mead107 Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 Got to spend money on something. Can't take it with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machine gun kelly Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 I'll concede it's ironic soda is less expensive than water. Funny though if any of you know an owner of a convenient store/gas station or even restaurant that sells fountain drinks it's all pure profit. That's why they push the drinks so hard. Their cost to a fountain drink is about 4-6 cents. Anyway, it's a choice whether you go to the game or not. I've had the ticket for 19 of the last 20 years, and the investment to me is worth it living outside of Buffalo, as there was one year we did not have it, and by far I spent much more money going to sports bars/restaurants to watch the Bills. I know it's a sacrifice, but so is so many other things we spend our recreational dollars, and it will never get better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdand12 Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 I thought the same thing. $5 to keep hydrated and healthy, $2 to become pre-diabetic. Ridiculous. this is the new world order. and they show up on Kids day no less. Is nothing sacred. rhetorical question Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mead107 Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 Spend $60 - $100 when wife and I go to the bar to watch away game. Free water Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhDozeBills Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 $5 for a bottle of water is about right for a ballpark. Sucks you can't bring any liquids in but pretty sure that's league wide. Also, people working concessions aren't paid to hand out thousands of free ice and water. The biggest problem I see here is not having drinking fountains. That's pretty lame if they don't have them around the stadium and would solve this issue. That way you pay for one bottle water and fill up the rest from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machine gun kelly Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 I don't know of any stadiums that have water fountains. I know Miami, Tampa, and Jacksonville don't have them. BTW - A number of the college stadiums down here in FL don't have them either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubba Gump Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 Buy a soft drink or a snapple, dump that crap out and keep refilling the container with water. If the Bills cared about their fans they would provide, or sell at cost, cups for people to use for water. Particularly on kids day when it is so hot. Actually that would be a nice kids day promotion, every kid gets a bottle of water when they enter the stadium that they could reuse during the game. Right, instead of promoting healthy by handing out plastic Bills cups that you could take home, they spend the money on handing out promotional plastic, worthless, fake sunglasses to kids. I'm sure the kids like it more, but how about a plastic Bills cup you can fill with water on a hotter than hell day. Refill it in the bathroom if need be. Water don't need to be cold to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. WEO Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 Took my son to the game. It was brutally hot in the stands. Went out at the end of the first quarter and saw the $2 pop sign and mistakenly thought water was the same. Was shocked to get charged $10 for two bottles of H2O. So much for encouraging kids to drink healthy. image.jpg It's pricing like that that keeps the Bills in WNY.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSaint Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 Right, instead of promoting healthy by handing out plastic Bills cups that you could take home, they spend the money on handing out promotional plastic, worthless, fake sunglasses to kids. I'm sure the kids like it more, but how about a plastic Bills cup you can fill with water on a hotter than hell day. Refill it in the bathroom if need be. Water don't need to be cold to work. In part, I'm guessing it was a simple "our staff is human" kind of mistake given the info in the thread so far. It's not like this was a systematic, long term policy that they had ignored feedback on, right? Some room of 5-10 people probably said "oh kids day lets give them a treat with discounted soft drinks!" and moved on to other bigger decisions they had on their plate without deep analysis outside a quick thought to the finances of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just in Atlanta Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 Soda is good for the whole body. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChevyVanMiller Posted August 22, 2016 Author Share Posted August 22, 2016 Right, instead of promoting healthy by handing out plastic Bills cups that you could take home, they spend the money on handing out promotional plastic, worthless, fake sunglasses to kids. I'm sure the kids like it more, but how about a plastic Bills cup you can fill with water on a hotter than hell day. Refill it in the bathroom if need be. Water don't need to be cold to work. Fwiw, the faucets in the bathrooms are hands-free and calibrated to warm water only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Gianelli Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 (edited) Guest Services by the Brew Pub on the 100 level had a big orange cooler on the counter, from which you could refill your water bottle with water as many times as you wanted. For people who didn't have a bottle, they provided a paper cup. Don't know if the other Guest Services had that. Anyone know if it was a record high temperature for a Bills home game? Edited August 22, 2016 by John Gianelli Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ganesh Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 It's not just water, it's Bills water!! It is Packaged water....not even the fresh of the springs of colorado type!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy10 Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 Guest Services by the Brew Pub on the 100 level had a big orange cooler on the counter, from which you could refill your water bottle with water as many times as you wanted. For people who didn't have a bottle, they provided a paper cup. Don't know if the other Guest Services had that. Thanks, I was going to point out this exact location of free cold water. Not sure if there are others either. It's not exactly ultra-convenient, but it's not like there is zero free water available either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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