NBA beer costs: Suns, Knicks most expensive; Thunder, Spurs the cheapest.
Feb 28, 2013, 3:06 PM EDT
AP If you are suffering through Suns games this season, you could use a beer or two.
But it’s going to cost you.
Cork Gaines Business Insider put together a list of the beer prices at stadiums around the NBA and found that the Knicks and Suns were at the top of the list charging $9 a beer (thanks to KD at Ball Don’t Lie for finding it). By the way, you know those prices are for the domestic stuff, you want a craft brew or an import it goes up from there.
I get the Knicks — it’s New York, you expect to pay more for everything. But Phoenix? Well done Robert Sarver.
The least expensive? The San Antonio Spurs and Oklahoma City Thunder at $5 a piece. Go over to the Business Insider piece and see a chart of all the teams.
The average cost of a small draft beer at NBA games this season is $7.08. That is up 1.7% from last season ($6.96). For comparison, the average beer in the NFL is $7.28, in Major League Baseball it is $6.10, and in the NHL the average beer is $7.07.
That hockey and the NBA are similar is not a surprise, they share a lot of the same arenas. The NFL charges more because it can. Such is the way of the NFL.
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- zerole00 - Feb 28, 2013 at 3:24 PM
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To be fair, those prices take into account the overhead costs necessary for an employee to take it from a case (that costs almost as much as the beer by itself) and give it to the customer.
…Yeah, right.
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- broncobeta - Feb 28, 2013 at 3:28 PM
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Time for a beer robot.
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- fanofevilempire - Feb 28, 2013 at 3:46 PM
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Budweiser says time to grab some beer
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- cosanostra71 - Feb 28, 2013 at 3:47 PM
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Geez, $5 is still so expensive. I believe domestics are $8 at Lakers games. Too expensive.
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- phaden27 - Feb 28, 2013 at 4:15 PM
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I’m not really surprised but for ten bucks in the North Bay you can get a sixer of Racer Five and pre game in the lot.
Ahhhh booze.
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- grizzlystrike - Feb 28, 2013 at 4:16 PM
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Ill attest to this. I paid 10 bones for a small blue moon at the suns game
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- imthewiz77 - Mar 1, 2013 at 12:25 AM
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They should have charged you $20 for drinking blue moon
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- dko83 - Mar 1, 2013 at 1:01 AM
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Ugh, beer snobs, the worst.
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- allfour851 - Feb 28, 2013 at 4:20 PM
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I was at the Timberwolves/Suns game on Tuesday night and draft beer was $9.50 and a can of Coors (Team sponsor) was $10.50. Must have had to raise prices since no one is going to the games. You have to make money somewhere I guess, why not on the backs of your few loyal fans.
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- sportsnut101 - Feb 28, 2013 at 4:29 PM
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i paid 9.50 for a beer at metlife stadium
paid 8 for a beer at prudential in newark n that was for circus event
it was 13 for a 24 oz at usher concerti understand they have workers to pay n costs but seriously they buy it by the truckload in highbulk more then anyone else what do they 5.00 a case of 24 at most
i know they get water for 35 cent a case n then charge 4 bucks a bottlei understand the suns being so high they suck n the fans need sumthing to get through the game
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- ckbuchanan - Feb 28, 2013 at 5:09 PM
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Either I am reading this chart wrong or this data is from years ago. Indiana Pacers shows $6 for a beer. It is $7+ at every game I have been to this year. Not sure who is being relied on for this data.
At least Pacer tickets are very cheap. I can get a ticket/beer for $10. It’s just sad the beer is 70% of that price!
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- denverhoopdreams - Mar 1, 2013 at 1:01 AM
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It lists Denver prices at $6.25. It’s $6.50 for domestics. Everything else is $8.00. All mixed drinks are $8.00, with a double shot $14.00 (I think).
So it probably is a bit outdated.
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- money2long - Feb 28, 2013 at 5:16 PM
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cute snow bunnies
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- loungefly74 - Mar 1, 2013 at 1:11 PM
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money2long is money all day with that comment! agree. i was wondering when someone was going to comment on that!
Game plan has always been to drink a few before going in…and having 1 or 2 in the arena/park/stadium. of course, it always depends who i am attending the show/game/etc… with that dictates consumption…
heck…just paid $8.50 last night for a vodka mixed drink at a concert. throw in that i bought my “better half” the same drink…also stopping by the bar before hand for a couple of micro-brew at $6 each…her long island was $6…dang…$35 in booze last night.
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- psubeerman21 - Feb 28, 2013 at 6:14 PM
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Between beer and parking, its way more economical to take the train to the stadium and sit outside with a 6 pack and get loaded. Shame “economical” and “homeless” have never been so similar
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- hojo20 - Feb 28, 2013 at 6:56 PM
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Mmmmm, i like the brunette.
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- BigBeachBall - Feb 28, 2013 at 7:21 PM
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imagine if beer was $2 at games….
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- cosanostra71 - Feb 28, 2013 at 11:05 PM
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imagine if they had a Ten Cent Beer Night…
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- loungefly74 - Mar 1, 2013 at 1:35 PM
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great post! seen this before but always interesting. thanks, man.
