Beer Rip-off: Arena's "Large" beer found to be the same volume as "regular"

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  1. GetMeAnIPA

    GetMeAnIPA Pooh-Bah (2,559) Mar 28, 2009 California
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    Damn, that's shady! Just pre-party and sneak a plastic bottle of booze in and you're golden.
     
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  2. NWer

    NWer Pooh-Bah (2,145) Mar 10, 2009 Washington
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    Yeah I remember that same thing discovered at Seahawks games. Have to wonder who would pay an extra $3 for an extra 4 oz of beer in the first place. Rip-off either way.
     
  3. KS1297

    KS1297 Initiate (0) Apr 14, 2013 Wisconsin

    wow that's some deep investigative journalism there.

    I didn't understand the title at first. for a moment i thought Arena Brewing Co was selling bombers with only 12 ounces of beer inside lol.
     
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  4. Scalawags

    Scalawags Zealot (599) Jun 18, 2013 Michigan

    What I would like to know is if the 20oz cup held only 16oz of beer or if the 16oz cup actually held 20oz?
     
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  5. DoubleJ

    DoubleJ Grand Pooh-Bah (4,516) Oct 13, 2007 Wisconsin
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  6. jefffalcone

    jefffalcone Initiate (0) Nov 9, 2013 Massachusetts

    Wow. Go buy a beer at Fenway and you will all feel very good about what you're paying for beer at the balpark
     
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  7. Jugs_McGhee

    Jugs_McGhee Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,140) Aug 15, 2010 Texas
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    Stop the presses! Buying beer at a ballpark is a ripoff?
     
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  8. CassinoNorth

    CassinoNorth Initiate (0) Apr 5, 2013 New Jersey

    Reminds me of Progressive Field's pricing structure. 12 oz for $4, or $9 for 24 oz or something like that. Well...I'll take 2 smalls please...
     
  9. MarshallBirdhouse

    MarshallBirdhouse Initiate (0) Feb 19, 2013 Kentucky
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    I paid $7.50 for Sweetwater IPA at a New Orleans Pelicans game. I wasn't even mad.
     
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  10. BlindSalimander

    BlindSalimander Initiate (0) Aug 16, 2010 Texas

    Here is the glaring problem with that nobody has mentioned.

    You can buy a 16 oz for $4. Two of those would cost $8 vs one 20oz for $7. That's easy math folks.
     
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  11. GOBLIN

    GOBLIN Pooh-Bah (2,676) Mar 3, 2013 Ohio
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    Known this for years. Ever ordered a pop from a fast food chain ? Light ice please.
     
  12. MostlyNorwegian

    MostlyNorwegian Pooh-Bah (2,236) Feb 5, 2013 Illinois
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    Who knew that a hastily poured beer would produce so much head???!
     
  13. target88

    target88 Savant (1,015) Dec 3, 2013 Kentucky

    CRAP ! Now I gotta check the Yum Center, Conseco Fieldhouse and Great American Ballpark to see if I've financed the government
     
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  14. pitweasel

    pitweasel Initiate (0) Jun 11, 2007 New York

    They're all idiots.

    Who complains about getting the equivalent of a large beer for $4? That's nearly half off!
     
  15. BeerDazed

    BeerDazed Initiate (0) Mar 1, 2014 Wisconsin

    And that, my friends, was the catalyst to Heath Forsey's venture into becoming the world's #1 plastic cup manufacturer. "True to Measure, Inc."
     
  16. rxeight

    rxeight Initiate (0) Feb 5, 2012 Illinois

    You would have been an idiot to buy the large in the first place. A 75% price increase for 25% more beer? They deserve to be ripped off.
     
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  17. TheNightwatchman

    TheNightwatchman Initiate (0) Mar 28, 2009 Pennsylvania

    Nothing new, unfortunately. The bigger question is why people would pay $3 more for only 4oz of beer. Crazy. You could buy two regular sized beers for only $8, and get 12 more ounces of beer than the $7 size.
     
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  18. BeerDazed

    BeerDazed Initiate (0) Mar 1, 2014 Wisconsin

    You know those little, "mini", cans of soda you see at the store? 7.5 ounces vs. (a regular) 12 oz.

    Just so we're all in the know...
     
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  19. mellowmark

    mellowmark Savant (1,018) Mar 31, 2010 Utah

    16oz Surly Bandwagon at a Twins game and I had no complaints.
     
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