The Concessions Experience

[JMV JustMyView]

Water at Costco is $.08/bottle. That's my price. What UL can buy it for? Talk about a mark up.

Everything these days are high. If you want to play with the big boys and make improvements to everything their is a price to pay.

[CajunNation]

Ah, what fond memories. And no one said anything if you brought an flask (or maybe an ice chest) in. It was fun to sit in the stands and count the people in the stadium, especially in the 4th quarter. There were 10s of 20s of people at the games back then.

If Louisiana tailgating were a stock, I would be a muti-billionare. I got in on the Ground Floor.

When I started to make enough money to support my family, I bought a TG spot. Kept it ever since.

1997. I'll never forget those beautiful Saturdays looking southward from my tent at the acres and acres of freshly mowed grass between me and Bertrand. Not a soul around.

I miss the naps the most.

[LFTCajun]

What is "Crafter Beer"?

It's craftier than craft.

[KajunKrazy]

Water at Costco is $.08/bottle. That's my price. What UL can buy it for? Talk about a mark up.

It's not UL. It is the catering company. Used to be sodexo not sure if they still have the contract. I paid 2 dollars for water at a freshman football game on Wed would expect to pay a little more at a college venue.

[JMV JustMyView]

It's not UL. It is the catering company. Used to be sodexo not sure if they still have the contract.

I think they switched vendors.

[CajunVic]

I think they switched vendors.

But you don’t know, right?

[Jacob81]

I think they switched vendors.

Guess they forgot to tell the vendor where the soccer fields are.

[JMV JustMyView]

Guess they forgot to tell the vendor where the soccer fields are.

The vendor were their, the workers just didn't show up.

[CajunVic]

The vendor were their, the workers just didn't show up.

The vendor WAS THERE.

[MelRock]

The vendors are the same people that have been there the last 10 years, at least.

[JamesTheJeweler]

I'm all for athletics making money and growing the brand but sometimes I feel like we just copy what others are doing without thinking. We aren't the Saints and we're not Texas. Maybe when we get there we can charge inflated prices but everything we do should be ROI what's best for the program. If we sell a thousand bottles of water at $3 but sell 5 thousand when it $2 then it's a no brainier. People will just spend more when they feel like it's reasonable mark-up. They goal should be to get the person that was gonna spend $20 to spend $30 and the family that was to spend $50 to spend $70.

If you wanna have a $30 bloody mary stand like the Superdome,I'm all for it. There will be some that will pay it for the novelty but the rest of menu needs value items. Not cheap like $1 dogs but $2 or $3 items that people will buy without thinking. Walmart does this when your about to checkout. All the impulse buy stuff is conveniently right there. That's what I mean about the $2 water.
It's not a huge mark-up so you don't think about it.

USL mindset at its best.

[Cajunrunner]

USL mindset at its best.

I said it a decade ago. Winning those first New Orleans Bowl was the worst thing to ever happen to us. It's done nothing but inflate expectations and game day prices.