What to Know
- Yearning for a $1 sizzling canine on the Phillies sport? The fashionable promo isn’t any extra inside Citizens Bank Park, however one fan is holding it alive within the parking zone.
- Kyle Pagan of Crossing Broad is promoting $1 sizzling dogs earlier than the Phillies tackle the Reds Tuesday, April 2, 2024.
- Tuesday is the primary of the Phillies’ new buy-one-get-one (BOGO) sizzling canine promotions.
The finish of Dollar Dog Nights at Citizens Bank Park drew the ire of some Philadelphia Phillies followers.
Now, one in every of them is hanging again on the date of the Phils’ first BOGO sizzling canine night time by nonetheless promoting “greenback dogs,” simply doing it outdoors CBP and for a charitable trigger. ⚾🌭
Crossing Broad contributor Kyle Pagan took to social media to announce that he will probably be promoting sizzling dogs in Lot G outdoors CBP beginning at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, April 2.
“They took away a 27-year custom that spanned over two stadiums, it spanned over three many years,” Pagan informed NBC10 whereas revealing his reasoning for the $1 sizzling canine sale. “People liked it.”
All proceeds from the promoting of a budget sizzling dogs — weather-permitting — will go to food charity PhilabundancePagan stated.
It’s in response to what Pagan calls “one of many worst promotions of all time.”
The Phillies take on the Cincinnati Reds with first pitch scheduled for six:40 p.m. Tuesday on what it being dubbed as the team’s first-ever Hatfield Phillies Franks BOGO Night the place “followers should buy two sizzling dogs for the worth of 1 sizzling canine ($5) at concession stands all through the ballpark,” in response to the Phillies.
The new promo follows the ending of the true “greenback dogs” attributable to some followers throwing a budget eats and lengthy traces on concourses, in response to the Phillies.
“The last couple years there was some operational issues which we’re going to address but also last season, the throwing of hot dogs, it just was not an enjoyable experience,” Phillies’ Senior Vice President of Ticket Operations & Projects John Weber said last month while announcing the BOGO promo. “We’re working on a few things. Additional staffing. Additional hot dog areas to sell the hot dogs and additional security as we move forward into 2024.”
$2.50 for a sizzling canine on a bun would not sit effectively with Pagan, particularly because it’s throughout “a pair folks have been sharing dogs — as I prefer to say.”
In his social media publish, Pagan invited all Phillies followers (aside from Weber) to his sizzling canine occasion. They plan to promote wherever from 500 to 600 sizzling dogs, Pagan informed NBC10.
“One rule I’ve: no throwing dogs,” Pagan stated in his publish. “No want to provide these folks any ammo.”
Come hungry.
