FLASHBACK:
Staff says John Kerry paid fair market value for tickets in Patriots owner Robert Krafts suite
01.14.13
The CBS Sports cameras made their traditional game-day pan of the owners box at Gillette Stadium on Sunday, catching not just Robert Kraft but also one of his highly recognizable guests: Senator John Kerry.
That prompted instant questions about how Kerry ended up in such rarified air, and whether the secretary of state-to-be paid his fair share to attend.
His staff insists he did.
In response to a Globe query today, a Kerry aide said the senator personally paid what the team determined to be fair market value$191 eachfor a pair of suite tickets to Sundays AFC Divisional playoff game between the Patriots and the Houston Texans.
“Kerry was seen before the game roaming the sidelines. At one pointed, he hugged head coach Bill Belichick.”
Kerry is such a dork—pretending he’s one of the guys.
My fave was his “Manny Ortiz” comment in 2004. Even pre-schoolers knew the names of the Sox that year.
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I’m sure he did pay fair market value. But of course you must remember that everybody in the owner’s box (except the owner obviously) is a guest of the owner and therefore fair market value for that ticket is $0.00.