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Wildhack, I beg of you please fix the dome concessions

Wildhack, I beg of you: no more $50 single game tickets.

That was ridiculous, this market can't support that, and the product doesn't justify that. I remember Georgetown games with lines of people waiting at the Gate P ticket window, hoping to get into the building. They had all windows open yesterday and I didn't see any buyers. $50's a laughable figure for a third-deck backless seat for a December game between mediocre teams.
 
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Townie72 said:
Why is it necessary to start stuffing yourself with horrible food and swilling down over-priced beer as part of the game experience?

Here's a suggestion that will alleviate the queuing problems, save you money and help you not gain any more weight.

Eat something before the game so that you are not starving when you get to your seat. And stop some place after to have something worth eating on the way home. Whatever strategy it takes to stay away from the concessions for two-hour period.

This will also stop you from inconveniencing those with seats around yours as you struggle back to your seat with armfuls of food blocking their view of the game with cheese from the nachos dripping all over the place. And your kids tugging at you like baby crows in the nest with their beaks wide open.
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This is great, such a curmudgeonly post. I don't even disagree with anything here (I wish the schlub who climbed over me 15 times yesterday for beer and trough runs had cut his consumption to zero), but this is just such a weird contribution to this thread.
 
My husband has complained about this on and off for years, and we rarely get anything even when we travel to stadiums that have good food/drink. I guess after years of stale popcorn served from a garbage bag (yes this is how they bring it in) and rock hard pretzels we just gave up.

It is not the most important piece of the equation of a fan experience but it is something that you notice when you travel to other venues and is talked about regularly. Fixing it as part of Dome overhaul will make a difference in how hometown fans and visitors view us.

Oh- and please fix the sound system too. Cant understand 85% of what's played on the video boards. Always frustrating but even more when something important ( I know that's rare) is going on like yesterday's tribute to Pearl.
 
Townie72 said:
Why is it necessary to start stuffing yourself with horrible food and swilling down over-priced beer as part of the game experience?

Here's a suggestion that will alleviate the queuing problems, save you money and help you not gain any more weight.

Eat something before the game so that you are not starving when you get to your seat. And stop some place after to have something worth eating on the way home. Whatever strategy it takes to stay away from the concessions for two-hour period.

This will also stop you from inconveniencing those with seats around yours as you struggle back to your seat with armfuls of food blocking their view of the game with cheese from the nachos dripping all over the place. And your kids tugging at you like baby crows in the nest with their beaks wide open.
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The 4-5 people next to me came in late after the game had started with food and drinks in hand, went out before halftime, came back in at the 16 min. mark with more food and drinks, and then left the game early. So annoying. All of them were huge too. I enjoyed not sitting elbow to elbow when they were out getting more sh$t to shovel in their mouths, but dreaded knowing they'd be coming back right in the middle of the action. I don't get it either. Only time I eat at the Dome is if I'm in there like an hour before the game. Come gametime, I'm trying to watch the game. The process is too inconvenient to everyone for me to bother trying to do that during the game, and there's nothing worth buying anyway. Varsity run for a slice before, and stop somewhere after if needed is my formula.
 
OttoMets said:
Wildhack, I beg of you: no more $50 single game tickets.

That was ridiculous, this market can't support that, and the product doesn't justify that. I remember Georgetown games with lines of people waiting at the Gate P ticket window, hoping to get into the building. They had all windows open yesterday and I didn't see any buyers. $50's a laughable figure for a third-deck backless seat for a December game between mediocre teams.
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Are you serious? $50 for third level? That is insane.
 
OttoMets said:
This is great, such a curmudgeonly post. I don't even disagree with anything here (I wish the schlub who climbed over me 15 times yesterday for beer and trough runs had cut his consumption to zero), but this is just such a weird contribution to this thread.
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How is it strange?

The poster was complaining about the speed of the food and drink lines.

I gave him a solution to his problem that would not only alleviate the frustration he feels in the line, but save him money.
 
Townie72 said:
Why is it necessary to start stuffing yourself with horrible food and swilling down over-priced beer as part of the game experience?

Here's a suggestion that will alleviate the queuing problems, save you money and help you not gain any more weight.

Eat something before the game so that you are not starving when you get to your seat. And stop some place after to have something worth eating on the way home. Whatever strategy it takes to stay away from the concessions for two-hour period.

This will also stop you from inconveniencing those with seats around yours as you struggle back to your seat with armfuls of food blocking their view of the game with cheese from the nachos dripping all over the place. And your kids tugging at you like baby crows in the nest with their beaks wide open.
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"popcorn at the movies ? bah humbug ! why just rub a little salt on a wet sleeve and suck on it . and don't get me started on SNO-CAPS..."
 
Jake said:
I think most of the concession stands are sub contractors who rent space right? Not dome employees.


Wonder if that's part of the problem.
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Maybe instead of giving the "contract" to the local high school marching band booster club, they should contract with someone that can do both the food and service.
 
KellySyracuse said:
you do make a couple of good points but it would have been more effective if you didn't use YOU or YOUR as if you were talking to me directly.

a - I don't bring kids to the game
b - I sit at the end of the row
c - I almost never get anything to eat at the games
d - YOU should try and find some humor in YOUR life
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well if you have twenty whole minutes to feed 20,000 people ( well 19999 minus townie) why not just serve roast beef au jus ?
sliced to order with a complimentary shot glass of orange au jus with sprigs of thyme and parsley new potatoes.

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sorry no knives allowed.
 
I've reluctantly cut back to one cup of beer at the Dome, because the experience of dealing with my once prodigious bladder can ruin the whole thing, especially when there's a big, 90 minute traffic jam trying to drive off the Hill. Luckily, the last time I went to the Dome, that very jam made it possible for me to jump out and run into that Starbucks. I know they don't like it when people come in just for that, but nobody noticed me. When I came back out and saw all the cars still in the same exact spots, I thought that some of those people had to be full o' beer and ready to blow.
 
i always stay til the final whistle. never once have i left early whatever the score , whatever the sport . and after the game we linger around the dome and talk to friends and then walk downhill to phoebes or somewhere nearby to enjoy some good fare and discuss the game (often with visiting opponents). i find this way traffic is never an issue. stay til the final buzzer, enjoy some good grub and conversation and avoid all traffic issues .
 
tbonezone said:
"popcorn at the movies ? bah humbug ! why just rub a little salt on a wet sleeve and suck on it . and don't get me started on SNO-CAPS..."
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I used to suggestive sell Sno-Caps like crazy to the middle-aged ladies whilst a teenager working at Hoyt's Carousel.
 
While we're on the subject of Terrio (Why Not? It's as relevant as OIG's pornagraphic sno cones)..I looked Terrio up on wiki...

Terrio was referred to in the popular Steve Martin movie Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, in which Martin's character, a con-man and hustler named Freddy Benson, poses as a crippled veteran as part of a plan to extract money from a rich woman. In order to induce her pity, Benson claims that he lost use of his legs after he found his girlfriend having sex with Terrio.
 
So did anyone take a 2nd look at the concession wayback machines while at the game last night? I know you did :)
 
Jake said:
I think most of the concession stands are sub contractors who rent space right? Not dome employees.


Wonder if that's part of the problem.
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SU sells the concession to a group for a set fee. SU doesn't care how that group runs it or if it makes money.
 

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