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What sporting event or venue have you not been to but most want to get to?

The Kentucky Derby, Wimbledon and the Masters/Augusta National were frequent responses, but there was a wide range of answers overall.


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KENTUCKY DERBY

Alex Baldwin
Kimberly Meesters
Marla Newman
Meredith Starkey
Maribeth Towers
Pamela Wheeler

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WIMBLEDON

Kim Bohuny
Stephanie Druley
Gail Hunter
Heidi Massey-Bong
Bernadette McGlade
Kristen Rose

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THE MASTERS/AUGUSTA NATIONAL

Kelly Flanagan
Erleen Hatfield
Sue Hunt
Michelle McKenna-Doyle (Masters Sunday, in particular)



Renee Baumgartner: Olympics
Christine Brown: Olympic swimming relay finals
Mary Byrne: World Cup
Stephanie Cheng: Winter Olympics
Sandy Cross: CrossFit Games
Donna Fiedorowicz: NCAA men’s basketball final
Karen Forgus: Fenway Park
Beth Hutter: World Cup
Julie Kikla: Australian Open
Anne Occi: Marlins Park (which will complete my cycle of MLB parks)
Jay Parry: Seeing all the Grand Slam tennis events in one year would be fantastic.
Jennifer Sabatelle: Lambeau Field
Heidi Sandreuter: Camden Yards
Ali Towle: Olympic swimming
Ronnie Tucker: NCAA Frozen Four (hopefully to see my son play)
Alyson Walker: Super Bowl
Alison Weber: World Cup 2018 (Russia)
Andrea Williams: Courtside seats at any Lakers game

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