These Are The 10 Priciest Beers in Major League Baseball
- Posted on April 27, 2012 at 3:45pm by
Becket Adams
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Another glorious baseball season is upon us. And what could be better than a sunny Sunday afternoon spent in the park with a brat and a ice cold beer?
How about a beer that doesn’t cost an arm and a leg?
As everyone who has gone to a Major League Baseball stadium knows, the beer is usually outrageously, hideously, horribly expensive.
“Major League Baseball’s average price for a small beer rose from $5.81 last year to $6.16 this year,” The Street reports.
In fact, according to the same report, three teams charge about $7.25 for a small beer, with one team actually breaking the $8 barrier for the first time ever.
And yet, we still buy ‘em because, darn it, we want a cold beer with our brat.
And by “we,“ we mean ”everyone.”
So which stadiums have the priciest beer? The Street, with help from Team Marketing Report’s “Fan Cost Index,” came up with the Top 10 beer prices in baseball.
“In each case, fans are getting soaked beyond the average,” The Street adds.
Here are the 10 costliest beers [all block quotes via The Street]:
10. New York Mets/Milwaukee Brewers
Price of a small draft beer:$5.75
The team moved in the fences, brought back some of the blue and orange trim and kept beer prices steady to give fans something to cheer about after last year’s miserable season. The Brewers, meanwhile, celebrated the NL Central title by increasing the price of a 16-ounce beer by 25 cents.
9. Tie: Baltimore Orioles/Los Angeles Dodgers
Price of a small draft beer: $6.25
The O‘s held to last year’s price for an 18-ounce beer, while the recently sold Dodgers are charging 25 cents more for a 16-ounce cup than they did in 2011. With both starting the season on a high note, maybe fans won’t notice until the first slump.
8. Tie: White Sox/Rangers/Nationals
Price of a small draft beer:$6.50
The White Sox and Washington held the line from 2011, but really, Rangers? Hiking the price of a 16-ounce cup by $1.50? We know you’ve been to two World Series in the past two years, but shouldn’t you win one before trying that?
7. St. Louis Cardinals
Price of a small draft beer:$6.75
The price hasn’t changed since last year, but c’mon. You’re practically bicycling Anheuser-Busch InBev products in from the brewery and the stadium has the Busch family’s name on it. This must hurt even worse for Cards fans knowing that they’re paying more for 12 ounces of beer than their fellow beer-ballpark fans pay for a pint at Milwaukee’s Miller Park ($5.75) or Colorado’s Coors Field ($6)
6. Atlanta Braves
Price of a small draft beer: $7
Your team collapses at the end of last season and fails to make the playoffs and you still raise the price of a 16-ounce beer by 25 cents. No wonder Coca-Cola is so popular in the ATL.
5. Chicago Cubs
Price of a small draft beer: $7
No playoffs, a new general manager and the price of a pint of beer jumps 50 cents. We won’t talk about curses, Cubs fans, but at least Theo Epstein didn‘t bring Boston’s beer prices with him.
See the rest of the list here.
(H/T: The Consumerist)
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Comments (50)
Eblaze44
Posted on April 28, 2012 at 1:20pmRemember when baseball used to be brought to you by Falstaff, Pabst Blue Ribbon and Schlitz Beer?
Report Post »RinkyDink34
Posted on April 28, 2012 at 3:35pmYou forgot Ballantine Beer!
Report Post »hipockets
Posted on April 29, 2012 at 4:48amYes I do remember’ I lived in Phoenix for a couple winters, and my best times were spent at the Spring training games. Cheap to go, but oh my, don’t buy a beer while there. Well I tried to cheat. Put a couple beers in a baggie with ice cubes in my purse. Worked good,until I got up to go to the bathroom. My beer was drank,ice cubes melted and the baggie did’nt close. All the water gushed out,flooded everything in my purse,made a mess and everyone was staring at me. I wanted to crawl in a hole. I learned my lesson, you can‘t cheat to save a few bucks’ God or the Mariner‘s will get even’
Report Post »WW2CQC
Posted on April 29, 2012 at 10:13pmSchlitz was the best in my opinion!
