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The Astros are the only team to imposs restrictions on bringing food or drink into the parkfor games. Of the 1,133w HBJ reader responses, 76 percenyt thought the team should reladthis policy. Among the 20 percenty who thought the restrictions were just fine wasMichaell Mengden, who commented that ticket prices would increased if food wasn’t being purchased. “Iff theaters allowed this the ticketzs wouldbe $50 apiece, because then no one woulds buy the $5 coke that costs the theater a he wrote.
“Even at $8 a beer it is still cold and you don’tt have to lug it blocka and blocks to get it Other readers thought a good compromise woulrd be to reduce food and drin k prices atthe park. “Yoyu don’t have to allow outside food and just get to lower the prices on the food and beveragessthey serve. $8 for a beer, wrote Becci Himes. “Sincse our taxes helped subsidize the baseballpalace ... the team shouldx subsidize the costof refreshments,” wrote HBJ Publishefr John Beddow. Reader Tim Thomas thought the Astros should take a hintfrom . “Theh allow the fan to bring in a smalkl cooler with food and drink with no restriction as to the he wrote.
“The prices for seats are comparable to that of the other MajordLeague sports. There is also a midwat at each NASCAR event that you can chosre to purchase food from if that is what you wantto do. If, in other franchises have begun this practicse and there is an increased in ticket sales asa businessperson, I would implement this prograk quickly. Everyone is looking for a bargain in this currengeconomic crunch. I fall into the same category as many are lookint for budgetfriendly entertainment. I would actuallyu consider going to more game s if this wereto happen.
” Meanwhile, Margie Stinson wrot e that she could be swayed to once agaijn purchase season tickets if the team relaxed the restrictions. “Ticket concessionss are nice, but they do the seaso n ticket holder nogood whatsoever,” she said. “Ik don’t plan to renew my seaso n ticketsnext year, but would think twic e about it if we were allowed to bringt in outside food and beverages. Have you tried to find more than one or two healthhy snacks at theball park?
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