Of course, nothing compares to Boston’s Fenway Park. There, you’ll pay $7.25 for just 12 ounces—a rate that is, ounce for ounce and win for win, the worst beer value in baseball.

this is known as “The Douche Tax”

$7 for a 16 oz. can in the Mezz.
Not sure about draft prices down there as I just don’t enjoy the draft beer down at the corner of Carnegie and Ontario.

This article re-inforces the phrase “there’s lies, damn lies, and statistics.”

Good teams don’t equal high beer prices. Beer is another source of revenue. If you are paying higher salaries and getting better players, you’ll charge more for a 16 oz. beer. You’ll also charge more for tickets, hot dogs, popcorn, cotton candy, jerseys, programs, etc etc.

They have the data, but came to the wrong conclusion (or worded it wrong).

This is a consideration for the decadent. Cans of beer are available for less than $1 at retail stores.

6+ dollar beer was my tipping point. It’s probably caused me to go to far fewer games then I have in the past. In fact, I usually sit at Panini’s until the 3rd inning (or later) to offset the food costs.

It wasn’t clear to me from the study, but there is a lot of state to state variation in alcohol taxes. It would seem that as a basic measure, prices could be made tax-neutral for comparison. Granted, the effect is probably small on an $8 beer.