Credit the Indians for offering more options to fans each year. For example, the “Your Dad’s Beer” selections, including sub-$5 PBR, Blatz, and other offerings usually only found at the bottom shelf of beer coolers and atop beer-pong tables. The thrifty and hipstery are thankful.
In addition to the domestic swill your grandfather digs, the Tribe is also offering local craft brew selections, including The Brew Kettle’s 4 C’s and the Hippie IPA from Buckeye Brewing. The problem? 22 oz. servings run $15.75 for the Brew Kettle’s booze and $19.75 for the Hippie IPA to $29.95 for a Hoppin Frog Black and Tan.
CNBC’s Darren Rovell tweeted that the Indians stocked 6 $29.95 beers on Opening Day and sold out. CLE Hops defends the pricing, arguing that watery, flat Buds are already $7+, so why not spring for craft beer and support a local company.
Um, we’ll support them elsewhere.
This article appears in Apr 6-12, 2011.
I was defending the $7.75 beers and certainly am not going to pay $30 for a 22oz beer at a Tribe game. 4 C’s was delicious though.
Ridiculous, as usual, more price gouging on the consumer. Only an idiot would pay these prices.
Of course, only idiots attend overpriced sporting events whether it be the Indians, Browns, Cavs, makes no difference.
Hey, I have an idea…how about if Progressive finds more flat blank spots to put up “Progressive” and we pay for it to “help support a local brewery” by paying WAY TOO FREAKIN’ much for a micro-brewed beer. I support our local vendors, local economy and always a local brew pub, but c’mon! No wonder no one goes to the games! 7.75 for piss water and 15 bucks for a brew with taste! Here is an another idea. GO to the brewpub, pay 4 to 5 bucks for the same brew, make a few friends and watch the game from the bar. Oh, sorry Progressive…looks like the 10th man has the last word!
Just another reason not to go down there anymore, you get ripped from the time you park till the time you leave. Bye Cleveland!
What a total ripoff !! no wonder why I quit going to any of these types of outings years ago. I will agree with Ikerr and take my money to a good local pub and pay a quarter of these prices to enjoy a local brew, but at the same token it’s kinda sad that even these local brews are out to rob you by agreeing and defending these ridiculous pricing tactics. You can only rob the ignorance or what it’s really meant to be for, the rich! Well sorry, I might not be the rich one but I sure do have some money in my pocket, and I plan on keeping it there without feeding anymore into you greedy sorry companies, local or not. You can take your price gouging tactics and shove em where the sun don’t shine. You will never make it in the world as long as there are more people wising up to something like me.
If people want to pay these types of outrageous prices, that’s fine with me, but don’t be crying when your butt has no job and no money. Sit back and think about that sorry game you went to and them brews that you paid 20 bucks a pop to suck down. I will be one of the many laughing at you in the long run, while I’m still sipping on mine 🙂 have a great day.
I would say god bless, but god doesn’t bless lucifer’s children……………
Hey Ikerr, You do realize that progressive paid the Indians to put their name all over the stadium? Progressive doesn’t make money directly from beer sales or anything else at the ball park. They make money from people buying their car insurance.
Everyone on this post is crying about the prices even though the Indians are the most inexpensive team to go watch in all of baseball
reply to xfan:
While I agree with you that the prices are outrageous at Progressive field, don’t fault the local breweries, they do not set the prices-the company running the beer stand does. Breweries sell their beer either to a distributor or retail establishment at a set price per case, they have no control over what the beer sells for after that.
actually I was replying to the post by Too Much Money, sorry it’s my first time posting here.