concourseflation
/kɒnˈkɔːsˌfleɪʃən/nounVerified NewThe escalating price of food and drink inside stadiums, and the fan resentment that travels with it.
Beer at professional venues now costs more than the ticket did a generation ago, priced because the captive crowd cannot leave at halftime. Concourseflation is checked and photographed each season like a market index — one that only ever goes up.
Etym. — concourse + inflation: inflation measured not in the economy but in the corridor outside the seats.
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