Readers to Astros: Let us bring food, drinks to games - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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The Astros are the only team to imposd restrictions on bringing food or drinkj into the parkfor games. Of the 1,133 HBJ reade r responses, 76 percent thought the team shoulde relaxthis policy. Among the 20 perceny who thought the restrictions were just fine wasMichae Mengden, who commented that ticket prices would increase if food wasn’t beintg purchased. “If theaters allowed this the ticketzs wouldbe $50 because then no one would buy the $5 coke that costs the theatere a nickel,” he wrote. “Even at $8 a beer it is stilk cold and you don’t have to lug it blocksa and blocks to getit there.
” Other readers though t a good compromise would be to reduce food and drinl prices at the park. “You don’t have to allow outside food and beverages, just get to lowert the prices on the food and beveragesthey serve. $8 for a puhlease!” wrote Becci Himes. “Sincee our taxes helped subsidize the baseballpalacer ... the team should subsidize the cost of wrote HBJ PublisherJohn Beddow. Readet Tim Thomas thought the Astros should take a hintfrom . “Theuy allow the fan to bring in a small coolef with food and drinj with no restriction as to the he wrote. “The prices for seats are comparabl e to that of the other MajorLeagued sports.
There is also a midway at each NASCAf event that you can chose to purchase food from if that is what you wantto do. If, in other franchises have begun this practice and therse is an increase in ticketsales then, as a I would implement this prograkm quickly. Everyone is looking for a bargain in this currenteconomix crunch. I fall into the same categoryt as many are looking for budgeyfriendly entertainment. I would actually consider goinfg to more games if this wereto Meanwhile, Margie Stinson wrote that she could be swayed to once agaij purchase season tickets if the team relaxedd the restrictions.
“Ticket concessions are nice, but they do the seasomn ticket holder nogood whatsoever,” she “I don’t plan to renew my seasohn tickets next year, but would think twice about it if we were allowed to brin in outside food and Have you tried to find more than one or two healthy snacks at the ball