Brewers to announce largest-ever capital project at Miller Park (Latest: multimillion dollar concessions project, post 74)

[BuckyBrewer61]

After the initial wave of people simply checking it out, I'll be curious how popular/successful it is.

 

Yeah agreed on this, I'd much rather have a nice beer over a lite, and would often grab a Riverwest Stein or something the past few years at the park, but as I recall it would be a couple extra bucks over a lite rather than $12-14. I'm sure there are people in the org smarter than me that have pegged those prices as the sweet spot to maximize profit, but it does seem they may be pushing it a bit...

[Invader3K]

I guess I'm the opposite of many, but I usually fill up on good craft beer in the parking lot during tail gating, then might buy one or two Miller Lites once in the game.

[Jenkins5]

Outside of lines due to the vouchers, I thought the new layout was outstanding! Very open, a lot of options, by far much more visually appealing. Don't get the "disaster." Give 14,000 & 15,300 free food, of course lines will be an issue.

 

Hard to complain about price, you know the outrageous cost before walk in the door. Overall, at end of the day, it is a business & their goal is to make money. There is a reason you tailgate.

 

What I will complain about is AJ Bombers new reduced menu (only 2 burgers) for all their concession stands because it excludes My peanut butter bacon burger.... wasn't pleased. Lol only knock

[hawing]

With no particular offense intended toward the Brewers, as soon as I was aware that the March 31 and April 1 vouchers were intended for use only at those games, I figured there would be problems for thrifty fans who by gum were going to spend the $10 they were given BUT who didn't want to spend multiple innings in concession lines. At least some of the concessions employees were bound to be new, the setup was new, the new concessions were ultra hyped, and everyone had "free money." That is a formula for difficulties.

 

I didn't even leave my seat once I was at Saturday's game, because (1) we'd had some food in the parking lot; (2) I knew the lines would be like that early in the season; and (3) because the exhibition game allowed us to get seats right by the Brewers' dugout for not an arm and a leg, and I was not going to waste innings of that experience waiting for food. So I am glad we have $20 to spend sometime this season.

 

Before most weeknight games, we eat on the way to MP, but we do usually opt for ballpark food on Sundays. I doubt that the new offerings will change our pattern dramatically.

[patrickgpe]

out of curiosity, to those that were there this weekend or yesterday, was pricing much higher for food items

[Invader3K]

 

What I will complain about is AJ Bombers new reduced menu (only 2 burgers) for all their concession stands because it excludes My peanut butter bacon burger.... wasn't pleased. Lol only knock

 

That is indeed pretty lame. The "Barrie Burger" was one of my favorites.

[645]

out of curiosity, to those that were there this weekend or yesterday, was pricing much higher for food items

 

I say those trying to save a buck are going to pay more but overall the pricing is better then you fair it would be.

[hawing]

out of curiosity, to those that were there this weekend or yesterday, was pricing much higher for food items

The small sample of items I've perused since Monday would suggest...yes.

 

Baked potatoes were all $7.25 last year and are now either $9 or $11, depending on the toppings selected.

Kettle Corn (which used to be a hefty Happy Jack's bag for $6) is now a 5 or 5.5 oz bag of Badger Popcorn, selling for $8.50. The Brewers moved away from Happy Jack's by the 2016 season, and admittedly I don't know what they charged last year.

 

Since we were at Saturday's exhibition game and didn't use our food vouchers that day, we haven't paid full price for any item yet.

[brwrsfan]

I didn't have any food, but the large draft beer prices went up, I think .25. Might have been .50, I can't remember what they were last year but they definitely went up a tad.

[502 to Right]

Baked potatoes were all $7.25 last year and are now either $9 or $11, depending on the toppings selected.

 

Who on earth would pay $9 or $11 for a baked potato? I'm dumbfounded.

[gypcasino]

$8.75 for a large draft macrobrew. Hot dogs are $5.50 and brats are $5.75. Polish was $7 I believe. I had two hot dogs on Friday and although they weren't exactly warm they're of a better quality this year. But as I've said before grab any sausage off any random grill in the parking lot and it's always going to taste better than what you get inside at six times the price.

[Dragonbait]

I will say, the quality seems a bit better this year. The chicken seemed slightly seasoned. The tater tots that come with are good too. Could use a ranch option

[pacopete4]

If you bring your own bag of food in the game, can it be hotdogs/brats from the parking lot?

[MrTPlush]

If you bring your own bag of food in the game, can it be hotdogs/brats from the parking lot?

 

Yes I THINK food can be opened items, but liquids must be closed.

[pacopete4]

If you bring your own bag of food in the game, can it be hotdogs/brats from the parking lot?

 

Yes I THINK food can be opened items, but liquids must be closed.

 

 

When I go I have never done this but just tinfoiling up a bunch of dogs and brats and bagging it might be a great way to save on some cash.

[MillerParkSouth]

the tacos were good and the brats were the same as always: underwhelming and yet delicious.

[jerichoholicninja]

If you bring your own bag of food in the game, can it be hotdogs/brats from the parking lot?

 

Yes I THINK food can be opened items, but liquids must be closed.

 

Liquids have to be sealed. I have yet to see any food get turned away. A few years ago we sat by a guy who brought in a whole bucket of KFC.

[pacopete4]

If you bring your own bag of food in the game, can it be hotdogs/brats from the parking lot?

 

Yes I THINK food can be opened items, but liquids must be closed.

 

Liquids have to be sealed. I have yet to see any food get turned away. A few years ago we sat by a guy who brought in a whole bucket of KFC.

 

Oh wow. I went to a movie a few weeks back and someone snuck in buffalo wings (from BWW) and beer a row in front of me. I thought about saying something because they were a bit rowdy but I just tipped my cap to them for getting away with it.

[RightFieldCoder]

I will bring in Quiznos, Subway, or even Burger King every once in a while.

[young guns]

If you bring your own bag of food in the game, can it be hotdogs/brats from the parking lot?

 

Yes I THINK food can be opened items, but liquids must be closed.

 

Liquids have to be sealed. I have yet to see any food get turned away. A few years ago we sat by a guy who brought in a whole bucket of KFC.

I feel robbed now that one time they made me throw out an opened bag of chips.

[MrTPlush]

If you bring your own bag of food in the game, can it be hotdogs/brats from the parking lot?

 

Yes I THINK food can be opened items, but liquids must be closed.

 

Liquids have to be sealed. I have yet to see any food get turned away. A few years ago we sat by a guy who brought in a whole bucket of KFC.

 

Haha saw Red Lobster once.

[Patrick425]

the tacos were good and the brats were the same as always: underwhelming and yet delicious.

 

Did they have taco's before? Tuesday night was the first time I ever got tacos at Miller park and probably the last. Maybe it was the stand I went to, which was horribly run (one guy making tacos, 4 registers, and the people at the registers just yelling out what kind of tacos they needed - of course, the person at my register was not very assertive with her order request). The tacos I got were very very skimpy, hardly any meat.

[645]

The tacos I got were very very skimpy, hardly any meat.

 

Not totally unexpected. It is just the first few games still running the new concessions stands and with all the new places of sale there has to be allot of new people working there first games and you know how it is they come in thinking better do it the way I'm told.

 

You can trust the deeper into the season they get they will start sloping it out more.

[BrewCrewForever]

When I went to the game last night, they had green pepper mixed in with the onion at the condiment stand. Anyone else see this? What kind of monster does that? I wanted onion on my hot dogs but I wasn't touching it with green pepper.

[MillerParkSouth]

Yeah the taco folks had no idea what was going on. I was in an hour early so there was nobody in the lines and it still took forever. I would imagine that would improve as the season goes on.