New Cowboy Stadium To Offer $90 Pizza

[beejmi]

The colossal new Dallas Cowboys Stadium is living proof that everything is bigger in Texas. The menu in the luxury suites proves that things there are more expensive too.

Those enjoying a Cowboys game from a luxury suite at the new stadium will have to shell out $90 for pizza and $66 for a 12-pack of domestic beer, reports Steven Sipple of the Lincoln Journal World. Ninety bucks for pizza? That's almost as much of a rip-off as Roy Williams.

It costs $800,000 per year to lease one of those luxury suites, a hefty sum that doesn't include game tickets. On the bright side, the stadium's official Web site says that "having your company's name on a suite makes an important statement about your success" and can help make an impression on clients. (Namely that they're paying you way too much money.)

As for the $90 pizza, that's the cost for a plain pizza. No word on how much each topping costs but, suffice it to say, if you're a fan of pepperoni you may want to consider refinancing your mortgage before you head down to watch the Cowboys.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/sh...wboys-Stadium-will-offer-90-pi?urn=nfl,180810

 

[JakeT.]

Seems a little high.

 

[Betallsports]

Hmm, Wonder if you could just order Domino's to Deliver :think2:

 

[WorldNumberOne]

fuck these teams and their new stadiums and prices for everything.

i have 0 interest in attending a live pro sport.

been to more than enough of them to last me a lifetime.

hassle getting there , seats are jammed together , long lines for food and drinks , long line to piss most of the time .

and then all the fun trying to leave.

60 inch high def tv and my couch.. best place to watch a game.

 

[JakeT.]

fuck these teams and their new stadiums and prices for everything.

i have 0 interest in attending a live pro sport.

been to more than enough of them to last me a lifetime.

hassle getting there , seats are jammed together , long lines for food and drinks , long line to piss most of the time .

and then all the fun trying to leave.

60 inch high def tv and my couch.. best place to watch a game.

I'd rather watch a game on the 27 inch crap TV in my room then go to be honest.

 

[Betallsports]

I use to go to A Lot of Ball games...But over the years, it's been less and less.

A lot of the Reasons are because of what WNO said, plus I'm a Smoker

I Love being there "Live", but let's face it...Best Seat in the House, is the Seat in Your Own House !!

 

[JDeuce]

Leasing one suite costs $800k per year...and that doesn't even include the cost of tickets or food/beverages? Wow. So that really means the grand total for everything will probably run you about $1 million per year at these insane prices.

I'm as capitalist as the next guy, but Jerry Jones needs a refresher course in price elasticity of demand. I don't think very many small businesses or individuals are willing to drop a million bucks per year in this economy just to watch live football and maybe attend a few concerts.

I wonder how many of their new suites will be empty for their home opener.

 

[WaynegoTango]

if i were rich i would not pay that much...just outta principal....jesus put a gun to our heads....

 

[C.P.]

WTF...that pizza and suite better come w/ a hooker

 

[WorldNumberOne]

WTF...that pizza and suite better come w/ a hooker

a hooker ??

better come with alba , klum , fox , keibler and whoever that chick is in
your avatar..

i wish all these pro sports owners would go bankrupt.

would be great to see the fans say fuck you the first 4 weeks of the season and not show up at all. empty stadiums would get their attention.

 

[DesertNole]

Anyone know how these suites are selling? Thought I remember reading a while back that they were having problems moving them. I can't see corporations justifying these types of expenses in the midst of a failing economy. How does XYZ corp. explain $80 pizzas and $6 dollar bud lights to shareholders. And just exactly how does a suite not include game tickets? Don't suites overlook the field?

 

[seanm0520]

From the wording of the article, the $800,000 is to have your name on the suite.

 

[GoSooners]

Jerry's World and the state of Texas will never get this Okie's money.

 

[Boxer22]

I Love being there "Live", but let's face it...Best Seat in the House, is the Seat in Your Own House !!

You couldn't of said it any better. Then after the game you can just turn on another game or do whatever you want and not have to deal with traffic.

 

[seanm0520]

Not to mention a $25 bottle of Jack or Beam is cheaper than 3 beers at any stadium.

