Steam Whistle no longer available at Rogers Centre

[atomeyes]

didn't see this posted. also didn't look too hard.

you all know the story, i assume.
today's article is interesting. the reason for the split? SW's twitter feed.

http://www.thestar.com/business/2014/03 ... mpany+page

[liamt07]

They're just making way for Left Field.

Right?

[lister]

They're just making way for Left Field.

Right?

More like "Yeah right!"

[Chris]

Toronto has horrible sports teams and horrible craft beer selection at sports venues....coincidence? I think not!

Better Beer makes better teams!

... or at least happier more satisfied fans even when their team is losing!

[atomeyes]

it's more like:
local craft beer tends to result in more sales and direct profitability.
macrobreweries tend to result in lower sales and greater indirect revenue.

[saints_gambit]

They're just making way for Left Field.

Right?

Give 'em, like... a half decade to ramp up the quantity you'd need for a year's worth of games and maybe that's a possibility.

[icemachine]

They're just making way for Left Field.

Right?

Give 'em, like... a half decade to ramp up the quantity you'd need for a year's worth of games and maybe that's a possibility.

If it's a one small kiosk deal like Steamwhistle ended up with I doubt they'd need more than a few hundred pints/game

[Craig]

So Steamwhistle got kicked out for giving people directions to their booth over twitter? Really? Man that's lame.

[Malcolm]

So Steamwhistle got kicked out for giving people directions to their booth over twitter? Really? Man that's lame.

Behold the power of Aramark.

[El Pinguino]

I heard this but didn't know the reason why....sounds like a crappy excuse just to get them out of there for whatever reason.

Too bad. I tend to stick to Hoegaarden when I go to the games, but it's only available at the 100 level, so a bit of a pain.

They really should turn that CF area they "opened up" last year into a craft beer garden. Even if the OCB approached them to have "Craft Beer Thursdays" or something....a few times a year, would be cool.

[icemachine]

I heard this but didn't know the reason why....sounds like a crappy excuse just to get them out of there for whatever reason.

Too bad. I tend to stick to Hoegaarden when I go to the games, but it's only available at the 100 level, so a bit of a pain.

They really should turn that CF area they "opened up" last year into a craft beer garden. Even if the OCB approached them to have "Craft Beer Thursdays" or something....a few times a year, would be cool.

That would be awesome. I'd totally make the effort to get down for those

[rejtable]

They really should turn that CF area they "opened up" last year into a craft beer garden. Even if the OCB approached them to have "Craft Beer Thursdays" or something....a few times a year, would be cool.

Nationals stadium has that kind of thing in centre field. It's awesome.

[Rob Creighton]

Even if the OCB approached them to have "Craft Beer Thursdays" or something....a few times a year, would be cool.

Rogers Center is like most of Ontario. It is a corporate, sanitary outhouse. It is a good reason why the Bills games had no chance here. Ridiculously overpriced corporate rape.

I can't help but wonder how long it will take for the Rogers/Blue Jay sleeze machine to eliminate the craft beer corner at Pilot Field & jack the prices now that they control it.

[liamt07]

Likely a futile effort, but check this one out folks:

https://www.change.org/en-CA/petitions/ ... he-skydome

[rejtable]

It's not the SkyDome anymore.

Is there craft beer at the ACC?

Canadian Tire centre only has Molson stuff, so we get Hops and Bolts and some Creemore, but no Beau's or anything like that.