Stop the Press! I Have Received a Media Alert!

I received an email today informing me of a promotion that Qwest will be running to give away two courtside tickets to Sunday's Game 1 against the Mavericks. Instead of keeping this information to myself in hopes that nobody else finds out about it, I figured that since I'm apparently a member of "the media" I should pass this along to my faithful readers. So mom and dad, this is for you:

FANS EMBARK ON “TICKET QWEST” FOR DENVER NUGGETS PLAYOFF TICKETS

Qwest to Give Away Two Courtside Seats Through Twitter Treasure Hunt

DENVER, May 1, 2009 – Fans searching for seats for Sunday’s Denver Nuggets playoff game now have a chance to win them through a Twitter treasure hunt from Qwest.

Beginning today, to win the tickets, fans must follow “@ticketqwest” on Twitter, where they will see a stream of clues to find the tickets, as well as clues for a code word to claim the tickets.

These clues will culminate on Sunday, May 3 at noon, when Rich Karlis, Qwest Sponsorships director, will be at a fixed location in downtown Denver with four tickets for courtside seats to that afternoon's game. The first two @ticketqwest followers to find Karlis and tell him the code word will each receive two tickets and be escorted into the game immediately. Karlis will be identified by a bouquet of big, blue balloons.

To join the fun, follow @ticketqwest on Twitter: http://twitter.com/ticketqwest.

Winners must be at least 18 years of age. Total prize value is $866. Tickets are not transferable and each set of two tickets will be awarded to individual, separate parties.

I'm not sure whether to be more excited about the tickets or about the possibility of meeting Rich Karlis. Either way, this sounds neat. I like it.