Sergei Shirokov
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Not a great solution though imo. I want to enjoy a few beers at the game, progressively raise the buzz as we go along. In this scenario your either smashed coming in (not a good idea) or sober most the way through.
This is $8.00 in French Fries at a Canucks game
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Not a great solution though imo. I want to enjoy a few beers at the game, progressively raise the buzz as we go along. In this scenario your either smashed coming in (not a good idea) or sober most the way through.
BenningHurtsMySoul
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I don’t understand drinking at games. If I’m paying all that money for tickets, I WANT to be 100% sober to fully enjoy it and notice all the details. Bonus points for not wasting money on the absurd alcohol prices.
Sidney the Kidney
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I couldn't help but giggle at this because I pictured this manly man guzzling down beers while popping open a pack of Bearclaw kids cookies.
tarheelhockey
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That being the case, as a one-off it’s not a big deal. It’s no different than getting gouged at a tourist trap. You take your lumps and move on.
It’s only a problem if someone’s going back and doing this again and again. Which apparently someone is doing because otherwise the prices wouldn’t be set where they are.
Not sure what level of specificity you’re looking for here, but frankly sports as a whole is just a better experience with a couple of beers in you.
Not sure what details need to be noticed at a typical NHL arena, it’s mostly just blaring music and flashing lights.
Uhhh I was talking about the details of the play, not the lights and music lol. And I disagree with sports being better with alcohol personally.
tarheelhockey
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Unless you’re falling-down drunk, it shouldn’t be hard to notice the details of the play. It’s a hockey game, not the opera. Everyone’s wearing bright uniforms with big numbers, and it’s not a terribly subtle game most of the time.
Nothing wrong with a difference of opinion on alcohol in general, but most people who drink do tend to enjoy it in loud, social, emotionally charged environments with junk food at hand. A sporting event ticks all the boxes.
Gemini
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I know there's been inflation and all and that the wages of low-skilled employees have shot up post-Covid, but certainly the fries themselves cost very little and they could easily, say, triple the amount of fries on that tray without any significant cost increases (aside from having to offer larger trays)?
Artorius Horus T
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Who cares, its shit as it is, one pays from shit, gets shit,
Describing this as food is mockery to food.
just because you can eat it, doesn't make it food,
- edible and food, big difference -
Also, if one thinks that has anything to do with potato, think again..
- just a general thing, not a personal poke, jab
That is all
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Yorkshire Leaf
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But the more overpriced beer you drink the more likely you are to want overpriced food.
I think the Canucks are taking unwarranted flak for this, they have taken a positive step in tackling the obesity epidemic by reducing the number of fries someone can buy and pricing them so people can’t buy other bad food.
I for one applaud The Canucks.
DamonDRW
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Prices at a stadium are always going to be a ripoff, but one should at least get a decent portion while getting ripped off. That’s the unwritten societal contract that’s being violated here.
I empathize, but public drinking fountains are disgusting.
HFpapi
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Our society is so fundamentally broken, misguided, and short-sighted. Every corporation trying to squeeze out every last penny from people. I know it's funny to see and read but this picture is actually disgusting.
We can't persist much longer with this much unadulterated greed before the bottom falls out. It's just more, more, more, more with no limits and no shame.
This should be illegal. Governments need to do more to regulate the greed but instead are an extension of the corprate greed and do their bidding for them.
This might be an overly serious comment for a french fry pic on a hockey forum but this is egregious and it's getting unbearable.
We can't persist much longer with this much unadulterated greed before the bottom falls out. It's just more, more, more, more with no limits and no shame.
This should be illegal. Governments need to do more to regulate the greed but instead are an extension of the corprate greed and do their bidding for them.
This might be an overly serious comment for a french fry pic on a hockey forum but this is egregious and it's getting unbearable.
FrankMTL
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Ah yes, the fabled "Russet". Almost as rare as the black truffle, this starchy jewel has been coveted for centuries.
It was something like that. 80 bucks a pop. And this was probably 8 or 9 years ago. I'd imagine that it's even worse today.For real??? $160??? Seriously!!!
Disney are crooks
I'll say, BU has an awesome arena though. Not a bad seat in the house, great view of the ice from no matter where you are.
Teach them this lesson early and often, it definitely helps later on.
Misery74
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Like this at Capital One Arena, where Caps play too. We have season tickets, we no longer buy anything but n the arena, we just sneak in edibles.
The people that had $0 in income were because the government caused that situation by policy error. I am providing proper context.
Your second paragraph is unfortunately just a naive perspective of business. As you say "at least provide the proper context". Hourly, low-skill workers receiving absurd wages because of either government enforcement of the wage level or because of government policies driving the cost up of workers. Increased globalization resulting in a sensitive supply chain with the exporting of cheap labor to foreign countries because of policies at homes, and the supply/demand price effects of such.
Not every business is a non-profit. There's a responsibility to stakeholders and investors to consider. Say a company lowers prices to bring profit margin to a very small amount, do you think their stock goes up or down? Do you think they then have financial flexibility to pay employees more or hire more? So Joe Shmoe can get some cheaper fries at the hockey game but he gets paid a fraction of what he was at his job. It's all fine and dandy if it's not proportional and his take home is not reduced by as much as the cost of goods is reduced, but historically that's not how cost of living has scaled with inflation.
Machinehead
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Yeah, I never got it. If drinking is what I wanted to do, doing it home is cheaper. Doing it anywhere else is cheaper.
People say "oh I want to relax/have fun." I don't. Hockey is business.
Machinehead
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Eating after is the way to go. Or before if you prefer.
Any time I'm at a Rangers game, you can catch me after the game at Planet Taco on 48th and 9th. That's a Machinehead official endorsement.
Any time I'm at a Rangers game, you can catch me after the game at Planet Taco on 48th and 9th. That's a Machinehead official endorsement.
LudwigVonKarlsson
Fall of Pierre
Costco hotdog and drink 1.50 before the game, smoke a joint before the game and during the winter time you can easily sneak in alcohol/food in your jacket as well.
John Price
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inflation is a bitch
not even us caps have that kind of "shrinkflation".
Can't you all eat outside the arena. any restaurants there. the caps food is pretty bland
not even us caps have that kind of "shrinkflation".
Can't you all eat outside the arena. any restaurants there. the caps food is pretty bland
teugen
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Oh, yeah but this is getting ridiculous.
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