Speak up, Shirley...
I have a close friend who was his executive chef at his restaurant in Skaneateles, The Krebs, when it re-opened in 2014. He told me lots of stories about celebrities/wealthy businessmen/politicians/etc... making appearances at both his restaurant and the house quite frequently. He even told me a specific story about riding jet skis with Derek Jeter at one of his parties at the house. Do you also think he paid Jeter to attend on of his parties and ride jet skis with his guests?
Perhaps he is asking his celebrity friends to attend the Syracuse games to bolster national notoriety and “Star power” as personal favors to him, but paying them to attend? I doubt it, but I’d like to hear your story.