"All You Can Eat Seats" -- Baseball promo growing in popularity

[Auggie]

The lowdown:

• Started in 2007 when six Major League Baseball teams decided to try out the All-You-Can-Eat option for at least one game during the year (sections are, for the most part, located in the difficult-to-fill "cheap seats").

• By 2010, 19 of the league's 30 teams had experimented with the All-You-Can-Eat option

• 2011: nine teams are offering an All-You-Can-Eat section for every game of the season.

• Markup in ticket price is about $15 to $20.

From espn.com / May 18th, 2011 / By Rick Paulas

"I already feel fat," Jason McClain declared as we climbed up to our perch in the top row of the right-field bleachers of Dodger Stadium.

We had targeted the venue's upper section for a specific reason. You see, the right-field bleachers are an exact replica of those in left, except for one slight but significant difference: these are All You Can Eat seats.

The AYCE seats -- which I'll start abbreviating here, even though I could use the calorie burn that comes with typing extra letters -- are a fad that's been taking over major league ballparks for the past half-decade.

SNIP

"It's perfect for families on a budget," said Greg Bader, spokesman for the Baltimore Orioles, who spice up their AYCE section by giving it the swanky moniker of All-Inclusive Picnic Perch. "Fans can know the exact cost of attending a game up front."

LINK (and more): http://sports.espn.go.com/travel/news/story?id=6559938

Nope -- I do not approve promoting bad eating habits.

[Blue-Jay]

1. Who in the hell wants to eat a seat?

[Tommy_Carcetti]

2. That's the first thing that immediately came to my mind too.

Great minds.....

[virgogal]

4. Funniest post in a long time.

[Auggie]

6. Some people will eat anything if it's free

[Goblinmonger]

3. Does it include drinks?

Because for $15, you wouldn't have to eat like a pig to come out ahead on that deal. I don't do baseball anymore since the last strike, but it hurts to shell out a hundred for a seat and then get screwed on the food. I usually just eat before the game and deal with it, but that could be a pretty good deal.

[Cant trust em]

5. Sounds like fun!

Hot dogs, nachos, cotton candy oh my!

[Bok_Tukalo]

7. It is fun

It's the place to be at the Temple.

I plan on going with friends next Sunday if they aren't sold out.

[NightWatcher]

8. I like to go to my local Single-A on Thirsty Thursdays (2 for 1 beers)

just sounds like another promotion to me.

I mean really, who wants to go to Magnet Schedule Night when there's food or beer?

[Auggie]

9. 2 for 1 beers I can get