At the risk of sounding like an old man pining for the good ol' day....when I was in grad school I lived near OST, within long walking distance of the dome. The cheap seats (yellow) were $2. The team wasn't drawing that great at the time, so you could pay the $2 and then go find a better seat. I had a roommate who was a waiter at the club in the dome, and he usually had some drink tickets laying around. Even though the team wasn't winning, it was a lot of fun to go to the games on a frequent basis.