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Article says the three components of going to a ballgame that have increased the most since 1960 are: parking (66x), soda (27x), and beer (19x). Pretty wild. S
by emptybits 4y ago
Article says the three components of going to a ballgame that have increased the most since 1960 are: parking (66x), soda (27x), and beer (19x).
Pretty wild. So a suggestion: The American family parks somewhere cheap, takes public transit to their favorite family outing, then consumes less soda and beer. Enjoy the ballgame in a better-than-1960 stadium, while also chipping away at an environmental and obesity situation that 1960 never knew!
- chrismarlow9 4y agoI think it's a matter of alternatives. Sure I can do all that, or I can drive down the road to a sports bar and pay a normal price for everything and watch the game and be back home in 15 minutes. You have to get with the times and eliminate all that. Sell a VR package where I can watch the game as though I am sitting behind first base. Bonus if my buddy across the country can sit next to me and we can chat. They're trying to continue to make money in a world with locality rules and limited space, and we are increasingly entering one where your location doesn't matter. Covid just pushed this agenda a little harder than it was naturally playing out.
- emptybits 4y agoAbsolutely, but sports bars and VR chats aren't (yet?) "America's Favorite Family Outings", per TFA.
- neutronicus 4y agoYou can't really count on the Light Rail here (Baltimore). Might have a great experience, might be stuck at the station for an hour waiting for a train. We used to do what you suggest when I was a kid (park at the light rail terminus, ride in to Orioles games), but ... that was back when it used to run more-or-less reliably.