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Food and drinks at most US sports stadiums cost significantly more than they cost outside the venue. Exclusive concession contracts, private stadium operations and restrictions on outside food have created a captive market that allows teams and vendors to charge fans more, even though many stadiums were built with taxpayer dollars. We examined some of the proposed laws that could limit concession markups and hold publicly funded stadiums more accountable for high prices.
00:00 – Intro
01:21 – Concessionaire Control
04:05 – Corporate Ownership
06:05 – Concession Prices Today
08:28 – Captive Audience in Stadiums
09:35 – New Bills
13:19 – ‘Fan First’ Pricing
15:15 – Future of Stadium Food Pricing
16:18 – Credits
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