Stadium Foods Safety Report - Not Great
Mates,
Ran across this one on ESPN, where they did a survey of all the pro stadiums for their food safety/cleanliness. They allegedly reviewed something like 16,000 inspection reports. They figured 111 venues, but only 107 were still in business. I know some of you are 'consumers' of pro sports in regards to attending the events and, assumedly, at least the occasional visit to the concession stand.
As for Michigan venues, coming in at next-to-last (106) was the Palace at Auburn Hills. The Joe came in at number 77. Comerica at 61 and Little Caesars at 50. Ford Field was the highest rated local venue at 32. The link to the article is here: http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/25316231/health-inspection-reports-find-critical-violations-nfl-nhl-nba-mlb-stadiums-2018-espn-lines
So a couple of questions come to mind:
1. What venues on the list have you eaten at, and did you get the willies (or something worse) when you did so?
2. Whatever happened to naming stadiums after the team or some identifiable local landmark/figure/family? I miss the days of Tiger Stadium, Briggs Stadium, The Olympia, etc. (yeah, I know, big money)
3. Assume MgrowOld or FauxMo hit it big in business, do you think one of them would try to buy the naming rights to Michigan Stadium? "The MgrowOld, Get off my Lawn, Big House" or maybe the "Mr. and Mrs Scary FauxMo Keep Your Kids away Big House" What others do you think?
XM
December 13th, 2018 at 10:26 PM ^
The nice thing about Comerica is u can just buy food outside the arena and bring it in. Last time I had stop ped at mancinos and brought a grinders in with me
December 13th, 2018 at 11:04 PM ^
Definitely had food poisoning from hotdogs at Wrigley once when I was a lad. Spent a solid 4-5 hours having it come out both ends. Have hated the Cubs ever since.
December 14th, 2018 at 12:16 AM ^
Coors Field is about the only professional venue I go to. There are still good deals to be had, last year we got 10 game packages, Mon - Thurs games, left field (sec 147) for $140 each. $14/game for decent seats is pretty dang good. Another plus to Coors Field is they allow you to bring in food. There are a couple different hot dog vendors I usually hit on the way.
Coors is 99th on the list, but I don't think they are health hazard, they are just a hazard to my wallet.
December 14th, 2018 at 3:41 AM ^
Whatevs. Looks like I've been to about 8 of those. I can't say that a hot dog tastes any different in any of em. Somehow the nostalgia of Tiger Stadium makes me think they were better there.
Not like when I order a dog I think I'm getting some healthy meal. My go to at games is either a dog or a pretzel and sometimes both if im hungry - with much mustard for both. Rare occasions a slice of pizza or nachos. It's not fine dining so again - whatevs.
December 14th, 2018 at 12:53 PM ^
This is probably not the right thread to mention it on but I have to say, our grandkids have egg allergies and the staff at The Big House went above and beyond in helping my daughter identify which food vendors there would be “safe” and which to avoid. It worked out great and we were very grateful As we were there for several games this past fall.
December 14th, 2018 at 2:03 PM ^
You're a fool to yourself if you eat that shit