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573 sats \ 19 comments \ @grayruby 14 Jul Stacker_Sports

Hot Dog Inflation

If you have been to a sporting event recently, you have probably noticed ticket prices have gotten a lot more expensive.

Ticket prices aren't the only thing going up only at breakneck speed.

Check out the price of a Hot Dog at every MLB ballpark:

https://m.stacker.news/39690

No surprise the California parks lead the pack in expensive dogs but how about those Blue Jays. Cheapest dogs in MLB? Not really, they run a promotion every Tuesday home game called Loonie Dogs night where you can buy hot dogs for a dollar. It is sponsored by Schneiders. This definitely skews the avg price dramatically as typically around 40k dogs are consumed on loonie dog nights. The regular price for a dog at Rogers Centre is around $6.50 Canadian (4.75 US) which would put them 11th on this list.

It will be interesting to revisit this in a couple years and see how much prices have risen.

Sats for all, GR

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42 sats \ 1 reply \ @BitcoinAbhi 15 Jul

So much difference, why?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby OP 15 Jul

You mean between each team?

61 sats \ 1 reply \ @IamSINGLE 14 Jul

Amazing! Are you really concerned about Hotdogs?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby OP 14 Jul

I do like a hotdog once and awhile but just noting how expensive attending sporting events has gotten and it is not just the tickets. I haven't taken my family to a game this year but last year when we went and it was around $280 with tickets, food, gas to drive to the city and parking for a family of four.

96 sats \ 9 replies \ @Undisciplined 14 Jul

Still a buck-fifty at Costco. Just smuggle some in your trousers.

55 sats \ 6 replies \ @grayruby OP 14 Jul

I don’t know about other parks but at Rogers centre you can bring food and drink in if it’s unopened. They check your bags of course but we always bring in our own stuff. So no need to smuggle in the wieners.

50 sats \ 5 replies \ @Bell_curve 14 Jul

very good policy

For me the lines and wait time are more annoying than the price which is absurd

55 sats \ 4 replies \ @grayruby OP 14 Jul

When I was going to a lot of games, I had a pretty good system in place. I always sat in the 200 level because it was the least crowded having many fewer seats than the 100 and 500 levels (300 and 400 are for suites, press box, offices etc). I knew which gates to enter that would have the smallest lines, even if they weren't the closest gate to my seats and I usually didn't go to concession during the game but if I did it would be during early innings before most people would be getting up for food, drink, washroom trips.

For a few years when I had a yearly flex pack I would sit in the club section 200 level behind the plate because it had it's own entrance like the suites. At that time a friend of mine was working for Rogers and she used to get my buddy and I tickets for half price with her employee discount. Unfortunately for us she moved on from that job and we were stuck paying full price which made the club seats a no go but it was fun while it lasted. For a few years we had what I consider the best seats in the house for around 40 dollars per ticket per game.

50 sats \ 3 replies \ @Bell_curve 14 Jul

How many games did you attend per season? 20? 40?

13 sats \ 2 replies \ @grayruby OP 14 Jul

10-20. I used to get 40 ticket flex packs with a buddy of mine. I went to more the two years they went to the ALCS (2015 and 2016) but usually 10-20 depending how we divvied up the tickets.

Most games would be the two of us going but sometimes we would use 4 tickets on a game instead of two. Occasionally he would take the tickets for a certain game and go with someone else and I would do the same. He lived and worked downtown, walking distance from the Rogers Centre so some years he would go to more games than me depending on my schedule and travelling (some of those years I was still travelling a lot back and forth between Toronto and LA).

50 sats \ 1 reply \ @Bell_curve 14 Jul

How many Argonauts games per season lol

13 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby OP 14 Jul

I haven’t seen the Argos live since they had Doug Flutie, Rocket Ismail, and Pinball Clemons.

They play at the same field as Toronto FC now and that’s a much better venue for them. I would like to catch a game at some point. I do occasionally watch the Argos on television if nothing else is on.

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20 sats \ 1 reply \ @Bell_curve 14 Jul

Is there a Costco in Oakland?

Costco raised their annual fee by 5 or 10 bucks depending on your plan

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 14 Jul

The closest one is in San Leandro which is headquarters for North Face

63 sats \ 1 reply \ @SatsMate 14 Jul

Meanwhile the intrinsic value of the hot dog is 30-40 cents. Crazy how when the hot dog enters the ballpark it goes up 400-800% in value. All because all the middleman, licenses, and overhead involved in distributing the hot dog.

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 14 Jul

1.50 is the benchmark

50 sats \ 1 reply \ @Bell_curve 14 Jul

Athletics have the most expensive hot dog!

damn, they definitely need to leave Oakland for Vegas It doesn't matter if they play at a minor league or high school stadium They can share a field with the local tee ball league

13 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby OP 14 Jul

Yeah that is pretty wild. They are the GBTC of ballparks. "Let's fleece everyone on the way out."

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @Coinsreporter 14 Jul

Tea is very popular here in India and I've witnessed that the price of a cup of tea all over India is almost same for every cup served! This is surprising for hotdogs there!