The Marlin's Menu, what will it be? By Youbetcha

I am sitting here fantasizing about stadium food. I can’t wait to see the new and improved Marlin menu that will be coming with the new stadium. Based on these menu items from other stadiums Marlin fans better be prepared for the $4.00 bottled water and the $5.00 wiener.

A story circulating in the news recently claimed that pizza in the new Dallas Cowboys football stadium will cost $90. However, later reports confirmed it will cost only $60, the same price as it was in the old stadium. A bargain! New York's Yankee Stadium:

Has already become famous for the $850,000 suites, but food isn't a cheap either in the "house that replaced the house that Ruth built." A single patty burger goes for $9, Philly cheese steak for $10.75, large garlic fries $8, hot dogs for $5.50 and up.

Yet, for all the cost, these stadiums can't match the food at the minor league baseball home of the Gateway Grizzlies, near Chicago. Each year, the Grizzlies unveil a new treat.

In 2007, its deep-fried White Castles were a hit. It's Best Burger is a cheeseburger between two Krispy Kreme doughnuts. It's toasted ravioli would go great with one of its own beers brewed nearby by O'Fallon Brewery. Also on the menu is The World's Best Hot Dog (so it says), made with black angus beef, bacon, onions and cheese sauce. For only $4 -- take that, Dallas! And it is a bonus that besides your stomach it will fill your arteries too.

I suppose fans who can afford tickets to NFL and Major League Baseball games can afford to pay haute cuisine prices for street food. However, I'd be happy with a box of Cracker Jacks ($4.75 at Yankee Stadium).

I wanted to share this little fact of my own about our Fish Bowl, so sports fans everywhere can be jealous:

Our Marlins fans can get seats and pig out for one low price in the All You Can Eat Seats. These comprehensive Club Level tickets range from $47.00 to $70.00 depending on the game. Fans get to chow down on buffet inside the Club Level. The South Florida health food menu includes hot dogs, nachos, popcorn, peanuts and fountain soda. The very best part of the deal is when the game is not going well and it is hotter than Hell, you can duck in the buffet area which is air-conditioned and pretend you are in Yankee Stadium’s S850,000 suite.
Of course, Marlin’s fans better hurry-up and take advantage of this All You Can Eat deal, because in a short few years, they will be longing for the good-old-days when a $70.00 peanut feast was a bargain.

Someone will have to pay the players’ salaries, and I am betting it will not be the Marlin’s management. The outrageously priced, artery clogging fare, will go a long way towards salaries.