Speakeasies Found In Ballparks – CoverUps.com
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Ballparks are cracking down on drinking and encouraging a more wholesome family environment. This has driven hard-drinking fans to take extreme measures. |
By Fredericka Kozlowski
CoverUps.com InvestigatorLOS ANGELES, CA - Due to outrageous ballpark prices, people have been getting more creative. Sneaking in alcohol for the game has been a staple for many, but you can only sneak in so much. Others hold tailgating parties, drinking in the parking lot before the game.
But many parks have cracked down on these practices, trying to keep fans under control, and uphold a nice, clean, family environment. This has affected many middle-class beer lovers and college students alike. Enjoying a cool, adult beverage at the game is becoming more and more painful on the wallet.
"It was so much easier to sneak in a six pack ten years ago," says John Shepard of Los Angeles, CA, "but now with all the intense bag searching, my entire right to watch the game with a cold beer is threatened."
More and more people have been caught bringing in booze and have been either denied access at the door, or they are kicked out once inside.
A Bud Light outside the park costs less than a buck, but at most park concession stands it can run up to nine dollars. |
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So like all other situations where there is a demand, someone will supply, many times illegally.
"It's like the black-market for beer. It's really quite silly, I mean what time are we living in? 1924?" said Officer James Cook to the Los Angeles Post.
The story broke early summer of 2006, when rumors of twenty-first century "speakeasies" erupted in a few cities across the country. So far the authorities have not been able to catch anyone red handed, but the slight drop in beer sales at four unnamed parks is enough to raise some eyebrows.
Ken Rodomski, a Dodgers fan from Redondo Beach, CA spoke to CoverUps.com, "These rooms are very hush-hush. You don't even tell your friends that came to the game with you where they are. You just go get it for them. The less people that know, the better. I've been buying there for almost two years now. They have everything, and the price is almost as good as the grocery stores. I don't know how I would get along without it. The one that I frequent is a long old corridor once used for some kind of storage. I don't think the owners of the park even know about it. There are several entrances but it doesn't get too busy, there is like an unspoken code. We all don't want to ruin it for everybody. As long as we keep to the code, I don't think they will ever put a stop to it."
