When Mercedes-Benz Stadium opens up for the 2017 season, it will feature what they call "Fan - First Pricing".Sports ticket prices alone can break you and, once you're in, ridiculous snack and soda prices hurt your wallet even more. The Atlanta Falcons are offering their fans a break from that with new prices like:

  • $2 – Non-alcoholic beverage products with unlimited free refills
  • $2 – Dasani bottled water; hot dogs; pretzels; popcorn
  • $3 – Peanuts; pizza; nachos; waffle fries
  • $5 – 12 oz. domestic beer
  • Soda refills are FREE at self service stations away from concession stands.

These prices aren't a temporary, "grand opening" deal either. They're here to stay and, according to yahoo.com, the prices are good for ALL events at the stadium including:

Falcons games, Atlanta United FC games, and the major events already scheduled, like the Peach Bowl, SEC Championship game, and NCAA Final Four (scheduled for 2020).

I hope other teams and venues do this too.

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