Beer is cheaper at the football games. I don't drink when I go to hockey games unless it's at a bar before the game. I won't pay $14 for a pint Molson Canadian. I can drink my own piss for free.
Most people tailgate here anyway and are hammered already when they walk in. Then you pump water for the first period (or quarter / half), then next intermission is game on. Then water. You buy 2 beers inside.
My Elks ticket is in the lower bowl in the northwest corner near the top. I'm under the upper deck overhang where it's shady, dry and close to the concessions and the washrooms.
Yeah the Elks, in addition to the tailgates, have a pre-game beer garden just outside the stadium where you can get $5 cans of beer to get jacked up. But even inside they don't rape you at the concession stand like Katz and the Oilers do.
A friend at the office just offered me a pair in the lower bowl for Game 6 @ $275 ea. Tempting.
All nhl arenas do it. They make more off concession and parking than ticket sales. That's why some municipalities, like Sunrise actually, gave them their arena but kept concession and parking for 10 years. It was basically fronting the cash and making back more. And they did.
I'll buy them. But it has to be now.
I used to do that when I'd go to see the Habs play the Canucks. I'd hide the mickey down my pants, the one spot that the security guards don't dare frisk. Then I'd buy a Coke from the concession stand, go to the washroom, dump out most of the Coke and empty the mickey into the paper cup. Shit, one year I even bought tickets in the no alcohol section and did this.
I'll tell you why. Because team owners aren't stupid. Part of the deal, in addition to all that free taxpayer money, is control of all the revenue streams. That's literally the reason for the arena in the first place. At most they allow the city a cut of parking and concessions but never the full pie.
It's the only thing we use up here. Well, that and buckskin, of course.
Well, you know the Florida team better than me for sure. And the Leafs did adjust their game for sure. However, Florida looked like a different team to me regardless, passing was off, intensity was down, and I don't think we would have seen that if team was not up 3-0. It was to be expected.
Then the answer is no
Whenever the taxpayers are asked to kick in public funds to pay for stadiums and arenas owned by billionaires, where profits are private while debts, costs and risks are held by the public the answer should always be no. A better answer would be "Go fuck yourselves" but a simple "No" should suffice.
Waiting to here the problem? I did the same only with sun and sand. His agent told him Athabasca was a beach.
you though have never claimed that you want us all to be taxed more and that taxes are too low. Your position is consistent. Wehave is a walking contradictionWaiting to here the problem? I did the same only with sun and sand. His agent told him Athabasca was a beach.
If I ever do I've been possessed. Hopefully by some hot succubus.
