According to data collected by Team Marketing Report for the 2009 season, beer prices vary dramatically among big-league teams. A 21-ounce beer costs $4.75 in Pittsburgh, but you’ll shell out $8.75 for a 20-ounce brew at San Francisco’s AT&T Park. This led us to wonder: Does quality have anything to do with beer prices?
The Count — WSJ.com has more.
The worst value in baseball — Fenway. Just 12 ounces for $7.25.
This is one of the most irritating things to Cubs fans. The ticket and concession prices keep going up, but the quality of the baseball doesn’t. Perhaps if Cubs fans stopped going…oh, wait. That’ll never happen. So I guess the team is doing just fine.
Another thing: other teams have started charging more when the Cubs visit. I priced tickets to see the Cubs in Cincinnati, and all Cubs games are “premium” games, meaning the Reds double ticket prices. This is because the Cubs are a big draw everywhere they go. The cheapest ticket was $40. Forty bucks for a seat in sections so far from the field the Reds seldom open them.
I understand supply and demand, but we’ll continue to go see the Louisville Bats play at $6 a seat, with glasses of wine for $4.
Isotopes Park has decent prices — $6.25 for a 24 oz Isotopes brew.