Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack. And some more. And more.
A growing trend in all-you-can-eat seating at sports venues is making baseball's summer chorus sound more like take me out to the buffet.
Dozens of arenas, stadiums and tracks have offered tickets that come with unlimited snacks. The seats have been a hit with fans, a moneymaker for the venues and a worry for obesity-conscious health officials.
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"I don't think you're ever going to get your value from it food-wise, but convenience-wise, I think it is a heck of a lot nicer than waiting in line for 20 minutes," said Drew Nurenberg of Malvern, Pennsylvania, who bought all-you-can-eat seats for a Philadelphia Flyers game last month.
Nearly half of the 30 Major League Baseball (MLB) teams have added the all-inclusive seats, and others are looking into it. The NHL has nine teams offering the deal, the NBA has six and NASCAR, a motorsports association, has put it in overdrive, selling the tickets at multiple racetracks.
All-you-can-eat ticket holders get a special wristband that allows unlimited trips to a cash-free concession stand, avoiding a wait in long lines.
"Just what the world doesn't need is another way to get as much food as they want whenever they want it," said Jeanne Goldberg, a professor of nutrition science at Tufts' Friedman School of Nutrition.
The unlimited quantity has turned some sporting events into games of can-you-top-this in the stands, with fans competing to see who can eat the most hot dogs. But for the most part, the scene is the same as in any other section.
Nurenberg said he might consider returning to the buffet - if they expand the options.
"Would I do it again? Probably, if they changed the food around," Nurenberg said. "In the current state, I probably wouldn't do it again."(AP)
幫我買些花生和焦糖爆米花，多一點、再多一點。
體育場也吹起了「吃到飽座席」風，這股日益興盛的風氣讓夏天的棒球加油曲聽起來更像「帶我去吃自助餐」。
許多室內運動場、體育場和賽車場都推出了無限量供應零食的套票，這類座席不但大受運動迷歡迎、為球場業者賺進鈔票，還讓注重肥胖議題的衛生官員憂心不已。
賓州馬爾溫的德魯．紐倫堡上個月買了幾張費城飛人隊的吃到飽套票，他說：「我認為民眾不是從食物而是從便利性的角度，去評估這錢花得值不值得；因為這比排隊二十分鐘好太多了！」
美國職棒大聯盟的三十支球隊中，有近半數已開始販售「一票到底」座席，其餘球隊也在積極考慮中；美國冰上曲棍球聯盟中也有九隊開始供應該種套票；美國職籃聯盟有六隊，美國NASCAR房車賽聯盟更是卯足全力，在多處賽車場販售這類套票。
購買「吃到飽」門票的觀眾會拿到一個特殊的手環，可以無限次光顧免付現金的小吃攤，免受大排長龍之苦。
塔夫斯大學營養學院營養學教授珍妮．葛伯格說：「讓人隨時可以想吃多少就吃多少，是我們現在最不需要的。」
無限量供應食物讓部分運動比賽變成小吃攤上的極限挑戰賽，運動迷們相互比賽看誰能吞下最多熱狗；但多數時候的情況就和其他座席區的情形無異。
紐倫堡表示，如果他們提供更多種餐飲的話，他可能會考慮再買這種票。
「我還會再買這種票嗎？也許吧，如果他們換換口味的話，」紐倫堡說：「就目前的情況而言，我應該不會再買這種票了。」（美聯社／翻譯：袁星塵）
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