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Beer Decides Which NFL Stadium Is Best
By Chris Mottram | November 7, 2007
SI.com released the results of their NFL Fan Value Experience survey, which (un)scientifically determined which franchise hosts the most kick ass games. Some of the factors they took into consideration are more irrelevant than this blog. Cost of a meal, for example. That’s what tailgating is for. And besides, food just slows down the alcohol from totally infiltrating your blood stream. Sure, you’re at the game to watch your team and talk some shit, but all of that — like most anything in life — is absolutely no fun unless you’re totally wasted.
With that in mind, I’ve decided to scratch all of SI’s criterion, with the exception of beer cost. Then, I re-ranked the teams based only on this most vital factor.
The top five, in order:
- Chiefs: $3.75
- Steelers: $4.00
- Lions: $4.50
- Raiders: $4.50
- Four team tie (Jaguars, Broncos, Cowboys, Bucs): $5.00
And, the bottom five teams, in order:
- Chargers: $7.75
- Ravens: $7.00
- Redskins: $7.00
- Titans: $7.00
- Falcons: $6.75
So, is there some correlation between the awesomeness of a gameday experience and the price of beer? I’ve heard Chiefs and Raiders games are pretty crazy, but I can’t say for sure. What I can say for certain is the cheap IC brews at Heinz Field can only help to make the beautiful ladies of the Steel City appear almost decent. And decent is always good enough for me.
It should also be noted that the Rams sell the most expensive beer of any team at eight bucks a pop, but they are 24 oz., as opposed to the 16 oz. variety sold in the other stadiums. Does that make them better or worse? I’m not sure so I didn’t include them in either top five.
Update: From my roommate, who is the only reason I managed a ‘D’ in Trigonometry, “Rams would be somewhere in the middle, as $8 for 24 oz translates to 33cents/ounce or $5.33 for a 16 oz which I guess is standard size. God I’m smart.”
Topics: Drunks, NFL | 4 Comments »
November 7th, 2007 at 9:49 PM
so it makes it worse that the skins actually charge $8.00 for beer this year? bottles and cups… but hey those snazzy 75th anniv logo cups are AWESOME!!! blah
November 7th, 2007 at 10:32 PM
You know what? FUCK SPORTS ILLUSTRATED!
28th? Are you fucking kidding me?
Glad the Giants and the Jets, both whom play in the EXACT same stadium,
They supposedly “judged” the teams in the following catagories:
Tickets
Food & Souvenirs
Accessibility
Tailgating
Team
You would think the Jets would be ranked higher, since all catagories would apply the same, while in the past 10 years the Jets have a higher winning percentage, as well as more playoff appearances.
Its a well known FACT that everybody hates the Washington Redskins, and as a Washington Redskin fan I say……………
Shut the fuck up already.
Oh and fuck the Eagles too.
November 8th, 2007 at 12:21 PM
$7.75 for a beer at the craptastic Murph(Qualcomm Stadium)? Thankfully I only have to pay $5 a beer in a DC bar to watch my Chargers get coached by a clown, see Rivers turn into the second coming of Ryan Leaf, and see LT’s prime years flushed away.
November 8th, 2007 at 3:06 PM
yo -
SI’s dr. Z has relented and says he’ll vote for Monk for the HOF. now we can start emailing him to vote for Jason Campbell.