| |  | | | | August 03, 2018 | | This Guy Has Snuck into 23 Major Sporting Events
Here's How... | |  | | | | | | | The first time Trevor Kraus snuck into a major sporting event, he hid in a giant trash bin for 45 minutes.
A handful of first round games in the 2010 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament took place in Buffalo, and Kraus, the loyal Missourian he is, drove up with a friend to see Mizzou play. They won (yay), but while employees attempted to clear the crowd to make way for the next game's ticket holders, Kraus and his co-conspirator opted to climb into a big (empty) garbage container instead, where they remained until the arena filled up, again. It wasn't flashy, sure, but hey, sometimes you've got to put your ego and personal hygiene aside for the love of the game. After all, what's a little trash when you have the chance to see Gonzaga play?
"It was not pleasant by any means," Kraus told me, "but it was exhilarating. My adrenaline was pumping, and I really came to love the feeling not just of gaining access to the games, but of overcoming the odds."
Since then, Kraus, now 27, has snuck into 23 major sporting events, including Super Bowl XLVI, The Masters, a Wimbledon final and three games during the 2011 World Series (he says he's only failed twice). The "spin move," as he calls it, has, for Kraus, become its own kind of sport, complete with big risks, nervy play-calling, dumb luck and impassioned determination; without the stats to back it up, I'd say he's probably the best spin-mover there ever was (or at least in the top five). He's even written a book on the subject, Ticketless, which will be published later this year.
Fortunately for you, though, Kraus has also imparted his decidedly niche wisdom to us... | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Photos: Trevor Kraus (top); Getty Images (main) | | | | |
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