Blues Have Poor Timing

by Brad Lee on Nov 7, 2007 10:05 PM CST

Mmmmmmm. Beer.

By Brad Lee

We really hate to be the bearers of bad news, but the Blues organization has shitacular timing...again. Maybe they didn't learn their lesson raising ticket prices after finishing dead last in the NHL. It's possible Blues leadership didn't understand the poor timing of bringing Mike Kitchen back for another season. And now in the middle of their most difficult stretch of the season (granted, we're a month in) where the Blues have lost five of their last eight, we'll be greeted to something no man wants to see the next time we pass through the turnstile at DrinkScotch Center. The Blues...have raised beer prices. By a quarter.

According to an anonymous source within the building, beer prices at the next home game will be $7.75 for a 16 oz. aluminum bottle and $8.75 for a 24 oz. cup.

Some Readers: Twenty-five cents? That's it?

Brad Lee: Can you believe it! The audacity!

SR: What's the big deal?

BL: It's the principle of the matter. The Blues have done all the right things. They've built from within while simultaneously adding a marquee guy like Martin Kariya and his brother. They scrapped the ice whores concept. They got a mascot but at least ditched the Blues Brother outfit. But raising beer prices by any amount is a travesty, an injustice perpetrated on the working man.

SR: Here's a quarter. Have a beer.
Honestly, while the guy trying to fill his gut with cold, amber-colored, hops-flavored goodness will feel the pain in his wallet (change purse), the guy lugging around the plastic tub filled with ice and beer will feel it more. We'd bet the majority of tips for a single beer was the left over 50 cents from breaking a dollar bill. Now, that change will be a quarter.Â We bet the hard working beer men and women of ScotTowel Center will feel it most of all.

And if this happened in the middle of a four-game winning streak, no one would probably notice.

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What brand is sold at the games? If it’s of the usual watered out variety that are often sold at these kind of events, that small cost increase is a travesty.

However, I would have no problem with paying a little extra for a tasty ale, or even a nice golden lager.

by Marcus Pettersson on Nov 8, 2007 2:40 AM CST reply actions

Somehow I knew our contributor from Sweden would be first to chyme in (not that that’s a bad thing, but this doesn’t affect him all that much, unless Gallagher springs for a plane ticket…).

St. Louis being the home of Anheuser Busch, you’ve got your normal Bud, Bud Light, Bud Select choices. But since they put Busch beer in the water supply, we seem to like it for the most part.

by Brad Lee on Nov 8, 2007 8:45 AM CST reply actions

Sometimes it is OK to take in a game without the influence of alcohol. A clear mind can be a wonderful and low calorie way to enjoy a game. Not to mention making the road safer ont he way home.

by Answer Man on Nov 8, 2007 9:05 AM CST reply actions

so this means what? brad spends an extra 5.75 a game?

by Childhood Trauma on Nov 8, 2007 9:28 AM CST reply actions

Although I’m a hometown boy, Brad, I’ll have to disagree. Growing up around here, I thought beer tasted like crap until we started seeing something other than those nasty AB pilsners. All hail Schlafly, O’Fallon and the other brands that produce decent beer.

And I wouldn’t pay for the beer at the games even before this increase. Everyone should go to Seamus before and after the games and have a nice draft Guinness or six and a blue-cheese bacon burger and wings.

by Pagan on Nov 8, 2007 10:10 AM CST reply actions

I live in Oregon and a little spoiled when it comes to craft beers, but when I go to sporting events here it is PBR or Miller because that is cheaper. 7 or 8 bucks for a 16 ounce domestic draft at a minor league soccer event even! Rape! But there are thirsty thursdays where they are only $2. I think I had my share of AB in college in MO, not that Miller is any better.

They dont sell Schlafly at the games? Or what a botu Boulevard?

by ScotC on Nov 8, 2007 11:21 AM CST reply actions

i guess i took the increase since day one i’ve been 8.75 a 24oz. everygame. i always laugh b/c that’s the only way you’d catch me drinking clydesdale piss. it’s a lot like a san pelligino. sparkling water that’s called a beer. i wish they had real beer as well but i wonder how much that’d cost? if it’s 8.75 24oz of crap then it might cost twenty dollars for a real beer.

by Chris D on Nov 8, 2007 12:00 PM CST reply actions

Pagan just made me very hungry. And thirsty.

Is it OK to start drinking at noon on Thursday?

by gallagher on Nov 8, 2007 12:15 PM CST reply actions

If you can find ‘em on the first floor, there’s a couple of non-AB beer stands. Cash only. I usually don’t drink beer at games because I hate Bud (anything).

by bluetransplant on Nov 8, 2007 2:50 PM CST reply actions