Drinks

[goodoldfashionedmosher]

Can anyone remember how much drinks were in the arena and what was on offer?

i'm thinking of taking miniature vodkas and just buying coke in there as i won't want to drink cider ALL day.

Was it about £3.50 a pint? and can you buy plastic bottles of coke, or were they just selling cans/cardboard cups?

my memory is shocking!

thanks for any help in advance.

[Chavmeisterdeluxe]

Wasn't it £3.30? And yeah you could buy plastic bottles of stuff at about £2 a pop.

[lidds]

Can anyone remember how much drinks were in the arena and what was on offer?

i'm thinking of taking miniature vodkas and just buying coke in there as i won't want to drink cider ALL day.

Was it about £3.50 a pint? and can you buy plastic bottles of coke, or were they just selling cans/cardboard cups?

my memory is shocking!

thanks for any help in advance.

[dakyras]

Why would you bother drinking anything other than tap water in the arena? It's pretty much the easiest way to get your wallet raped if you buy drinks. Save the booze for the campsite.

[fat_man_joe]

Who cares, I'm old enough to buy them this year

[beLIEveR]

£3.30 a pint, imagine that'll be £3.50 this time around.

Lesser drinks are £2 pretty much everywhere. Sometimes the bathtub dealers will do it for £1.50 if you haggle (but they change prices at the drop of a hat, and also have a habit of not showing their prices) , and the sally army normally do water cheap, but always run out.

[Bradders]

Why would you bother drinking anything other than tap water in the arena? It's pretty much the easiest way to get your wallet raped if you buy drinks. Save the booze for the campsite.

Edited February 24, 2009 by Bradders

[beLIEveR]

I'm normally happy (if reluctant) to pay for a drink if I'm spending a long time in the arena. But it depends on how fussy the security are being on the way in. For me, when they get stricter to stop alcohol making it through, it has the opposite effect. When it gets to the stage that I might miss a band because they're being dicks on the way in, that's when I refuse to pay for the priviledge of alcohol in the arena.

[Joshuwarr]

Nothing was nicer than going into the arena on a sunny Saturday and having a delicious cold Gaymers Pear Cider. Shame I'm underraged Although I look older than 18 apparently

[kaosmark2]

bottles of coke were £2.00

but if you went to the chinese they were £1.50 (leeds)

erm wasnt a pint £3.20

[beLIEveR]

Best to steer clear of the whole 10p issue, for a week or so last year it overtook "who's playing" as the most discussed issue on these forums.

EDIT: Well, "Cup Monkeys" did...

Edited February 24, 2009 by beLIEveR

[kaosmark2]

Best to steer clear of the whole 10p issue, for a week or so last year it overtook "who's playing" as the most discussed issue on these forums.

EDIT: Well, "Cup Monkeys" did...

[Song Simon]

A little plan I figured out last year - they do those cold four packs of Carlsberg for £5 in Piccadilly Circus. Go with three mates, one of you gets the 'round' in, and just down the cold beer while queueing to get back in the arena. Only takes 15 minutes or so and saves a load of money.

(I seem to spend half my time figuring out cheap pikey ways to do stuff - it's what being on the dole does to you!)

[shoptildrop]

I remember lager being £3.40 or was it £3.30 and and cider £3.60 at Leeds as was shocked they were more than V fest at time!! As V was £3.30 that's with your 10p ret incl