Report Post »muhamed
Posted on April 28, 2012 at 11:25amwhat…yankees not on the list? i thought they were the evil empire. yeah, if evil means winning then i don’t want to be good….take evil any day of the week :)
Report Post »RinkyDink34
Posted on April 28, 2012 at 10:23amLiberal feel good mathematics:
Report Post »$7 bucks for 12 oz.beer makes $5 bucks for a 128 oz. Gallon of Gas seem like a bargain;
Thanks Comrade Obama
Joey Odendahl
Posted on April 28, 2012 at 1:18amWell… last time I went to a Braves game, there was no rule against bring your OWN beer in. (As long as it’s in plastic containers.) I’d suggest going that route.
Report Post »Cat
Posted on April 28, 2012 at 12:58amGo figure
Report Post »Orange juice costs more 2 miles from the Tropicana processing plant then gator tail does 200 miles from the swamp
Grouper costs more 5 feet from the seashore then all you can eat catfish does 50 miles from the lake
And Jack Daniels Old #7 costs the same, every damn time, anywhere …
Christianmyson
Posted on April 28, 2012 at 12:33amAs long as all the fools keep buying beer at these prices they will keep selling it. Its just like the coast of collage you pay they raise, when are the American people going to wake up, the whole world laughs at us, and rightly so, its not only beer its gas food ele water cable ect ect ect wake up people and buy your ammo befor it goes up to 8.00 a round and that is no joke, Gob bless America even the fools.
Report Post »BigJohnT
Posted on April 28, 2012 at 2:29pmI see English is not your first language.
Report Post »peoriaman79
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 10:32pmanyone notice that in the pic what looks like a 10 yr old boy is drinking a beer this might be what is causing the prices to go up is that kids allowences are on the rise.
Report Post »jlcook
Posted on April 28, 2012 at 1:52pmThat 10 year old looks more like a 4 year old to me.
Report Post »Deceived and Disgusted
Posted on April 29, 2012 at 7:11pmBeer and ‘BRAT’, you missed it?
Report Post »K-Sarge Vet
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 10:15pmThis article is wrong. I was just at a milwaukee Brewer game and Beer is $6.75.
Report Post »trinklefinder
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 9:51pmAll people in Saint Louis are well aware of the fact that we pay more for AB products than people who live outside of the general vicinity. It’s a real conundrum why we pay more for our hometown product.
Report Post »Meyvn
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 9:49pmAnyone that pays 8 bucks for a beer is an idiot.
Report Post »blaaaaackwoman
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 8:48pmThat’s why I drink a can or two of malt beverage/energy drink with wormwood oil in it right before going in to an event. There are various brands, like “4 loco”. For $1 (or $2 for 2 cans) I get to see two games for the price of one, due to my eyes spinning around and I see double from the potent booze/caffeine/wormwood.
Report Post »headbtweenlegs
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 8:24pmBeer is good when it cost less a gal of gas..do the math..it taste good!
Report Post »LovinUSA
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 6:43pmGreat news this surely will fix our economy.
Report Post »MadNewYorker
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 6:31pmWhoever did this poll has never been to Yankee Stadium. Last year they were charging $9:50 a Beer.
Report Post »Smokey_Bojangles
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 6:21pmI Can Sit at home and drink a six pack and eat a hot dog for what the price of one beer is.I have no Sympathy for people who want to waste their money on Another sport for rich people.
Report Post »SychinLegacy
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 6:58pmUhh as a poor college student I can get Tigers tickets for 8 bucks. Hardly a “sport for the rich”. Compare that to the NFL where the minimum Lions ticket is approaching 60 dollars not factoring in the 20 dollars for parking.
Report Post »scuba13
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 5:52pmI thought the Cubs gave beer away. Why else would anybody want to go see them play?
