This is $8.00 in French Fries at a Canucks game

[hatterson]

People just don't appreciate cuisine.

These are not peasant french fries that the poors enjoy. These are pommes frites which are considered a rare delicacy in many cultures.

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

Just eat at home before going to any sporting event. That's ridiculous.

Or just smuggle French fries in, that’s what I do. I then sell them to folks in neighboring seats at 10 cents a fry, because I believe in a free market.

Seriously though, they really f*** with parents with this stuff. Kids aren’t rational like that, I see pizza and I want pizza. f***ing greedy billionaires.

 

[theVladiator]

Revenue sharing is how we keep Arizona in the league. This is what we need to charge for fries to keep the Coyotes howling in the desert

Well, that's just nonsense. Things are priced to maximize the gross profit. Canucks would just keep ALL of those money for themselves if there was no revenue sharing.

$8 fries means that quite a few people at the game can/will pay $8 for fries.

 

[KrisLetAngry]

I almost never eat food at the arena, maybe get a beer or two.

I just accept over paying on beer at an arena.
Heck Even food but if I am paying 8 dollars for fries I expect fries not 50 cents a fry.

 

[HanSolo]

 

[BB79]

If I am going to a hockey game I eat before hand. Otherwise I’m starving for those 3 hrs, not a chance I’m paying those prices. Rip off

Exactly. Even 15-20 years ago when I used to go to games all the time I would eat and drink at a bar before walking to the arena. The arena prices were too expensive even back then.

 

[DickSmehlik]

HEY PETTERSSON'S EXTENSION ISN'T GOING TO PAY FOR ITSELF CANUCKS FANS.

EAT THOSE FRIES AND LIKE IT.

 

[Ezekial]

I went to Soldier Field for a Fire game last year and they charged me $15 for a slice of pizza that seemed to be meant for ants and then they got mad at me for getting too drunk.

 

[Hunter Gathers]

I'd sooner hit the McDonald's drive thru than eat at a hockey game, If I have tickets for a game it's planned out, I know well in advance when I'm going and what we're doing for food.

I guess that it also helps that I live in a small town 2 hours away from Edmonton so I will always have time to leave work and do all the stuff I need to before I go. Also we're a family of 6 so I'm not paying for tickets only to drop $200 of food.

Yeah the family angle of it makes sense. No clue how bad the food is in Edmonton, but the food at The Rock isn't awful (not as good as MSG but not bad - a bit more standard fare).

Again, if you ever go to MSG, I encourage you to eat at the stadium if it's say just you and one other. The food options are REALLY good. I can see the PTSD from other arenas/options, though, hah!

But newer arenas are really trending towards having great food options.

 

[miscs75]

Go to an Islanders game. You'll get 3 lukewarm chicken tenders with that large quantity of fries for about $19.

 

[HugeInTheShire]

Yeah the family angle of it makes sense. No clue how bad the food is in Edmonton, but the food at The Rock isn't awful (not as good as MSG but not bad - a bit more standard fare).

Again, if you ever go to MSG, I encourage you to eat at the stadium if it's say just you and one other. The food options are REALLY good. I can see the PTSD from other arenas/options, though, hah!

But newer arenas are really trending towards having great food options.

The only time I'd eat at a stadium is if I was in the States, in Canada the food usually sucks and is super overpriced.

 

[Cup or Bust]

If people are willing to pay for that, then I guess it is worth it.

 

[GMR]

How much for a whiskey sour?

 

[Kupo]

How much for a whiskey sour?

How's your credit?

 

[japhi]

Yuck, dirty fingernails.

 

[Midnight Judges]

These billionaire owners will make it dumber and dumber until people stop going.

 

[Slats432]

Who takes the fries and accepts that is ok? I say, no thanks, and request a refund.

 

[TCNorthstars]

How's your credit?

Your first born sounds about right. Bonus is you no longer have to buy your kid $8 fries!

 

[sabresfan129103]

If people are willing to pay for that, then I guess it is worth it.

Yep, fans have no one to blame but themselves for this stuff. So many people keep paying for this overpriced garbage. Stop eating and drinking at games and hurt the teams bottom line and I guarantee you'll see better and more reasonable options.

 

[ORRFForever]

Saw it on the reddit mainboard.
Thought it was worth discussing what the concession has been up to the past couple of years.
It's getting out of hand at Rogers Arena for sure - I am sure this isn't the only city with a terrible rate of return on food, but in my experience at least in American arenas you at least get a decent portion despite paying hand-over-fist.
In Canada you just get the worst of both worlds.

Too funny. No one is forcing anyone to buy it.

 

[cg98]

A whole bag of frozen fries at the grocery store is less than half of that lol

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

Pre-season game, Montreal - Ottaaa in Ottawa.

I got 2 "special" drinks with the sens schedule on it for my kids. 2 slices of pizza and 2 regular drinks for my wife and I along with a medium popcorn and cost 60 bucks. Maybe it was closer to 70.

There's no real point to buy stuff there. The worst part is those workers are minimum wage workers.

 

[These Are The Days]

This is "I don't know why hungry people just don't eat something" energy

 

[Vertain]

A whole bag of frozen fries at the grocery store is less than half of that lol

Yeah, but they hurt my teeth when I eat them.

 

[CrownofThornton]

Too funny. No one is forcing anyone to buy it.

So that makes it reasonable and justified, cool cool.