09-17-2025, 08:10 AM
(09-16-2025, 05:56 PM)Leftcoast Wrote: Weird ...
My discount worked first time on a foot-long hot link. I had printed the barcode for easy scanning but the server looked at my print out and just punched in the code himself. No hassle. Sounds like I was lucky. They staff a lot of the concessions with "volunteers" whose organizations get paid for providing free labor. I had a friend whose son is in a Cub Scout group who works one of the stands for free. There's probably something to the "first game" story.
The Buck Cardinal club had free Chik-Fil-A chicken sandwiches pre-game which tasted just fine. The free Buck Cardinal beers this week were Modelo Especial and Trumer Pils which also went down fine for us. I drank two pre-game and one at half just to make sure my quality assessment was accurate. My season tix partner grabbed a red wine at halftime but I stuck with my pilsner so no comment on that. Don't judge, I needed that third beer to be absolutely sure of the quality.
For half time the big snack was popcorn. I'm not a popcorn guy but the Trumer was still cold so I left happy and grabbed the above mentioned hot link to chase it down. Yes, there was more snack variety in games past but I think they were trying to up the quality and this was "gourmet" popcorn. (Forget the name). Eh ... I might have preferred a chip bag but to each his own and as mentioned, I'm not a popcorn guy.
Joking aside-It will take several more years before I complain about "free" beer at Stanford Stadium. Didn't we go 30 years with NO paid beer option? Like they confiscated it at the gate and didn't sell it anywhere? And at San Jose State, where I occassionally take in a game it was $14/glass. It will take at least five years (estimate) before I complain about my free Modelo/Trumer. But then I'm not an IPA guy and your opinions/tastes may vary... Never got why bitter/overly hoppy beer is so popular.
Good points, I never complain about a decent Pilsner, too much time spent in Europe I guess.