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CHEERS & BEER$
By BILL SANDERSON
NY POST
April 12, 2006 -- A hot dog and a cold beer could run you $14.50 at Yankee Stadium, but at least a game-winning Derek Jeter homer in the Bombers' home opener yesterday made the pricey food go down easy.
"A beer and a dog with my dad on Opening Day - it doesn't get much better than that," said Paul Avventi Jr., 21, of Wantagh, L.I..
Oh, yes it does.
"He's going to buy," said Paul Avventi Sr., 52.
Thirsting for some suds? Fork over $8.75 for a Miller in a 20-ounce plastic bottle - up a quarter from last season and roughly $4 more than the 16-ounce pint at your neighborhood bar.
For just $1 more, you could get a monster 24-ounce Heineken or Fosters for the bargain-basement price of $9.75. Good ol' Bud on tap will run you $7.75 - also up a quarter from last season.
Some fans cried foul over the modest increases.
"It's unbelievable. I pay less in a strip bar," said Denis Broderick, 30, as he bought $60 worth of beers for his pals. "However, when you are trapped in there, they got you."
"It's expensive, but when you're at the game you've got to pay," agreed Rob Hickey, 26, of Hartford, Conn., who split $100 worth of beer with a pal. "But when Jeter hits a game-winning home run in the bottom of the eighth, you don't mind."
Eats are not much cheaper. A small hot dog is $3, a jumbo frank costs $4.75 and pizza goes for $4.50 a slice.
The same food was a lot cheaper about a block away. A local deli was charging $1.25 for a Miller or a Bud Lite; a street vendor was selling hot dogs at $2. Problem is, you can't bring your own food into the Stadium.
But the fans weren't too concerned, thanks to beautiful weather and Jeter's heroics.
"The captain went deep, and everyone went home happy," said Phil Arenstein, 48, of Nanuet, who was at the 9-7 victory with his 12-year-old twins, Shannon and Kevin.
Michael Treadwell, 38, of Medford, Mass., lives seven miles from Fenway Park but lives for Opening Day at Yankee Stadium.
"I came here when I was 11 years old. I fell in love with the city, the food, the smell," said Treadwell, who was attending his 11th Yankee home-opener.
Some people were saddened by the thought of the "House that Ruth Built" being razed to make way to a new Yankee Stadium in 2009.
"It will be depressing to see it torn down," said Nicole Pellegrino, 27, of Coney Island.
* In Washington, D.C., Vice President Dick Cheney chatted with three Purple Heart winners - including Marine Cpl. Jamel Daniels of Manhattan and Army Spc. Javier Torres of Queens - yesterday before tossing out the ceremonial first ball at the Nationals' home opener against the Mets. His pitch landed in the dirt.
CHEERS & BEER$
By BILL SANDERSON
NY POST
April 12, 2006 -- A hot dog and a cold beer could run you $14.50 at Yankee Stadium, but at least a game-winning Derek Jeter homer in the Bombers' home opener yesterday made the pricey food go down easy.
"A beer and a dog with my dad on Opening Day - it doesn't get much better than that," said Paul Avventi Jr., 21, of Wantagh, L.I..
Oh, yes it does.
"He's going to buy," said Paul Avventi Sr., 52.
Thirsting for some suds? Fork over $8.75 for a Miller in a 20-ounce plastic bottle - up a quarter from last season and roughly $4 more than the 16-ounce pint at your neighborhood bar.
For just $1 more, you could get a monster 24-ounce Heineken or Fosters for the bargain-basement price of $9.75. Good ol' Bud on tap will run you $7.75 - also up a quarter from last season.
Some fans cried foul over the modest increases.
"It's unbelievable. I pay less in a strip bar," said Denis Broderick, 30, as he bought $60 worth of beers for his pals. "However, when you are trapped in there, they got you."
"It's expensive, but when you're at the game you've got to pay," agreed Rob Hickey, 26, of Hartford, Conn., who split $100 worth of beer with a pal. "But when Jeter hits a game-winning home run in the bottom of the eighth, you don't mind."
Eats are not much cheaper. A small hot dog is $3, a jumbo frank costs $4.75 and pizza goes for $4.50 a slice.
The same food was a lot cheaper about a block away. A local deli was charging $1.25 for a Miller or a Bud Lite; a street vendor was selling hot dogs at $2. Problem is, you can't bring your own food into the Stadium.
But the fans weren't too concerned, thanks to beautiful weather and Jeter's heroics.
"The captain went deep, and everyone went home happy," said Phil Arenstein, 48, of Nanuet, who was at the 9-7 victory with his 12-year-old twins, Shannon and Kevin.
Michael Treadwell, 38, of Medford, Mass., lives seven miles from Fenway Park but lives for Opening Day at Yankee Stadium.
"I came here when I was 11 years old. I fell in love with the city, the food, the smell," said Treadwell, who was attending his 11th Yankee home-opener.
Some people were saddened by the thought of the "House that Ruth Built" being razed to make way to a new Yankee Stadium in 2009.
"It will be depressing to see it torn down," said Nicole Pellegrino, 27, of Coney Island.
* In Washington, D.C., Vice President Dick Cheney chatted with three Purple Heart winners - including Marine Cpl. Jamel Daniels of Manhattan and Army Spc. Javier Torres of Queens - yesterday before tossing out the ceremonial first ball at the Nationals' home opener against the Mets. His pitch landed in the dirt.
