Falcons Announce Game-Changing Pricing for Concessions

[Kevin Greene]

Wow $30 for a 6 pack of Budweiser!!1111

 

Pass.

[bleedsgreenandgold]

I guess Falcons fans really are that stupid, Blank will recoup with inflated ticket prices. I believe PT Barnum had a saying about them.

 

They have also only sold 45% of the PSLs and have sent debt collectors after the fans that have backed out of their contracts.

[CoastalCat]

1 hour ago, Cam El said:

https://t.co/VOzug8kK6h

$5 Beer

It's a 12oz

[ChuckWag78]

Everyone is just going to pile on because it's ATL.

This is FANTASTIC!  Let me say this again... FANTASTIC!

Today's NFL games need to compete with the home viewing experience. Reducing the concession pricings is going to go along way to help win this battle.  It costs a pretty penny to take the whole family to a game, let alone what you will pay for parking and food/drinks.   This is a great first step.

Great job ATL in kicking off what I hope is a league-wide trend.

[SmashNDash]

11 minutes ago, ChuckWag78 said:

Everyone is just going to pile on because it's ATL.

This is FANTASTIC!  Let me say this again... FANTASTIC!

Today's NFL games need to compete with the home viewing experience. Reducing the concession pricings is going to go along way to help win this battle.  It costs a pretty penny to take the whole family to a game, let alone what you will pay for parking and food/drinks.   This is a great first step.

Great job ATL in kicking off what I hope is a league-wide trend.

Spot on.  Without the Black and Blue tinted glasses, this is a fantastic idea.  Stadiums are competing against the home experience which has so many advantages it's ridiculous.  With 8 home games a year, making the game an event that's always sold out is #1 importance.  The more competition for those seats the more they can charge for the ticket itself.

[RoaringRiot]

$5 for a domestic beer is a ripoff. I'd rather pay the extra for NoDa beers. 

[mr beauxjangles]

From the perspective of an Atlanta resident, Panthers fan, and season ticket holder for Atlanta United FC at the new stadium:

They have been rolling things out related to sponsorship and the new stadium over the last couple of weeks. The kit sponsor for Atlanta United will likely come in the next week or so. Coca-Cola was announced as the "official food and beverage sponsor" or some crap like that - shocking, seeing as how this is Atlanta, I know. Nonetheless, this is definitely a Coca-Cola related program and they are basically subsidizing the stadium concessions. Two bucks for a bottomless soda and three bucks for a slice of pizza or a hot dog? You can take your kid to the game (Falcons or AUFC) and spend ten bucks on food and drink for the two of you. That's pretty impressive in today's world of concessions. There will be Coke Freestyle stations all over the place. There will be more Coca-Cola branding that stadium than Falcons, Atlanta United, or Mercedes-Benz. And everyone will still make a killing; the stadium is getting larger relative sponsorship deal, and it still costs less than fifteen cents to produce 16 ounces of soda without packaging.

All that aside, you're all right - Falcons fans will still be the most pathetic fair-weather lot. They'll just be a little tubbier and farther along in their quest for diabeetus. And as a supporter of Atlanta United, I guess I'll be right there with them. Bring on the five dollar bud lights.

[manu4t]

It evens out since he charges our military a fortune to advertise - something we do for them for free, as do most teams who arent run by a greasy weasel like Arthur Blank.

[pantherphan96]

ATL sports fans are notorious for how fair-weather they are so these gimmicks are what they need to fill the seats.

[rayzor]

I guess they figure that if their fans get drunk enough they will forget   they are watching a weak team Iin the middle of a giant sphincter. 

[Jase]

Panthers ass whoopings will remain free

[General_Purr]

Thats awesome. Heard the CEO/President of the falcons on the Herd today. Seemed to really actually care about the fans thoughts on how they want to experience a game. 

 

I feel like people would protest that in Charlotte. The rich couples would hate to see the average young fan drinking the same cup of wine as theirs. I mean lets be fuging real. fug the bullshit those prices are people first. 

[TylerVagyler]

A post taken from another forum I visit...

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Eh, hard to give him much credit. On top of turning a "$200million" taxpayer investment into about $550-600mil in this process, Blank also gets all revenue from stadium events. With the Georgia Dome, the city took all revenues of non-NFL events. So, Blank basically has the same deal Jerry has, but, got half the thing paid for rather than self-financing.

Making concessions a reasonable price is filler by comparison...

And when people in Atlanta wonder why they are bottom 10% in public transit, they can point to the billions they threw at sports stadiums, to teams that had good homes and were no threat of leaving

 

[Saca312]

Oh good. Looks like the fans can buy an extra beer or two after watching their team fall apart like thin ice.