every event at US Airways Center, which attracts over two million visitors annually, will be valid for the Rail Ride Event program.
— You are required to keep your event ticket on your person when riding light rail and must show your event ticket to a fare inspector upon request. Failure to show a valid event ticket can result in fines ranging from $50 to $500 dollars.
— US Airways event tickets are good for light rail only, they are not valid as bus fare.

I didn't know about this before today but I thought that was pretty cool that they do that. Even though a light rail pass is pretty inexpensive, it's always nice to get things for free! Before the game, we went to dinner at Steve's Greenhouse Grill where we had a groupon for $12 for $25 worth of food (another discount! woot!). We ended up getting to the game just before the 2nd quarter ended! Late, but we were able to catch the first half of the game at the restaurant, so no biggie. We also purchased our tickets for half the price via groupon again. :) Thank God for Groupon! The Suns won, woo hoo! I'm not a big basketball fan, but it was still a fun game to watch. Jered caught a free Suns t-shirt, which was pretty cool considering we were in the nosebleed section haha. And since the Suns won, we also got a voucher for a free large fry at McDonalds and 2 free $0.99 tacos from Jack in the Box since the Suns scored over 99 and their opponent didn't reach 99. Love freebies, especially those since McDonald's french fries and Jack in the Box tacos are my guilty pleasures! We had such a nice night with Jenni and Jered and glad the evening cost half as much as it should have been!