Petco Park concession pricing lowered for some items
by jbox on Apr 1, 2010 4:06 PM PDT
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The Padres announced their new affordable and fan friendly concessions today.
We have known for quite some time that the 5-for-$5 would not be returning this year. Peter Rowe compares it to the Padres cutting a popular player, but the 5-for-$5 wasn't just a popular player it was the 2009 MVP.
Kouzmanoff was a popular player, Caminiti was an MVP. There is a difference.
After June I think the only thing bringing me back to the ballpark was that food deal. I know that sounds crazy, it sounds crazy to me too, but the first half of the Padres season made me that way.
"While the five-for-five sold well, it caused lines," said Tom Garfinkel, club president and chief operating officer. "A lot of people just wanted a hot dog and a drink, instead of all five items."
It caused lines because it was only offered at certain concession stands and let's be honest the service at the concession stands has always been sub par. The lines are always ridiculously slow, even on slow nights, it's one of my main complaints with the ballpark.
"Like any price promotion, a price promotion is just that," he said. "They come and go."
I understand that. I just wish that there was some kind of $5 deal. If I could just get a hot dog and a soda for $5 I would be content. After all supposedly that's what most people wanted anyway. It'd be nice if they met us halfway.
The good news is that you can still bring in food and unopened water bottles into the park if any of these items don't fit your budget. So there is a cheaper alternative and I think the hats, shirts, beer and Kids Meal sound really well priced.
My favorite change this season is that the Toyota Terrace restaurants will be opened up to everybody. It's such a simple change that will hopefully let people enjoy the ballpark experience that much more.
| Item | Price |
| Kids Meal | $5 |
| Small fountain soda | $4 |
| Peanuts | $4 |
| Popcorn | $4 |
| Hot Dog | $4 |
| Bottled water | $4 |
| 14 oz. domestic draft beer | $5 |
| 20 oz. domestic draft beer | $7.25 |
| Plastic bottle domestic beer | $7.75 |
| 20 oz. premium draft beer | $8.25 |
| Padres cap | $7 |
| Padres T-shirt | $8 |
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Its Been Rumored
That Sammy’G has routinely smuggle beers into the game and once gave one to an usher.
"Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!"
beer
in foil, look like burritos.
"Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!"
For some reason
I read “beer” as “bear”. That changed the context completely.
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Why is the small beer less per oz. than the large beer?
Usually you get a better deal when you buy more of something. When I buy 56 cans of tuna at Costco, they are like 50 cents a piece. When you but one at the grocery store, its much more.
by SanDiegoJosh on Apr 1, 2010 4:34 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
But getting a deal on 56 20oz. beers is not something they want to encourage.
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This is an exaggeration of the basic premise
The more alcohol you want to buy, the more they want to charge you. They think its a way of keeping the unwashed masses from getting drunk and sloppy.
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by matthewverygood on Apr 2, 2010 10:01 AM PDT up reply actions
I also was all about the 5 for $5
I just love the novelty of getting lots of crap for cheap.
It was also fun to eat things like peanuts, which I would normally never buy since the high prices mean I’m “one and done” at the concession stand. When I have to pick one thing, it would never be peanuts. The chance for a variety was fun.
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by Melvin Nieves on Apr 1, 2010 4:52 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
maybe its just me
but the cookies in the 5-for-5 were damn good
Especially on a hot day when you could leave them in the sun for a little while and they'd get all warm.
"I'm a Padre at heart. Always gonna root for the Padres. Twenty-five years [with this organization], how can't you? Next year I'm gonna be rooting like a son-of-a-gun for these guys and for Blackie ... I'm gonna be rooting for the next general manager here, rooting for the city, the fans, everybody. I think a lot of San Diego." -Kevin Towers
But the popcorn was crap, pretty much every time
A 4 for $5 deal would’ve been acceptable, too.
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"Price Club"
I nostalgia’d.
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Wait,
There’s no more Price Club?
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Costco?
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it kind of reminds me of that movie "You've got mail"...I'm Tom Hanks he's Meg Ryan -- Padres prospect Matt Antonelli on sdsuaztec4
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Apr 2, 2010 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Wait
There’s no more Costco?
No, I don't think you're an idiot. Please don't go trying to prove me wrong about that.
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No. That's what Price Club is now.
Mountain West Connection ::Above the Rest::
Bolts From The Blue "There’s a gleam men. Let’s go get the gleam! Focus and Finish!!! One play at a time!!! Let's Go!!!"
it kind of reminds me of that movie "You've got mail"...I'm Tom Hanks he's Meg Ryan -- Padres prospect Matt Antonelli on sdsuaztec4
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Apr 3, 2010 6:06 PM PDT up reply actions
The one in Santee?
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by matthewverygood on Apr 2, 2010 10:02 AM PDT up reply actions
The first 5 for $5 I got
The popcorn was fresh and tasty. Every time after that it tasted like somebody had left it in their underwear for 24 hours.
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RIP 5 for $5
I will miss you SO much. I agree that it was a huge draw for me last year. I’m all about the lots of crap for cheap idea….and the food in the 5 for 5 wasn’t even crap (except for the popcorn). The new prices might be a bit cheaper than other large sporting venues, but really, a family of 5 is still spending $60 or more on dinner.
