$22 for a beer: Insane cost of food and drink at Super Bowl LIV
No one goes into the Super Bowl expecting to get a bargain on food, but some of the food items for sale in Miami on Sunday still managed to boggle the mind.
Before the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs clash, some noticed just what prices that Hard Rock Stadium was commanding for even the most simple of stadium food.
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Starting off, how about US$15 for your basic popcorn (that’s $22 Aussie). Want to add a soda or beer? That’ll add up to a full US$30 (AU$45).
Super Bowl concessions prices pic.twitter.com/jJ1RcbTue1
— Rachel Bachman (@Bachscore) February 2, 2020
At that point, just go for the burger and beer, if you’re into that.
Most underrated part of that menu: $3 (or $4.50) for a cup of cheese.
Things didn’t get much better at some of the stadium’s more exotic food options.
The award for most expensive menu item goes to crab claw cocktail, coming in at a whopping US$85 - which converts to AU$127.
There’s also a $34 cubano sausage, $25 glass of champagne and $12 basic hot dog ($50, $37, $18).
What’s on the menu at #SBLIV? A look at some of the options... pic.twitter.com/iGA321oVek
— Jim Wyatt (@jwyattsports) February 2, 2020
None of this should be surprising and very few are going to pity the kind of people who can shell out the thousands needed for a Super Bowl trip these days, but it’s still quite something to see just how high stadium food prices can rise.
Oh well, they can’t all be in Atlanta.
Both teams confirm lineups
The inactives for the game have been set, with the biggest surprise of the 14 total is Chiefs running back LeSean McCoy.
For all intents and purposes McCoy was Kansas City’s starter at the position: he’d played 13 games and started nine of those; he totalled 101 carries for 465 yards in the regular season, just behind the 111 carries and 498 yards by Damien Williams.
The rest of the inactives:
Kanas City
QB Chad Henne
OL Jackson Barton
OL Andrew Wylie
LB Darron Lee
CB Morris Claiborne
OL Ryan Hunter
San Francisco
QB C.J. Beathard
WR Dante Pettis
CB Dontae Johnson
TE Daniel Helm
LB Azeez Al-Shaair
WR Jordan Matthews
DL Kevin Givens
