Concessions 2006

[George A.]

This all depends on the venue you're at...at NJ which is held at a sports arena, the concessions are expensive, just as they are at all arenas...however there are other competitions, (NYC, which is in a state park, Annapolis, which is on Naval base, Palmetto which is in USC) where the food is cheaper.

If you go to the arena's concession stand it's gonna kill your wallet...but if you go to a college's cafeteria, or places around the venue then you can save money.

In a lot of the venue's there's a clause in their contract which says that if FIRST wants to use their venue, then they have to use their concession suppliers...kind of unfair, but FIRST doesn't have much of a choice considering, there aren't that many places that can hold the amount of people that they have...so we unfortunately get the short end of the stick.

[Elgin Clock]

Originally Posted by M.O.R.T.

This all depends on the venue you're at...at NJ which is held at a sports arena, the concessions are expensive, just as they are at all arenas...however there are other competitions, (NYC, which is in a state park, Annapolis, which is on Naval base, Palmetto which is in USC) where the food is cheaper. .

I actually brought up the price of food in NJ in another thread about parking fees, and I think they coincide to make a certain amount of money off of us. The best thing is to go on your team's bus, or commute into the events for parking fees anyways.

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In NJ, parking was free and food was expensive ($6 for a hamburger is what I consider expensive - just a hamburger, no sides.)

In Annapolis, the food prices were more than reasonable. for 10 bucks I filled a full size plastic tray with food. Parking was not an issue for other reasons. (See below)

NYC (Last year) the food was reasonable, but was off cart vendors, or you could always walk a block to McDonald's, so that was never an issue.

Boston, the venue handled the food, and it was normal food prices, and parking was 10 bucks.. so.. you actually got "screwed" the most there, cause you had expensive food on top of Parking fees.

CT (UTC Regional) Same thing, 10 bucks for parking, and normal venue food prices.

In the regionals I went to, for overall food vs parking value, Annapolis was great, but parking was not an issue cause it wasn't really open to the public cause it's on a Naval Base, but food value was excellent. (See above)

NJ was definitely OK, I think, but the money did go by quick when you ordered a lot - re: Hamburger, large fries, large drink, desert (for one person only) could go for 20 bucks easily..



Of course, some events offer team discounts/bag lunches available, and even though they may seem hokey, they offer the best value.

[MikeJ675]

We just bring a grill and cook some dogs and burgers for lunch...

It's become a bit of a tradition for us at SVR.