I also keep hearing rumors that you are allowed to bring your own food into petco, but this seems like its something they would not allow. Is it true?? Can I bring my sandwich into the park in my hands or do i have to continue hiding it in my pants?….yes i’m aware that sounds bad.
Yeah you've always been able to bring any type of food into the Park
except fruit needs to be cut etc. There are a few rules, But you can bring sandwiches in.
There is a Subway right outside the LF gate, buy peanuts at 7-11
Almost always bring in my own food. Sat next to a family last year that brought in a whole KFC bucket meal.
This is a terrible thing for the Padres. - Jerry Coleman
Many restaurants in the Gaslamp
will take to-go orders and contain them for taking into the ballpark, too.
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I would say 90% of them do
I mean, its an urban area, some people are just going to want take out.
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Bring back the July Dollar Days!
"I'm a Padre at heart. Always gonna root for the Padres. Twenty-five years [with this organization], how can't you? Next year I'm gonna be rooting like a son-of-a-gun for these guys and for Blackie ... I'm gonna be rooting for the next general manager here, rooting for the city, the fans, everybody. I think a lot of San Diego." -Kevin Towers
Or even the 2 for 1 on hot dogs for afternoon games
nothing like a bread and meat-like substance for breakfast.
Show me the comparison...
I don’t see any real price reductions here. Regular hot dogs were $3.75 before, now they are $4.00 – that’s an increase. Bottled water and peanuts may have been $4.25 (but I think that bottled water was actually $3.75), so they may have been reduced by $0.25 each. Aside from the beer, there aren’t really any meaningful reductions in price. Add in the removal of the 5 for $5 deal and there is a significant net increase in concession pricing. Also – no reference to any of the specialty foods (Oggi’s, Anthony’s, Randy Johnson’s BBQ, etc.) – those prices have increased on an annual basis by $0.25 – $0.50 per item, and I would expect that this will continue this year. Again, my point is merely that this all adds up to a net increase in concession pricing.
Also – at the risk of sounding like a bourgeoisie elitist – I have tickets on the Toyota Terrace, and one of the benefits are the shorter concession and bathroom lines. Now that it is open to everyone in the park, that benefit is gone.
Aristrocracy lover.
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by TheGrandHatching on Apr 2, 2010 9:50 AM PDT up reply actions
Illogical
shorter concession and bathroom lines.
Who are the people that are journeying to other levels of the ballpark to use the same bathrooms and concession stands they have on the Terrace level?
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by Axion on Apr 2, 2010 10:00 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Fewer seats, fewer tickets sold
With fewer seats on the terrace level (granted, there are also fewer concession areas), plus the higher prices for the seats (meaning fewer tickets sold), there are always shorter lines for both the concessions and the bathrooms up there. Add in the in-seat service (for concessions, not the bathrooms – though, maybe something to think about), and you could get food/booze and be back to your seat missing only 1 at-bat or so. Unless Kouz was up, then you would miss 2 ABs.
I suppose that if the stadium sold out every game, that wouldn’t be the case – but that hasn’t really been a problem for the last couple of years. I still think the concession checkout/restroom per seat ratio on the Terrace level is better than the rest of the ballpark, though.
Right
So who are these people that are coming from other sections to use Terrace bathrooms and concession lines that you don’t even have to stand in?
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I'm not even sure
That the terrace level bathrooms are even close to the escalators or ramps. It’d probably take longer to go there. Especially, if you’re like me and you would be going down to the terrace level (CM Strapz keeps saying up because he thinks he’s better than me, right?) and at the top I almost never miss an AB when I’m in the can. The bathrooms are well placed up at the top. Concessions can be another story, especially during sellouts (assuming we ever have one of those again).
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Up
Down is probably more of a problem since during the game the escalators only go up. I was thinking of that area right around Section 109 which is always a cluster. There happens to be an escalator right there that can go UP to the terrace level where there is a big concession area and nearby restrooms. That also happens to be the area right outside my seats. Maybe I’m wrong, though, as getting back down would be more of a problem, and would take more time.
On the other hand… the sky, indeed, appears to be falling.
i think
the novelty of getting to go to the terrace will wear off after one homestand. this is not that big of a deal.
by schwing and a miss on Apr 2, 2010 10:40 AM PDT up reply actions
Concessions and bathrooms
are all right there by the escalator behind home plate.
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by TheGrandHatching on Apr 2, 2010 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions
They weren't making that part exclusive
so there’s no change there.
I still want to know who are these people that are holding their water, waiting on escalators even, to get to the Terrace level, but my seats are in 109, and if it gets this kind of reaction, I’m doing it every time.
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I don't know
They had some not so intimidating ushers that would want to see your ticket before letting you into that section behind home plate. The one time I remember them letting us toppies in there was an extra inning game when that was the only place open.
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"TOPPIES GO HOME"
I’d laugh if CM Strapz made a banner and hung it from the terrace.
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by TheGrandHatching on Apr 2, 2010 11:05 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
If I remember correctly
which I often do not, they dont have the velvet ropes blocking off that part until further back, when you try to cross over into the Terrace itself. If they do, it already looks like lines are a problem there anyway, because you can’t tell if it’s exclusive at all.
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When I ride up the escalator by home plate
And you get to the terrace, there is definitely a divider on some sort and the ushers I spoke of, but you’re right in that the concession stand there usually has a decent amount of people and given the emptiness of the terrace it’s likely that they aren’t all sitting in that section.
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