Article: Zoobilation one hot ticket

This year, tickets sold out in just six days and at least one scalper tried to profit from demand. And if history holds true, the desperate will show up at the event in hopes of talking their way in with hard-luck stories.

Colts playoff game? Hannah Montana concert? Not quite. The big event this time of year is Zoobilation, the annual black-tie fund-raiser for the Indianapolis Zoo.

Far from the typical rubber-chicken fund-raiser attended mostly by board members and their friends, the zoo's 22-yearold event attracts 4,300 ticket holders eager to spend an evening wining and dining at the zoo.

"With the economy not being so great, [special event] ticket sales have been down, but with this ...

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