Are Pro Sports Pricing Out Families?

What does it really cost to take a family of four to a game? Bob McElligott, after 17 years as an NHL broadcaster, runs the numbers on tickets, parking, hot dogs and beer, and asks the question every fan is thinking: at what point do you just stay home?

Bob looks at why the NFL is the most expensive ticket in sports, what a brand-new stadium does to prices in Buffalo (and what it could mean for the Browns), why baseball is still the best value, and how premium seating and sponsorships have changed who's in the stands. Plus memories of cheap seats at Three Rivers Stadium, and why kids become fans by going to games.

At the ballpark, family of 4 (tickets, food, drinks and parking): Yankees $340 · Dodgers $303 · Guardians $197 · Reds $168 Source: Way.com ballpark cost comparison

What's the most you've paid for a day at the ballpark? Is $10 for a hot dog a rip-off or the cost of being there? Tell us in the comments.

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