One of the things that you MUST do while in Spain is see a soccer game with their famous team Real Madrid. The game that I went to was not sold out, and we paid 40 euros for great seats in the middle of the stadium. The most famous player is probably #9 (Renaldo), but the new player Kaká is also very popular. I saw many jerseys for David Beckahm as well even though he no longer plays for Real Madrid. The soccer stadium sits in the middle of the city and is gorgeous. The game started at 10:30pm and lasted until 1am. I was very surprised by a couple of things during the game. First, unlike football, baseball, and basketball games in the United States, they didn't sell any kind of clothing, bobbleheads, soccer balls, or anything! I was really looking forward to buying something that I didn't need. Ha!
Also, the big screen at the game had no dot race games and didn't even show the game. The only food that was sold were sandwiches. I was looking forward to hotdogs, cheesy nachos, and cotton candy. It was very strange to look around and see people eating a ham and tortilla española sandwich.
It seems to me that they would make so much money by selling items and food, but I guess in Spain it's more about the actual game than the "frills".
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