Does it really cost $201.72 to attend a game?

by Dex on Apr 2, 2008 2:22 PM PDT

Team Marketing Report has released their new numbers. You can look at the summary here and there's a download to the spreadsheet, but you might want to save bandwidth. I shall summarize the Padres for you...

Team	Beer	(oz.)	Soda	(oz.)	Hot Dog	Parking	Program	Cap	AVG. TIX	% CHANGE	FCI	% change
Padres	$6.50	16	$4.25	22	$4.00	$4.00	$5.00	$16.00	$27.43	5.5%	$201.72	5.3%

I'm not sure what to make of that. That FCI places us 13th most expensive, but the individual numbers appear way off. The increase in premium beer is well documented. I have no idea where the $4 parking comes from. The ticket prices are somewhat reasonable.

Here's what I would do if I was you and you wanted to enjoy a Padres game without spending.

Learn to enjoy life without relying on the booze.
Learn to enjoy life without relying on the high-fructose corn syrup.
Make a sandwich at home and carry it in.
Bring in an empty water bottle and learn to use the drinking fountain or tell Pad Squad Andre that you're a Gaslamp Baller
Park on the street for free. Bring a small car and squeeze into a spot somewheres like the little blue area on the map.

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Granted, it's not necessarily a part of town that you really want to spend a whole lot of time in, but it's reasonably well lit. It's also a potentially high crime area and it smells a little bit like urine and burnt metal spoons, but you know... Anything to save a buck.

$201.72? PSHAW!

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Is that Home Plate?

Also, don't forget about A Cheapskate's Guide to a Padres Game.

Hmmmm... Jalepeno Handshakes.

"All the big fellas in baseball are gonna get scrawny and weak like those stat geeks that nobody likes." -- Roger Clemens

by TheGrandHatching on Apr 2, 2008 2:44 PM PDT 0 recs

I loved this from A Cheapskate...

non-organic beer guts or instant preggers

by planetjeffy on Apr 2, 2008 5:38 PM PDT up 0 recs

thirsty?

why would you need both a soda and a beer?

by FriarBryan on Apr 2, 2008 3:08 PM PDT 0 recs

How about this...

A flask, a grocery store, and eBay. No sense giving things up if you don't need to.

My Padres Blog

by Melvin Nieves on Apr 2, 2008 3:46 PM PDT 0 recs

WOW

THAH BLOGS SUKCSKS!

Wiggins: Voted "Creepiest Gaslamp Baller" by his fans.

by wiggins4ever on Apr 2, 2008 7:32 PM PDT up 0 recs

I used to live in North Park, and I would just bike to the games at Petco. Yes. Biking. What a concept. A couple times, my dad drove to my apartment complex, parked in my spot, and then we took a 10-minute ride on the bus to the stadium. Wow. Public transportation. What another strange concept for SoCal natives to grasp (living in Europe has affected me in some ways).

FriarBryan, the question isn't who drinks both a soda and a beer. The question should be: Who only drinks ONE beer??

Oh, and can you make some sandwiches and bring it into the stadium legally? I was recently in Barcelona and went to an FC Barcelona football---ER, soccer match, and people were allowed to bring beer into the stadium. How awesome is that?

Fy fan! (That means damn in Swedish).

by Pad Fan in Sweden on Apr 2, 2008 4:58 PM PDT 0 recs

You can bring food in

But no beverages save for unopened bottles of water.

by Dex on Apr 2, 2008 5:04 PM PDT up 0 recs

You mean...

bottles that look unopened full of clear liquid. Rum and cokes are good on a Fri / Sat nite. Better yet, get tanked beforehand.

by planetjeffy on Apr 2, 2008 5:28 PM PDT up 0 recs

Who buys a hat

at every game?
And what hat costs $16?

Also, 6.50 is pretty good for a beer these days.

by thenerdhater on Apr 2, 2008 7:16 PM PDT 0 recs

BEER

6.50 is highway robbery plus BEER IS GROSS NOW WIGGIN SMAD AGAJK LOOK WHA U DID NERDHATOI WIGGN DESTYR YU NOW!!!

Wiggins: Voted "Creepiest Gaslamp Baller" by his fans.

by wiggins4ever on Apr 2, 2008 7:28 PM PDT up 0 recs

I didn't buy food.

I always took the trolley.

I don't count memorabilia purchases.

The program was entirely optional.

And I never got out of there without spending at least $100 over the price of my ticket. If I was with someone, we would have to be *really* behaving ourselves if we made it out under $250.

And I'm not that hard a drinker. Beer is expensive. And baseball games are long. (Even if you can't get more beer after the 7th -- smart fans stock up.)

Capri. Baseball will get me through the Bar.

by Demoira on Apr 3, 2008 6:49 PM PDT 0 recs

If you're really stingy

get a park pass and smuggle in a pint. That's what; twelve bucks? Paying for food there is a sucker's bet. Just make two burritos at home, bring them in, and then give one of them to the first blue haired, fist inked, moderately drunk guy you see. That way we both save money.

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by TheThirdGonzalez on Apr 3, 2008 9:23 PM PDT 0 recs