10 Cent Beer Night 1972; Rangers @ The Tribe

[Cantdoitsal]

Had forgotten about this.

 

[DawgInThe256]

I'm old enough to remember when the White Sox had a disastrous Disco Demolition Night

 

[patdog]

10 cent beer. What could possibly go wrong?

 

[HomeBoyDawg]

For perspective, that's about 75 cents per 12 ounce beer in today's dollars and, according to...

MLB beer, hot dog prices by team 2023: Most, least expensive stadiums (usatoday.com)

...average price for 12 ounces of beer at an MLB stadium today is $7.22 (based on average of 60 cents per ounce).

 

[eckie1]

Had forgotten about this.

10 Cent Beer Night Cleveland Ohio

The occasion? Cleveland vs. Texas, June 4th, 1974. The price of beer? 10 cents. The results? Mass intoxication. Despite setting a per-purchase limit of six beers, the powers-that-be misjudged the drinking power of Cleveland faithful, and their failure to limit the number of purchases for the...

www.homage.com

 

[Cantdoitsal]

Considering 25K showed when they'd been averaging 2K I'd guess it was prolly the biggest concentration of alcoholics percentage wise ever at a sporting event. The '70s Rocked. I kind of miss that decade crazy as hell.