 

[HAT]

And just exactly how does a suite not include game tickets? Don't suites overlook the field?

You gotta have a ticket to get through the gates to get to 'your' suite.

:money8:

 

[maxdemo]

Dallas Cowboys Target NFL Record by Making Fans Stand for $29

By Mary Schlangenstein and Thomas Korosec
Aug. 3 (Bloomberg) -- A crowd of 82,000 isn’t enough for Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones.
He has a plan to set a National Football League attendance record when the team starts playing in its new $1.15 billion stadium next month. Tickets are being sold to fans who won’t get seats: They’ll watch the game standing up.
The $29 Party Pass tickets went on sale today for the Cowboys’ first two pre-season games and two regular season contests in the new stadium. The home opener is Sept. 20 against the New York Giants.
“Demand is going to be very high because you only get one chance at history, and for your die-hard Joe Sixpack Cowboys fan, $29 is a fantastic price point,” said Zach Anderson, chief operating officer of Ticketcity Inc., an Austin, Texas-based ticket broker.
The goal is to sell 15,000 to 35,000 of the passes for each of the four games, Jones said when announcing the plan last week. Passes for more games will be sold later.
“It’s a good price; I couldn’t afford more,” said Anthony Adams, 25, of Dallas, who was recently laid off from his job and bought a pass for $51 from an online broker. “I’m a big Cowboys fan and I thought it would be cool to say I was at the opening game.”
With 180,000 square feet (17,000 square meters) of free space, the stadium can accommodate more standing-room-only fans than any other NFL venue. The open areas are behind seats in each end zone and on a series of six elevated platforms connected by stairways.
“More fans can be at the stadium and, although they won’t all have a seat, they will definitely be a part of the action and experience on game day,” Jones said.
Video Board
Standing fans will get an assist from a 72-by-160-foot (22- by-49-meter) video board hanging over the field. The board is the largest in the world, according to its manufacturer, Tokyo- based Mitsubishi Electric Corp.
That may not be enough, said Hank Wendorf, owner of Dallas- based Ticketsource.com. At a recent soccer game at the Cowboys’ stadium, only the first two or three rows of people had a direct view from the platforms, he said.
“You leave to get a drink and your spot is gone,” Wendorf said. No other NFL team is selling anywhere close to the number of standing seats that the Cowboys are, he said.
The NFL drew its biggest U.S. attendance at Super Bowl XIV on Jan. 20, 1980, according to the league’s Web site. The Pittsburgh Steelers and Los Angeles Rams were watched by 103,985 spectators at Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.
“We do think there will be more people there than there’s ever been in this country at an NFL football game,” Jones, 66, said of the home opener.
Most seats in the Cowboys’ new stadium were sold through season passes, according to the team’s Web site. The cheapest single-game tickets, at $75 and $99, are sold out for the season. A limited number of single-game tickets are available for $129 to $239.
While 7,400 seats remain available for the Cowboys-Giants game, it’s expected to sell out, said Sean Pate, a spokesman for StubHub, an EBay Inc. unit that matches online ticket sellers and buyers. The highest-priced ticket StubHub sold for the game was $4,900, he said.

 

[JDeuce]

What's kind of ironic about this is the kinds of people who would be able to afford a suite aren't the types of people who eat pizza or drink domestic beer. They're the steak, lobster and caviar crowd. Maybe if they bring their bratty kids or something.

I don't know what single game seats cost in these suites, but I'm sure it's ridiculous. My buddy's dad is a sales rep, and he took a bunch of clients to a Browns game in a suite back in 2004. 12 seats were available in the suite, you had to buy all 12, and the game tickets were $1,000 each. I wouldn't be surprised it the Cowboys are charging 4 or 5k per ticket for these, and there's just no way in hell people are willing to pay $1 million per year for football tickets nowadays. There are only so many ultra-wealthy oil tycoons they can milk down there...

 

[DrunkenHorseplayer]

$66 for a 12 pack of beer is, unfortunately, a good deal by stadium standards. That's "only" $5.50 for a 12 ouncer.

 

[nhoj]

Your team has a few games there this year.

Jerry's World and the state of Texas will never get this Okie's money.