Beer shocker!

[RobertN]

We went to the Folsom Pro Rodeo last night to watch some great rodeo action and see fireworks. It was really a good show; Folsom has had this 3-day 4th of July rodeo for over 50 years. Folsom is about 20 minutes outside of Sacramento, Ca.

Well, we're watching some great bull riding, and the mutton bustin. They had some great riders. We were thirsty from all the action, so I went to get a couple of beers and waters. This is a PRCA rodeo, sponsored by Coors...

Great googly wooglies! They gouged me for $5/beer. That's $10 for beer for my wife and I! The Folsom Police were in attendance; I was about to have them arrest the beer folks for grand larceny robbery!

And then, get this... the lady asks if I want regular or light? Now, I have drank beer for over 20 years, and 18 of that brewed some mighty fine stuff of my own. I honestly can not tell the difference between Coors and Coors Light, nor Bud or Bud Light.

I can't figure what makes a Coors worth $5. It's corn beer, so it should be cheap. Instead of only using the finest barley, Coors uses a lot of corn sugar in thier beer. Bud does the same, except they are a rice beer. Corn and Rice are a lot cheaper than using straight barley grains for the beer.

Now I know, there are lots of folks who like Coors and Bud, but because of the use of corn and rice, it should cost half what it does.

Now, don't get me wrong. I like beer, and do not mind paying for a good beer(Coors and Bud are actually good consitent examples of thier style of beer...). But, for $5 I expect a nice pale ale, or marzen, or a nice kolsch.

It was still a good night though. The mutton buster riders beat out the bull rider by a big margin!

 

[MarkV]

Don't go to a Braves baseball game in Atlanta. Beer is $7 per 16oz.

MarkV

 

[Bird]

Robert, you weren't paying $5 for the beer, you were paying it for them hauling it out there and setting everything up; i.e., labor. And they probably had to pay some percentage to Folsom for the privilege of selling there. Nearly any sporting or recreation event has those kinds of things.

 

[MikePA]

Beer at a Pittsburgh Pirates game is $6.00 (bottles) - $7.50 (tap). Not the place you go to save money. Although, if you try the kielbasa, you get free gas.

 

[RoyJackson]

Robert, you weren't paying $5 for the beer, you were paying it for them hauling it out there and setting everything up; i.e., labor. And they probably had to pay some percentage to Folsom for the privilege of selling there. Nearly any sporting or recreation event has those kinds of things.

You're also paying for the licensing to sell the beer at that rodeo. That's normally a gouging at any public facility or sports event.

I bet you cannot carry your own beer inside.

 

[slowrev]

Strange, when I was a youngster I used to smuggle booze into the concerts and such. Now I just try to smuggle in MT. DEW and such to avoid paying $5 per drink

 

[ByronBob]

Don't go to a hockey game either. $5 is a bargain.

 

[turnkey4099]

While there are licensing, set up, etc type fees, most of the outrageous prices charged are nothing but outright gouging as they have a captive group wanting it and enforcement to ensure that they are the only suppliers. Same deal with the gouging at the refreshment stand in movie theaters.

Harry K

 

[MicroPilot]

We went to the Folsom Pro Rodeo last night ...
Great googly wooglies! They gouged me for $5/beer. That's $10 for beer for my wife and I!

Don't get out much, huh?

 

[meledward23]

Don't get out much, huh?

hehe,that was my thought. I thought he was bragging about how good a deal he got. I pay 7 bucks!