Concessions 2006

[Rombus]

Buckeye Regional: I spent about 9 bucks on a personal pan pizzahut pizza and a small coke. The pizza was greasy, burnt on the top, doughy on the bottom. Tasted great after not eating all day till 7pm. The Cleveland Convo center is very bad about outside food and drink too, they got mad at a teammate for taking a cup of coke he bought at the concession stand, walked outside to talk to someone who was getting some fresh air, (Right outside the door) And then attempted to walk back in.

Ill admit, i hate being sneaky about food and drink, but i was smuggling about 5 bottles of water in each day to the buckeye regional in my backpack, im not about to spend 4 bucks on a bottle of water when i know ill be drinking 4 or 5 each day.

[Billfred]

The Colonial Center, home to Palmetto, has tolerable venue food. Plan on about $7-8 for a meal...but at least that meal will be pretty good.

If, however, you can hoof it up the hill a bit to Wendy's, Beezer's, Subway, or the Russell House, you can probably shave a few bucks off the tab.

[GlitterRave113]

As mentioned above, buying food at the Nj Regionals was extremly rough on our wallets! Most of us just walked about fifteen minutes to the local McDonalds. It was a tad cold, but we got to eat way cheaper! I think from now on our team is either going to buy food ahead of time and bring it with us or find a cheaper place to eat and shuttle everone there.

[rachakate]

I can't say that I know what was charged for consessions at FLR, but I think it was reasonable. I do know that they offered preordered lunches for $6.75 a person that included a large sandwich (daily choice of 3 different types, one veggie) can of soda, piece of fruit and a bag of chips.

[sanddrag]

Another thing to consider is the surrounding cities in which a few of these regionals are held. For Arizona and SoCal, I wouldn't want my students walking around out there looking for a place to eat.

[qhsscience]

I've been to my share of events over the past 11 years, and I've seen my share of ridiculously priced AND lousy food. I understand the whole "contract with the venue" problem, so I want to be positive here. I thought this year that the food at both the UTC and the Boston regional was both reasonably priced AND reasonably good (for EVENT food!) Cheeseburgers/Cheddar burgers were around 4.50 and drinks were around 2.50. I found the burgers to be reasonable in taste and size and didn't feel like I had to spend $20 to get a decent lunch. I can't say anything about other venues, but I think that UTC and Boston did the best they could in terms of quality and value...now if we can just get the concession stand workers in Boston to not pour water on the hot range next year , we'll be just fine

[Katie Reynolds]

At the WI regional, the one thing that got me was $3.50 for a bottle of water - it should be illegal to charge that much for water!! I made the mistake one day of walking in with my Nalgene out of my backpack and was told I couldn't go in with it. After pointing out the ridiculous cost of water, they allowed it but only after I emptied the contents (tap water).

[KarenH]

Originally Posted by qhsscience

I understand the whole "contract with the venue" problem, so I want to be positive here. I thought this year that the food at both the UTC and the Boston regional was both reasonably priced AND reasonably good (for EVENT food!) Cheeseburgers/Cheddar burgers were around 4.50 and drinks were around 2.50.

I could be positive about 4.50 for a cheeseburger at ANY sports venue!