Big House Concession Foods
February 9th, 2018 at 2:19 PM ^
February 9th, 2018 at 2:22 PM ^
are the only things I usually purchase. Maybe a slice of pizza back during the school years if I got too sloshed but tailgate food is the only way to go. However, in the rare times the Big House has had a liquor license that I've been (Hockey and Soccer in 2014) they took a good amount of my money....
February 9th, 2018 at 2:23 PM ^
If this isn't a WD type post, I don't know what is. Just missing all the pictures.
February 9th, 2018 at 3:10 PM ^
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February 9th, 2018 at 3:01 PM ^
February 9th, 2018 at 3:09 PM ^
The stuff at the main concession stations under the stands are to be avoided. Not that good and again, way overpriced. Some of the food out by the fence is much better. We've found some pretty good burritos - can't remember the vendor.
February 9th, 2018 at 3:37 PM ^
beware of the $5 Domino's pizza after the game on Hoover. i dropped a piece once and it cracked the sidewalk
February 9th, 2018 at 3:38 PM ^
The quality is mediocre (especially the "soft" pretzels) and the selection uninspired.
If our AD wants to pick up an easy win for a program that fritters away millions of dollars on assistant coaches (i.e., has more money than it knows what to do with), he could fix that.
Get more local stuff, including food trucks, and price it all reasonably (not "I'm captured in a big stadium" reasonable, but "UM is easily covering its costs, but not gouging the fan" reasonable).
February 9th, 2018 at 3:54 PM ^
February 9th, 2018 at 4:51 PM ^
Actually, that would be really neat if the stadium had permanent stands that were run by local restaurants and it were possible that the prices could even beat the prices of the standard stadium food. It would be a chance to give visiting fans a taste of Ann Arbor that didn't come from freezer storage in Livonia or Allen Park (where Sodexo's offices locally are).
February 9th, 2018 at 5:12 PM ^
February 9th, 2018 at 5:32 PM ^
I have no illusions that the feeding of 110,000 people requires an industrial food operation -- it can't be taken care of by artisanal sandwiches and free-trade, non-GMO chips & salsa.
But I am sure more can be done to supplement it and provide better variety.
For an easy example of how much I think this is on autopilot, I give you the prices for the non-UM football events. I attended the "Battle of the Big House" high school football game this fall and was shocked the concession prices were the same as for a U of M game. That is ridculous when you only have 4,000 people in the stadium watching high school football.
February 10th, 2018 at 6:34 AM ^
I do remember Mr. Spots having a stand there making philly sandwiches and I have to say that since they left 4-5 years ago (?) I have not found any concession food I actually like, except for the kettle corn. The kettle corn is really good.
February 9th, 2018 at 4:01 PM ^
February 9th, 2018 at 4:03 PM ^
Seeing if that hot off the presses Gregg Henson hot take has been posted over here yet. It's hot, I'm surprised nobody has posted here yet.
/s.
February 9th, 2018 at 4:10 PM ^
I miss the walking tacos so much.
February 9th, 2018 at 6:23 PM ^
February 9th, 2018 at 4:31 PM ^
The trend had already started before him, but Dave Brandon completely instituted the corporate "maximize profits now" attitude that has made Michigan sports less fun.
It's shocking to me that despite massive renovation, Michigan Stadium has maybe 4 drinking fountains in the whole place, and refuses to let people bring in even empty bottles. Even the "hydration stations" provide only tiny cups, to encourage people to buy absurdly priced water.
The overriding goal of the athletic department should be to make the in-stadium experience magical - good, reasonably priced food, great amenities (restrooms/drinking fountains, etc.), affordable ticket prices (especially for lesser opponents).
Let's be honest, the concessions at Michigan Stadium are terrible. Poor quality, poor choice, overpriced. They could do much, much better - most other sports venues do.
There's TOO MUCH MONEY floating around college sports, and priorities are messed up.
Great in-stadium experience = full house, happy fans, incentive to buy season tickets, more loyalty, and a reason to fight traffic/travel to game instead of just watching on TV.
There are so many things to love about attending a Michigan football game - A2 in fall, tremendous tailgating, all the traditions and colors and music and history, the lack of advertising in the stadium. Just wish the AD would address some obvious flaws.
End of rant.
February 9th, 2018 at 5:12 PM ^
not eating at the games this year and the pizza is cold or lukewarm, the pretzels are as hard as bricks. I can handle paying a bit for food at a game, but at least get the temperature somewhat close to what it should be.
February 9th, 2018 at 4:31 PM ^
John Madden started this thread
February 9th, 2018 at 5:04 PM ^
February 9th, 2018 at 5:34 PM ^
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February 9th, 2018 at 9:45 PM ^
February 9th, 2018 at 11:29 PM ^
The only choices on the upper west side concourse are nothing but god-awful Sodexo slop. The hot dogs are the worst ever. The bun is usually smashed so flat it may as well not even be there. Michigan could do so much better.
February 10th, 2018 at 10:03 AM ^
As many have commented the food itself is terrible. Cold hot dogs with smashed buns. Typically overpriced. The worst of it is that they will run out of hot coffee and hot chocolate by half time in those cold late season games.
Is it really that hard to figure out that is cold outside and so maybe there should be extra hot drinks?
February 10th, 2018 at 10:17 AM ^
Running out of coffee, hot cocoa, going flat after the half and playing crappy football. Hmmm, there's a pattern that seems to run throughout the Big House
February 10th, 2018 at 10:09 AM ^
February 10th, 2018 at 11:18 AM ^
First and foremost, Coke over Pepsi. Second, they should get some of Ann Arbor's favorite spots to have outposts in the stadium. Forget about corporatized pizza and pretzels. I'm thinking Taste of Ann Arbor, kind of like Taste of Chicago.
October 25th, 2021 at 10:24 AM ^
Bringing this one back up. Was at the game on Saturday, and at halftime went to get a hotdog and a pretzel. Concession stand said they were completely out of hotdogs, brats, and salt for the pretzels. My buddy, who's a season ticket holder, said concessions running out of food by halftime has been happening all season long.
Anyone else experience this?