Overpriced Booze at Events.
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Truckosaurus said:
WonkeyDonkey said:
Haven't been to a gig in years but loathed paying €9 for 500ml of beer at Le Mans!
Interestingly, they put the price back down this year, so either too many complaints or the drop in sales outweighed the extree profit margin.
valiant said:
Went to a match at the cricket World Cup a few weeks back and two weak beers set me back £13.
Food at events is even worse! Two crappy burgers and chips took me over my contactless limit!
Although the good thing about cricket is that you can freely take your own food and drink in (inc booze) so I treat it as a lazy b
d tax.
Doesn't seem to be too ridiculous at Edgbaston. There are pubs in the area which charge more for a pint. ODI prices n different from T20 IIRC. Don't know about the World Cup, though.Food at events is even worse! Two crappy burgers and chips took me over my contactless limit!
Although the good thing about cricket is that you can freely take your own food and drink in (inc booze) so I treat it as a lazy b
d tax.Pothole said:
valiant said:
Went to a match at the cricket World Cup a few weeks back and two weak beers set me back £13.
Food at events is even worse! Two crappy burgers and chips took me over my contactless limit!
Although the good thing about cricket is that you can freely take your own food and drink in (inc booze) so I treat it as a lazy bd tax.
Doesn't seem to be too ridiculous at Edgbaston. There are pubs in the area which charge more for a pint. ODI prices n different from T20 IIRC. Don't know about the World Cup, though.Food at events is even worse! Two crappy burgers and chips took me over my contactless limit!
Although the good thing about cricket is that you can freely take your own food and drink in (inc booze) so I treat it as a lazy b
d tax.OzzyR1 said:
sc0tt said:
magooagain said:
£14 for a glass of red wine at Stansted Radisson hotel.
Not really an event though is itte.I complained about various things through the proper channel and was offered a free nights stay in compensation.
Oh how I laughed.
I was at Rock Werchter this weekend in Belgium, you had to buy tokens to use in the festival. A token was €2.75 so about £2.50
20cl of the standard beer was 1 token = £2.50 or nearly £7.50 a pint
125ml glass of wine was 1.5 tokens so £3.75
A cocktail was 3 tokens = £7.50
Not cheap but probably about right for a captive audience, we did plenty of pre drinking at the tent but still spent nearly £300 each over 5 days on food and drink.
20cl of the standard beer was 1 token = £2.50 or nearly £7.50 a pint
125ml glass of wine was 1.5 tokens so £3.75
A cocktail was 3 tokens = £7.50
Not cheap but probably about right for a captive audience, we did plenty of pre drinking at the tent but still spent nearly £300 each over 5 days on food and drink.
I think it was £6 for a pint of Heineken when I was at Ashton Gate stadium for a muse gig.
That said, I was impressed by how easy it was to get that pint. Fairly long but quick progressing queues, all contactless, piles of pints just being poured continuously behind the cashiers.
If you go to a venue, you know that you’re entering a world where nothing is less than a fiver and everything is rounded up tot the point to make things nice and easy and where they can take your money very quickly.
That said, I was impressed by how easy it was to get that pint. Fairly long but quick progressing queues, all contactless, piles of pints just being poured continuously behind the cashiers.
If you go to a venue, you know that you’re entering a world where nothing is less than a fiver and everything is rounded up tot the point to make things nice and easy and where they can take your money very quickly.
Mark-C said:
Fiver a pint at the WCC game at Headingley recently + a refundable quid for the plastic cup. Normally you can take your own alchohol into Headingley but not for Internationals or T20s
England vs Sri Lanka at Headingley was £5 a pint, which I thought was good value.Next day at Old Trafford for West Indies vs NZ the same beer was £5.70. Again, not bad value in isolation but surprised there was a 70p surcharge for being on the wrong side of the Pennines.
I was at the Baseball at the Olympic Stadium at the weekend. £6.50 for a bottle of Heineken, £3 for room temperature water. I opted against the 2 foot chilli dog at £25, or Nachos for £19.50.
CardinalBlue said:
England vs Sri Lanka at Headingley was £5 a pint, which I thought was good value.
Next day at Old Trafford for West Indies vs NZ the same beer was £5.70. Again, not bad value in isolation but surprised there was a 70p surcharge for being on the wrong side of the Pennines.
I was at the Baseball at the Olympic Stadium at the weekend. £6.50 for a bottle of Heineken, £3 for room temperature water. I opted against the 2 foot chilli dog at £25, or Nachos for £19.50.
Who are these people who spend that much on a chilli dog or nachos!Next day at Old Trafford for West Indies vs NZ the same beer was £5.70. Again, not bad value in isolation but surprised there was a 70p surcharge for being on the wrong side of the Pennines.
I was at the Baseball at the Olympic Stadium at the weekend. £6.50 for a bottle of Heineken, £3 for room temperature water. I opted against the 2 foot chilli dog at £25, or Nachos for £19.50.
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£7 a pint and £2 for a refundable plastic pint cup. That makes £18 for two pints, then you have to queue to get you £4 back. I suppose they assume most will not bother returning their cup so they collect them after the event and make money from the non returned cups
£7 a pint and £2 for a refundable plastic pint cup. That makes £18 for two pints, then you have to queue to get you £4 back. I suppose they assume most will not bother returning their cup so they collect them after the event and make money from the non returned cups
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