People were seen on social media making fun of the set up during team USA’s game against Australia on Wednesday. The arena in Melbourne wasn’t exactly dialed in to the professional basketball experience, and several people had to sit on terrible plastic chairs with awful views.
Meanwhile, the layout of the court was such that even famous folks who paid for top dollar, close-in seats were not able to see the game they paid for.
One of those people was Australian actor Russell Crowe, who said he paid $1,500 for a courtside seat which did not allow him a good view of the game.
Crowe was so upset about the quality of his seats that he took to going on a mini Twitter rant about the experience.
Via Twitter :
Lots of talk already about the view from ground level at Marvel Stadium where ticket holders paid hundreds of dollars to see #BoomersUSA. This is the view... https://t.co/KUpXuYFahM pic.twitter.com/m8Zh3mMPxa
— Rohan Smith (@Ro_Smith) August 22, 2019
$1500 a ticket for this view. AUS v USA .
— Russell Crowe (@russellcrowe) August 22, 2019
Jokes on me.
If you weren’t among 50,000 there and you chose to watch it on tv at home, good decision . pic.twitter.com/VlNuXWp6iI
The only thing achieved tonight by @BasketballAus was enjoining with the promoters in ripping off well meaning lovers of the sport. It was a farce. https://t.co/M04iiL26Xm
— Russell Crowe (@russellcrowe) August 22, 2019
The people in front of me are officials and people working the game . I was in the first row of seats.
— Russell Crowe (@russellcrowe) August 22, 2019
Those are... not great views for someone who is supposed to be sitting front row.
It was probably a bummer that Team USA added insult to Crowe’s injury, with the Americans beating Australia on Wednesday, 102-86.
The 2019 FIBA World Cup is coming up in China, and perhaps they will have a better look into things for Crowe if he decides to attend.
