Giants Have Most Expensive Beer in Baseball

[El Supremo]

By JOE KUKURA
Updated 12:22 PM CDT, Tue, Aug 4, 2009

It's not just your imagination, Giants fans, and now it's official. You pay more for beer than fans at any other park in baseball.

An annual fan cost index from Team Marketing Report ranks all 30 Major League Baseball teams on ticket prices, concessions, parking and other fan costs for attending a ballgame. And to the surprise of no one in the Bay Area, AT&T Park gets the dubious No. 1 ranking as serving the most expensive beer in the big leagues.

Hey, some body has gotta pay for that Barry Zito contract.

That $8.75 you pay for a 20-ounce beer is more than any other team in baseball in America charges -- by a full 75 cents. The stadium serving the second most-expensive beer is the Tampa Bay Rays' Tropicana Field, charging "just" $8 for a 20-ounce beer. But that's a franchise that has to overcharge for beer, because they can't get anyone to pay admission and come to their games.

http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/sports/Giants-Have-Most-Expensive-Beer-in-Baseball-52387597.html

I thought they sold only California wine.

[Jack Rabbit]

1. If they sold wine, it would probably by Gallo

Gallo is to California wine what the DH is to baseball.

[El Supremo]

3. They could put a coffer dam on McCovey Cove and fill it with all the Gallo Wine produced in one week

Personally, I like Carlo Rossi better.

[CreekDog]

7. But Gallo would be priced like it was Beringer

:dilemma:

[TZ]

12. I think they should sell Franzia there.

Maybe then Midlo would fly out there...:evilgrin:

[Auggie]

11. There's nothing wrong with Gallo Sonoma

The jug wines are another story

[Jack Rabbit]

13. Years ago, they told me the same thing about Gallo Hearty Burgundy

It tasted like Welch's Grape Juice with alcohol added as an afterthought.

[madinmaryland]

2. Ya know, where ever you go, it's fucking expensive. Whether it's $6.50

or $8.50, it's really a moot point. I mean you could actually argue about something important like attendance.

[inthebrain]

4. I thought I was gettin robbed at Fenway

but at least they serve good beer there.

Harpoon, Sam Adams and last I went they were serving Red Hook.

Good stuff.

[LeftyMom]

5. Yeah, but they have a better selection of *good* beer than most bars in wherethefuckever.

*shrug*

The 'stick is the same, beer's expensive, but you can get some kickass microbrews for not much more than the mass market swill. And good beer and garlic fries beat whatever the hell shit the rest of you people eat at games.

[CreekDog]

8. I think the garlic fries are insanely strong

i think it would be a lot better if they served the fries with roasted garlic. you might actually be able to taste something.

[Onceuponalife]

15. The 'stick?

Are you having a 90s flashback, LeftyMom?

[Jack Rabbit]

6. For $8.20 it better be Guinness stout

[CreekDog]

9. I think you don't buy as much beer at a Giants game anyway

It's usually not hot enough to drink that much.

Maybe that's why they push the garlic fries so hard...to sell more beer.

[KamaAina]

14. Also it's right in SoMa

so you can hit a bar or three beforehand and "front-load" like you used to do when you were underage. :-)

[Capt. America]

10. For 8.75 I want a hand job with that. At our new minor league park, 3.50 for 12 oz 4.50 for 16 oz.