Outrageous parking prices are nothing new in sports but their prevalence doesn’t make them any less mind-boggling. As the MLB Playoffs heat up, one parking lot near Minute Maid Park is charging a whopping $80 for one spot before the Royals-Astros Game 4.
You don’t even get a free hot dog or pair of undies included. It’s just $80 for a single spot:
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— Jerry Crasnick (@jcrasnick) October 12, 2015
And, as pointed out by VICE Sports, the parking spot was only $5 less than a field ticket price just an hour before the game started:
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