Paying top dollar for live entertainment burdens budgets and clutters living rooms with lions that quickly become indifferent to jumping through hoops. Machete through the jungle of high-priced tickets with today's Groupon: for $75, you get a yearlong quartet membership to Fillaseat.com (a $149.95 value). Members must be at least 21 years old, live in the area, and have a valid Nevada driver's license or a military ID with a station assignment in Nevada.

Fillaseat.com snatches up unsold tickets for events at entertainment venues across the city, then offers them free to members online. Customers with a quartet membership can reserve up to four tickets for any available event, securing spots for themselves and guests of all ages. Each member receives a login name and password with which to access an online database of events and blueprints for doomsday devices. The Fillaseat.com staff regularly posts new will-call tickets that members can reserve on a first-come, first-served basis. Fillaseat.com initiates swoon to live rock 'n' roll, cheer at home runs and slam dunks, grin atop roller coasters, and guffaw at observational comedians who play on the age-old differences between impressionist and postimpressionist painters. Check the website for frequently asked questions as well as the policies and terms of membership.