L.A. Dodgers Introduce All-You-Can-Eat Seats

[matcom]

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LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Dodgers are giving fans something to cheer about.

Right field at Dodger Stadium used to feature cheap seats. This year, there will be lots of food and seats that are no longer cheap.

The Dodgers are introducing all-you-can eat seats next season. They are converting their right-field pavilion into all-you-can-eat bleachers. Fans in the right-field pavilion will have as many franks, peanuts, popcorn, nachos and sodas as they want.

About 3,000 seats will cost $35 in advance and $40 on game day with the all-you-can-eat special.

But not everything will be on the house. Fans still have to buy their own beer, ice cream and candy at regular prices.

There are other limitations. The food booths open 90 minutes before games and close two hours after it begins. And if someone asks for 100 Dodger Dogs, that won't fly.

Left field tickets, meanwhile, will sell for $10.

http://www.wftv.com/foodnews/10731373/detail.html

[AllegroRondo]

1. Cardinals have had this for a while.

$60 seats that include all you can eat hot dogs, brats, nachos, soda, AND BEER! Food and beer service starts 30 minutes before game time, and concludes in the 8th inning. but well worth the price!

[Strawman]

6. There must be a limit on the number of beers

otherwise, that's a lawsuit waiting to happen.

[AllegroRondo]

8. No, I did it last year.

they give you a plastic cup, about 12 ounces. you can go back for refills as many times as you like.

I assume that if the person serving beer thought you had had too many, they could cut you off.

[KitchenWitch]

10. But the Cardinals also are heavily sponsored by Anheiser Busch

thus the beer being included.

I have heard that at both the Cardinal's new stadium and Miller Park (home of the Brewers) that beer is really cheap, comparatively to other sports venues.

[AllegroRondo]

12. Cheap beer? no way.

But I do know that Miller Park also has "food and beer included" seating.

Regular beers at Busch Stadium are $8.25 for a 24 ouncer. They actually had the balls to raise the price for the world series games, too.

[EvolveOrConvolve]

2. Things like this are why Americans

are so overweight.

[bullwinkle428]

11. BINGO! My first thought when I heard the report this morning on NPR!

[peekaloo]

3. The seats are the most nutritious things on the menu.

[Kerrytravelers]

4. *snort*

:rofl:

[Rabrrrrrr]

5. Because America doesn't have enough overweight, slovenly lardasses

And still, we continue to ask that annoying question, "Why do they hate us?"

[Patiod]

7. Great - long lines will keep consumption down

I HATE when they have "dollar dog days" at the park, because then you can't buy ANYTHING because of the lines. We normally bring our own lunch/dinner (we are lucky to be able to do that - one of the few parks that still allows it), but the one day we didn't have time it was "dollar dog day" and we were screwed. Finally found a stand that DIDN'T serve hotdogs and got a bad $7 cheesesteak.

[LibraLiz1973]

19. You weren't screwed- you were screwn. There is a hugh!!!!111!! difference

:rofl:

[Hugin]

9. Headline in 2008 will have other teams claiming the Dodger's Stadium tilts toward...

The right field.

You can bank on it.

[Oeditpus Rex]

13. They need to jack up attendance

Last year, they drew only 3,758,421 fans — a scant 46,400 per game — the most in baseball for like the brazillionth straight year.

They just aren't making enough money.

:eyes:

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

14. But you have to watch the Dodgers

no amount of hot-dogs will get me to go

[S n o w b a l l]

15. Why?

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

16. Cause they're not the Yankees

of course

[S n o w b a l l]

17. ha!

You sound like my ex. But, we went to Dodger games all the time. (His dad used to be the announcer for the Yankees)

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

21. Bobby Murcer?

[S n o w b a l l]

22. nope

color commentator with Phil Rizutto for about 20 yrs.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

23. Joe Garagiola?

This is fun

[S n o w b a l l]

24. Try again

:)

[Magrittes Pipe]

28. 20 years? Gotta be Frank Messer.

Even Allen & Barber weren't on the air that long.

[S n o w b a l l]

30. Well it was more like 17 yrs...

[SPKrazy]

31. Hey Engi!

didn't see ya before!

how ya been?

:pals:

[LeftyMom]

18. So the seats each cost $25 more?

Even at stadium food prices, you'd have to eat a hell of a lot for that to be a bargain.

I go to football games with my Dad all the time. We don't spend $50 on food for the two of us, and that's with the damn $8.50 beers.

[montanto]

20. Mmmmmmmm Dodger Dogs!!!!!111!!

[GalleryGod]

25. Yes! Love the Dogs!

Not as good as "PINK'S" but still good!

[ironflange]

26. I hope they plan to reinforce the bleacher floor

GO DODGERS!!
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[Deja Q]

27. Is Tommy Lasorda in on this?

:yoiks:

[Deja Q]

29. Are the seats made out of angelfood cake?

:rofl:

[otherlander]

32. When I saw this news headline

I imagined someone eating a giant chair made out of chocolate. :P