Sunday, July 20, 2008
YankeeStadium
I went to the Yankee game yesterday with my wife, her parents, and her brother, his wife and their two kids. The last game at the stadium I went to was about five years ago. I could not believe the price for food and drinks. They were selling Fosters beer 24 oz. cups for $12.50!!!! But if you didn't want to or couldn't afford to shell out $12.50 for one beer, there was a cheaper alternative. You could get a Bud or Miller for a low low $8.50 for a 12 oz. bottle. I watch two guys in front of us spend $90 on beer and they only had about 4 or 5 each. It wasn't just the price of beer. We bought 6 bottles of water, two bags of peanuts and two bags of sunflowers seeds for $12.00. The exact same thing inside the stadium would have been $50. As I was standing in line for my $5.00 hot dog, people were complaining about the price of beer mostly, yet when it was their turn to order, they all got beer. I don't know which is worse, charging that much for beer or complaining that it is ridiculous yet buying it anyway. It just shows that no matter what they charge, there will always be someone there to pay it. Oh yeah, I had a can of sunblock on me which I was not allowed to bring in. I was told no cans- it was a spray can. So I had to put on my sunblock then either go all the way back to the car then wait in the long line (again) in the blistering sun and heat or toss my $10 new can of sun block. I tossed it because I did not want to wait a second time. So, someone from the stadium or the Yankees owes me $10 or a new can of sunblock.
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Try going to a playoff game and everythin will be double the price it is now. $30 to park during playoffs. It is supply and demand. Just remember that there is an ass for every seat. Complain all you want, don't go and sombody else will jump right in your seat. Just like the Giant fans that are complaing now about a $20,000 PSL for the new stadium. But come next september there won't be an empty seat in the stadium.
I am doing a story on the sun block issue for the NY Post. Email me at jolshan@nypost.com. Thanks.
It's not just sporting events, it's all events and places you go. Some places don't allow outside beverages and charge sky high prices for food and drinks. As long as there are people willing to pay their ridiculously high prices, these places will keep raising their prices to the point that only Buffy and Biffy can go in their BMW's and Mercedes etc.
You can't complain about ticket prices or cancession prices then go cheer on A-Rod or Jeter. Where do you think the money is coming from to pay them. I would guess I've been to close to 100 Yankee games in my life, but now if I never go again, that would be fine with me. I would much rather lay on my couch and watch a game on tv then deal with the hassel and expense of going.
I can complain all I want weather I go to the game or not. Yes I went to the game but to be honest, I didn't pay for the ticket or anything for that matter for this game. But I agree with you about watching the games at home. At least when you are home on the couch you don't have to pay the high prices and, more importantly to me, you don’t have to wait on a long line to go to the bathroom that smells of urine and is full of a bunch of drunken people.
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