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In Memory Of
When I was a kid we sat all over Tiger stadium but a favorite place was out in right field in the bleachers right behind Al Kaline...which is not just a type of battery but one of the greatest players ever.
50¢ per seat out there.
A hot dog and a watered down Coke was usually on the menu, a family of four or five could get away cheap at the prices back then in the 60's and early 70's.
Now if you want to take your family to a game you almost need to go to the bank and get a loan.
Here are some concession prices from Citi Field, home of the Mets.
A $100 bill could just about get your family fed.
Here is a list from Wrigley Field from 1970.
You could get everything on this list twice over and more for that same $100 including a jacket and autographed baseball...and still have lots of money left over.
Times they are a changing.
50¢ per seat out there.
A hot dog and a watered down Coke was usually on the menu, a family of four or five could get away cheap at the prices back then in the 60's and early 70's.
Now if you want to take your family to a game you almost need to go to the bank and get a loan.
Here are some concession prices from Citi Field, home of the Mets.
A $100 bill could just about get your family fed.
Here is a list from Wrigley Field from 1970.
You could get everything on this list twice over and more for that same $100 including a jacket and autographed baseball...and still have lots of money left over.
Times they are a changing.