Comments on: Taste of Minnesota forces food down your throat http://minneapolis.metblogs.com/2009/06/23/taste-of-minnesota-forces-food-down-your-throat/ Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:49:47 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: tipper http://minneapolis.metblogs.com/2009/06/23/taste-of-minnesota-forces-food-down-your-throat/comment-page-1/#comment-7870 tipper Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:51:48 +0000 http://minneapolis.metblogs.com/?p=4929#comment-7870 Since when do the riff-raff let admission fees stop them? They're the ones who know how to sneak into places! I've been to Taste of Minnesota once. Didn't buy food. Watched Ringo Starr and his All Starr Band next to a couple of middle-aged women smokin' the reefer and being very noisy. Since when do the riff-raff let admission fees stop them? They’re the ones who know how to sneak into places!

I’ve been to Taste of Minnesota once. Didn’t buy food. Watched Ringo Starr and his All Starr Band next to a couple of middle-aged women smokin’ the reefer and being very noisy.

]]> By: David http://minneapolis.metblogs.com/2009/06/23/taste-of-minnesota-forces-food-down-your-throat/comment-page-1/#comment-7869 David Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:11:27 +0000 http://minneapolis.metblogs.com/?p=4929#comment-7869 It seems to me that the pricing is fair. Isn't admission to the zoo $12 for an adult and $8 for a child? So that'd be 40 bucks, plus parking. So it's like TasteofMn is buying you some food and drink for showing up. (When was the last time the zoo bought you a drink or some food and aren't music tix above and beyond admission at the zoo?) As for the impact on local bands, it's hard to say if charging admission will make much of a difference to their turnout. It's all theory, attendance numbers could actually go up. It seems to me that the pricing is fair. Isn’t admission to the zoo $12 for an adult and $8 for a child? So that’d be 40 bucks, plus parking.

So it’s like TasteofMn is buying you some food and drink for showing up.
(When was the last time the zoo bought you a drink or some food and aren’t music tix above and beyond admission at the zoo?)

As for the impact on local bands, it’s hard to say if charging admission will make much of a difference to their turnout. It’s all theory, attendance numbers could actually go up.

]]> By: outzider http://minneapolis.metblogs.com/2009/06/23/taste-of-minnesota-forces-food-down-your-throat/comment-page-1/#comment-7868 outzider Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:32:52 +0000 http://minneapolis.metblogs.com/?p=4929#comment-7868 I think it's a smart way to go about it, really. It's the Taste of Minnesota. You're going to eat anyway. The admission fee goes toward food you're probably going to eat. Plus, you live in the suburbs. Everywhere you go costs money in gas. Take a bus, or move back to the city. :) I think it’s a smart way to go about it, really. It’s the Taste of Minnesota. You’re going to eat anyway. The admission fee goes toward food you’re probably going to eat.

Plus, you live in the suburbs. Everywhere you go costs money in gas. Take a bus, or move back to the city. :)

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