A new study ranking the top Major League Baseball stadiums in terms of concessions has found our local franchises lacking for fans wanting to grab a drink or a bite to eat during the game.
To determine the best ballparks for foodies, Ontario Bets created an index that took four key factors into account.
- number of concessions stands divided by the stadium’s square footage
- number of concessions stands in comparison to the stadium’s capacity
- price of a beer per ounce
- price of a hotdog
Unfortunately for the millions of fans going to Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles or Angel Stadium in Anaheim this year, the results weren’t good.
The Dodgers, who currently rank 9th in team payroll for 2024, were considered the 27th worst out of 30 teams when it comes to concessions.
The Angels, also among the upper half in terms of payroll at 13th, were 25th on the concession study.
All teams ranked 1 to 30 are listed in the table below:
Rank Team Ballpark Concession Index Score (x/10) 1 Seattle Mariners T-Mobile Park 8.74 2 Toronto Blue Jays Rogers Centre 7.85 3 Milwaukee Brewers American Family Field 7.67 4 Atlanta Braves Truist Park 7.66 5 Miami Marlins LoanDepot Park 7.53 6 Chicago White Sox Guaranteed Rate Field 7.41 7 Tampa Bay Rays Tropicana Field 7.40 8 Cleveland Guardians Progressive Field 7.36 9 Chicago Cubs Wrigley Field 7.03 10 New York Mets Citi Field 6.56 11 Minnesota Twins Target Field 6.43 12 Pittsburgh Pirates PNC Park 6.41 13 Detroit Tigers Comerica Park 6.29 14 Colorado Rockies Coors Field 6.12 15 Houston Astros Minute Maid Park 6.06 16 San Francisco Giants Oracle Park 5.85 17 St. Louis Cardinals Busch Stadium 5.84 18 Cincinnati Reds Great American Ball Park 5.82 19 San Diego Padres Petco Park 5.80 20 Arizona Diamondbacks Chase Field 5.69 21 Washington Nationals Nationals Park 5.56 22 Baltimore Orioles Oriole Park at Camden Yards 5.20 23 New York Yankees Yankee Stadium 5.17 24 Texas Rangers Globe Life Field 4.98 25 Los Angeles Angels Angel Stadium 4.98 26 Kansas City Royals Kauffman Stadium 4.57 27 Los Angeles Dodgers Dodger Stadium 4.36 28 Philadelphia Phillies Citizens Bank Park 3.72 29 Boston Red Sox Fenway Park 3.58 30 Oakland Athletics Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum 1.62 Ranking MLB stadiums by concessions (Ontario Bets)
A full breakdown of the data can be found on the Ontario Bets website.
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