just went to an angels game a few weeks ago - they may have cheap beer, but they have the worst beer of any MLB stadium i've ever seen.
when pacifico is your best bet, it's an issue. my GF went to get me a beer and said "here's a heineken, sorry, i looked everywhere"
Just had a Green Monsta IPA from Fenway last Wed. 8.50
BUT! Is paying the extra couple of bucks for craft beer at sporting events really worth it?
I recently paid $10 a piece for a Widmer or Bridgeport when I go see the Portland Winterhawks. Kinda hurts the wallet even more after throwing down a couple.
only way i will pay for a $6 beer is if it is accompanied by naked women
terrapinj said:
cepster said:Target field is serving an exclusive Surly brew. $8.00/24 oz. West coast IPA, damn fine beer.
That field is 2 miles from my house, and I typically attend 4-5 games a year. To their credit, the field offers free parking and will let you bring your own food and non-alcoholic drinks into the stadium, so I have no problem packing a sub, some peanuts, and a few bottled waters then paying the $5.75 for 2-3 beers. Tickets to the game are typically about $12-15.
Great Divide is right down the street from the Rockies' ballpark. If I lived in Denver, I would absolutely do happy hour there before each game. When I was there in February, it was $3/pint for anything including their oak aged Yeti.
Wow. The Rays are an amazing team, even more-so learning that.
This is ridiculous, but Target Field in Minneapolis has a great beer selection so it's nice to see that they're at least trying.
This year Surly unveiled an IPA that is exclusive to Target Field. (They couldn't produce enough Furious due to hops shortage, so they created a new brew) Fulton, another local brewery, also has their beer on tap there.
This doesn't mean the price is cheap, but if my choice is a miller lite for $7.25 or a Surly Bandwagon for $8.25.... the choice is easy
It's not because they're an amazing team. It's because they can't get anyone to come to their games. They have the worst attendance in MLB and are listed as the least valuable team, despite having a solid club nearly every year.
If they could charge more for tickets/concessions/beer they most certainly would. I'd be surprised if they're in Tampa too many more years.
Just FYI, the Rays are 17th in attendance this year. Tampa/St. Petersburg has a total population around 500,000. The "drawing area" demographic brings the total to about 2.7 million. NYC has a population of 8.4 Million, not including the official "drawing area."
So, so far in 2012, the Yankees are averaging 42120, a rate of 88% of the stadium capacity, and a rate of 0.5% of the population per gameday. BTW, that is also a 7% decrease in attendance from 2011.
So far in 2012, the Rays are averaging 29,269, a rate of 61% of stadium capacity, and a rate of 1.1% of the population per gameday. That is also a 23% increase in attendance from 2011.
Not to mention the economy of the Tampa/St. Pete area is one of the hardest hit in the country the last 4-5 years (incidentally, the same amount of time the Rays have been good).
The Rays are also consistently in the top 10 in PROFITABILITY according to Forbes every year, so the attendence HAS to be looked at in that context. They WIN and MAKE MONEY. It's always nice when our team competes just fine with a 2011 $42million payroll compared to the Yankees' $201million payroll.
Anyway, there are lots of good indicators here in FL that the Rays are doing just fine, thank you.
holy cow. I wish I could find this type of research at work.
This.
We go to GD early. It's a mad house though. Every time I go GD and fight the throngs of people and rude bartenders, I wish that Flying Dog was back in LoDo. After we're done we go to the game and get some monster nachos.
Our local brewpub just opened their own beer pavilion at our local minor league baseball stadium. Haven't gone to a game yet this year, but with their pint prices being $5 each at their brewpub I'm anticipating a fairly hefty pricetag.
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