Report Post »Jezcruzen
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 5:51pmHa! Don’t point fingers towards the major league shysters. You fans are the stupid ones. Not only for paying for these incredibly inferior beers, but for the ticket price and for everything else associated with this ridiculously overpriced pastime. Stupid, stupid, stupid!
Suck it up, sheeple.
Report Post »Fubared
Posted on April 28, 2012 at 11:15amExactly. Why give ANY union any bucks at all, and why pay to watch felons, thugs, and druggies (not to mention those in the stands)? Beyond me. I get more satisfaction watching the lines at social services a few times a month and they are not supposed to fight either, but when you throw a little alcohol into any event…
Report Post »stloocardsfan
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 5:43pm$7 for an Old Style??? hahaha, no thanks.
Report Post »South Philly Boy
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 5:34pmI haven’t been to a game since last season but 16oz Bud Light $8.00
Report Post »xyfbx
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 4:44pmlol
Report Post »At Hockey games it is at least $8 for a paltry glass of crappy draft beer.
MadenNZ
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 4:10pmWhat a precious picture of that little toddler chugging down a bew-ski! Ahh the parents must be proud!!
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 4:18pmNow you know why Phillies Fans are nuts, And vote for president Foodstamps
Report Post »MadenNZ
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 4:27pmOh..I just noticed the remnants of a ‘cotton candy’ cone in the one hand and the brew-ski in the other, ooh boy, that little one must have had a doosie of an hang over and stomach ache to go with it. Talk about creating memories for the young’ns…this stuff’s off the charts!!!
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 4:33pmDo any of them take EBT cards for the worthless feckless welfare recipient to enjoy a beer along with the crack he sneaks into the ballpark? You know we have to keep our worthless citizens happy…
Report Post »Clmsadjman
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 4:06pmSuch a boring sport I am surprised everyone is not in a coma at a baseball game! I am surprised beer sales are allowed considering this sport is so coma inducing golf on TV is more exciting. I understand why they call it America Passtime it should be Passout Time.
Report Post »GoodStuff
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 5:11pmI’m sorry you got cut from the tee-ball team. But, that was years ago, and it’s probably time to move on with you life.
Here’s a little advice: Cry me a river…build a bridge…and GET OVER IT!
Report Post »Steven63
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 5:41pm@GOODSTUFF
I guess it’s hard to deny what he said and therefore much easier to attack him personally, heh?
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 4:04pmNo wonder people try to smuggle it in and they actually let themselves get searched (in the guise of ferretting out terrorists) before they can get in. I will just buy a cola and drink my bottle of water, too. Even a couple of slices of pizza is about $10 in Great American Ballpark.
Report Post »This used to be the American past time, but is slowly getting to be Richy Rich’s past time. Same with DisneyWorld/Land. Only little rich kids can afford that place, now.
trueamerican40
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 4:01pmThat is part of the reason why I stay home and watch it on the big plasma. Gas prices is the main reason—2 and half our trip to Atlanta’s Turner field from where I live.
Report Post »booger71
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 4:39pmYour right, I can watch every Cardinals game on Fox Sports MW in my easy chair, while I can drink what ever I want, have a smoke, and not wait in line for the bathroom.
Report Post »BigJohnT
Posted on April 28, 2012 at 2:33pmTwo and a half our “what”?
Report Post »Mark0331
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 3:54pmI don’t often drink, but when I do, its Scotch from a Flask…
Report Post »Becket Adams
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 4:00pmWell played, sir, well played.
Report Post »momrules
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 4:10pmHey Mark……….if you ever get down to Texas I’ll treat you to a Shiners…..brewed in Texas by Texans.
Report Post »Mark0331
Posted on April 27, 2012 at 4:18pm@Momrules….Thanx for the invite..I served with many many great Marines from your Great State…Texas is an awesome place and some ignorant mooks up here in NJ ‘knock it’….I always defend it by saying, “How ’bout going to Texas and say that s@#t there..”… So far, no takers….Keep The Faith..;-)
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