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Footballguy
Just curious what sort of prices are out there at MLB/MilB parks.
I'm starting to grow concerned that the local team might be at risk of having this city turn on them. They were sold a few years ago. Price increases followed, which is fine. It's business. As people complain to me, I'd always say, "look the old owners weren't making enough money, and at the end of the day, it's just great to have baseball".
But they've kicked off another season with terrible attendance addressed with more price increases. I love baseball. It's an important part of my life during the summer. I'm not wealthy and I budget, but I don't mind spending money when it comes to baseball. But I'm likely going to have to just cut back on local baseball, and it seems a lot of the community will be too. I've had my concerns listening to people in the community complain, and I am loathe to complain. I'm in the food business myself, so I get it. You charge what you need to charge, and it's up to customers to decide if that's worth it to them.
This is really that I'm just concerned about my local team.
So prices at the moment (High A baseball, not a wealthy city).
16 oz domestic: $6.75
Craft beer and larger domestic: $9.50
Hot dog: $4.50 (even worse, it's a hot dog people absolutely hate). And the $4.50 won't get you terrible "chili" on the hot dog, that's another buck or buck fitty (used to be a buck, but I'm sure that just went up).
Anyway, I don't get to MLB games much lately, but my sense is that those sorts of prices are seriously encroaching on average MLB price territory. Is that off base?
This ownership group owns a half dozen minor league teams or so, so I'm sure their fancy algorithim knows a lot more than I do. Just curious how those prices compare.
I'm starting to grow concerned that the local team might be at risk of having this city turn on them. They were sold a few years ago. Price increases followed, which is fine. It's business. As people complain to me, I'd always say, "look the old owners weren't making enough money, and at the end of the day, it's just great to have baseball".
But they've kicked off another season with terrible attendance addressed with more price increases. I love baseball. It's an important part of my life during the summer. I'm not wealthy and I budget, but I don't mind spending money when it comes to baseball. But I'm likely going to have to just cut back on local baseball, and it seems a lot of the community will be too. I've had my concerns listening to people in the community complain, and I am loathe to complain. I'm in the food business myself, so I get it. You charge what you need to charge, and it's up to customers to decide if that's worth it to them.
This is really that I'm just concerned about my local team.
So prices at the moment (High A baseball, not a wealthy city).
16 oz domestic: $6.75
Craft beer and larger domestic: $9.50
Hot dog: $4.50 (even worse, it's a hot dog people absolutely hate). And the $4.50 won't get you terrible "chili" on the hot dog, that's another buck or buck fitty (used to be a buck, but I'm sure that just went up).
Anyway, I don't get to MLB games much lately, but my sense is that those sorts of prices are seriously encroaching on average MLB price territory. Is that off base?
This ownership group owns a half dozen minor league teams or so, so I'm sure their fancy algorithim knows a lot more than I do. Just curious how those prices compare.