04.03.09 NEW YANKEE STADIUM: NINE BUCKS FOR PBR?!
The amenities of the new Yankee Stadium were finally out for display yesterday, and perhaps nothing summed up the You Can’t Afford A Gaddamned Thing In This Place more than the $9 “Retro Beer” cooler, featuring 24 oz. Tall Boys of Pabst Blue Ribbon Horse Tinkle. Seriously? For nine bucks, they’d better send some Indonesian kid to my seat and pour it into my damn mouth. The beer, pervert. Pour the beer.
New Stadium Insider caught wind of this yesterday, but it’s still mind-blowing. Some people don’t understand that one of the drawbacks of having expensive beer is that it creates incentive for patrons to smuggle drinks of their own choosing into the stadium. And if 10 bucks can barely get you a can of PBR, it’s reasonable to believe that the new Yankee Stadium will see an uptick in smuggling compared to the old.
More on the Yanks’ new digs after the jump.
Keith Olbermann compares the new Yankee Stadium to the old, in a way that only a smug, self-satisfying prick can. From NBC New York:
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NEW YANKEE STADIUM: NINE BUCKS FOR PBR?!
I’m going to ask nicely, but for the love of God, will somebody please stab Keith Olbermann in the eye with a pair of rusty VD-ridden scissors?
/much obliged
Fuck that shit. Pabst. BLUE. RIBBON!
I used to be able to buy a six-pack of Schaefer in college for $1.29. It’s not a beer people drink because they’re being ironic; it’s a beer they drink because they’re poor.
Keith Ober-the top man….. in his ever so humble way… “I am one of the great historians of the game…” translation I am a big ole salt and vinegar douche.
Most Yankees fans are content with drinking their own pee, so they figure they can sell them the same thing for $9.
The aluminum can gives them something to throw at A-Rod too.
“Retro Beer”? Who the fuck are these douche bags?
Oh the YAAANKKEEEEEESSS….right, nevermind.
I’m starting to see “Read the rest of this entry >>” in my nightmares.
You got it wrong, Punte. The Yankees will give you $9 if you can choke down 24 ounces of PBR.
AHAHAHA, up here in Canada you can get a 24 can flat of PBR for $26 bucks…and we still don’t drink it.
@Taco: That’s fair. We’ve been jumping more posts. But I think you’ll notice that many of the posts are longer than they’ve usually been.
Some people would rather not read on and on about Yankee Stadium, for example, so we chop the post in half so that they’re not turned off by a long glob of text.
Also, jumping shit like videos helps the page load faster, which is something else we’ve been having issues with.
I’m trying not to make “RTROTE>>” anything regular, but sometimes it’s beneficial. You, and others, may disagree.
stuff white people like:
buying shitty beer for outrageous prices.
I can’t believe it didn’t occur to Olberman to point out that “Yankee Stadium is the Keith Olbermann of sports stadiums.”
It’s true in so very many ways….
Being.. ahem.. a Yankee fan this is par for the course. Last season I went to buy a beer and they tried to fuck me in the ass with a coat hanger. They stopped when I told them about my AIDS
That’s $9 for 24oz which is $9 for TWO 12oz beers.
$4.50 for a 12oz can of crap is comparable with the $8 I have to pay at a SF Giants game for a watered down 16oz Coors Light.
Punte, but that means I have to move my finger in a clicking motion on the mouse an extra time. My life is far too important and exciting to waste time and effort doing that.
Now excuse me while I spend the next hour reloading the page, waiting with baited breath for the response that will give me validation.
Dimpie, Do you get AIDS for free with purchase of a Yankees hat or jersey?
Biggie – Im not sure if I got it from buying a pink A-Rod jersey or just from Robbie Alomar.
“Maybe it’s the beer talking, Madonna, but you’ve got a boyfriend that won’t quit. They got these big, chewy pretzels herrr aweearererelerrrelerlrr nine dollars?!? Get outta here.”
The Yankers sure know how to turn classic trailer park beer into douche water.
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