If You Have the Bucks, You Can Still Have a Ball

If You Have the Bucks, You Can Still Have a Ball

Rapper T.I. is expected to attend Monday's Hip-Hop Inaugural Ball, for which tickets are still available. (Oscar Merrida) Secretly wish you could go to an inaugural ball? Well, if you've got the $$, you probably can. For all the hype about D.C. gearing up to party like never before, a review of the big-deal galas finds a lot of tickets still available, just days before the dancing starts. Monday's Hip-Hop Inaugural Ball, with LL Cool J., Young Jeezy and T.I.; the Texas State Society's Black Tie Boots gala the same night; the New Birth of Citizenship Inauguration Kick-Off, with Jessica Alba, John Legend and Maroon 5 on Sunday; the American Music Inaugural Balls hosted by Dionne Warwick and Ludacris on Tuesday -- all are still advertising tickets, from $250 to $1,000. Many smaller affairs are also still putting out the call for guests. Blame the economy. Or blame

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