Living in America, dining out always bothered me. It was hard to find good vegetarian food outside of big cities, and I often got served too much food. Plus, the bill was always higher than I expected because of taxes and tips. But even that doesn’t explain the crazy prices at the Miami Grand Prix.
Watching Formula 1 is already expensive. You need to pay for a special streaming service and buy pricey merchandise, and if you go to a race, expect to spend a lot.
You’d think after spending hundreds on tickets and more on travel and lodging, food at the race wouldn’t cost much, right? Wrong. People at the Miami Grand Prix were shocked at the prices. One person posted a picture of $280 lobster rolls and $180 nachos on Twitter.
On Instagram, someone shared a $200 plate of fruit and $300 chicken tenders from the paddock club. These prices include taxes and tips.
Spending that much on food scares away fans who might want to go to a race in the future. But the race promoter says the prices make sense because the fans have different incomes. They say a $280 lobster roll is for 10 people in a suite.
But does a $200 fruit plate make sense? How many people need to eat it for that price to be okay? 10? 20? 30? It seems too much, no matter how you slice it.
