And you thought the food at Yankee Stadium was overpriced.
The article has some nice points on the new stadium, but this section takes the cake (though not literally, since that'd be a few Benjamins):
Tuesday’s tour took our group into a suite that can be leased for $800,000 a year — which doesn’t include the price of game or event tickets but does offer a large pizza for $90 (no toppings), 12-packs of domestic beer for $66 apiece and a four-pack of Red Bull for $22, among other ridiculously priced items. |
Got make back that $1.2 billion somehow. Maybe this is par for the course (or at least within range) for luxury suites? I don't know, but I seriously doubt it.
Who is up for a $30 hot dog?
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I guess financial companies the government bailed out will be the only ones who could afford such crazy prices.
But still...$90 is nearly a 50% increase from $65.
The pricing is crazy. I remember fried chicken was $85 and chicken fingers was like $75. Of course, these suite are paid by corporations. Funny though, the tower to the suites is different from the general fans so nobody can exit, go to a regular priced concession stand and bring the food in.
Also, if it makes anybody feel any better. Watching the game in the suite sucks. With a plexiglass in front on you it feels like you are watching the game on a big screen TV. The fans cheering is little muffled too.
a 24-pack of water at the Prudential Center, I think was around $100.
Sit in the stands with the real football fans and bring your lunch from home.
It's not like those suites in the mezzanine.
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How times have changed. In the 80s, we took gallon water coolers of margaritas in to Texas Stadium.
Northern CA has alot going for it, but in general, pizza ain't one of 'em.
If you look hard enough, you can even find a decent bagel. But I have yet to come across pizza that I actually enjoy. So I've stopped looking. It makes the coming home experience that much better. Had Patsy's the other night. Yum.
http://www.amicis.com/?gclid=CP7qwpnz_psCFRFMagodF13E-A
I actually prefer a joint in San Rafael called Mulberry St. Pizza of all things (no relationship/connection whatsoever to NY). They make a decent pie, use whole-milk mozzarella, and have a few very good specialty-type pizzas.
http://www.mulberry-street-pizzeria.com/
pizzaiolo in oakland is pretty good, too. my boy tony mangieri from una pizza napoletana has closed shop in manhattan and says he's moving to california. keep an eye out for this guy.
I've tried basically all the places in Palo Alto, except some which were just too revolting to begin with. I've resigned myself to Dominos delivery when absolutely necessary (5-5-5 deal is hard to beat when you need to feed a lot of people) and California Pizza Kitchen when going out.
Again, I just avoid pizza since it's rarely any good.
I know some locals may hate me for this, but I still cannot get over the difference between NY's "Little Italy" and SF's "North Beach".
Not that I like SF's "Chinese food" much better than NY's but it's all comparative.
That said, you won't hear me bitching when I'm snow-free and in 70 degrees in January.
price.
Customers wait patiently at Di Fara’s.
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