World Cup Venues Offer Items from $3 Pizza Slices to $75 Caviar Tots

Stadium concession stands at World Cup venues are selling items priced from $3 pizza slices in Atlanta to $75 trays of hash brown patties topped with caviar in Miami. Prices vary by city and provider across the United States, Canada and Mexico. In Atlanta, slices of pizza were listed at $3, 32-ounce sodas at $4, cheeseburgers at $5 and beers at $8.

A fan from South Carolina said three orders of tacos, one pizza slice, two waters and a soda totaled about $50. Vancouver added short-rib poutine and maple-bacon smoked sausages to its menu. Miami introduced a five-pound chicken-and-cheese empanada priced at $40 and a Cuban-style pork sandwich called pan con lechon.

In Mexico City, beers sold for 299 to 310 pesos, nearly twice the usual stadium rate and close to the local daily minimum wage of 315 pesos. A German engineer in Toronto paid 24.25 Canadian dollars, about $17, for a single beer and called the cost three times higher than at home. An Austrian fan in Miami said a hot-dog, chips and soda combo came to $19.35 before tip.

Argentina supporters posted photos of $34 lobster rolls bought in Kansas City. "We want it to feel like Miami when you’re here. Everything we do around the Miami Stadium, we want to make sure everybody understands that when they come here, they’re getting a Miami experience," said Zach Williams, Sodexo Live's vice president of operations at Miami Stadium.

A German fan watching in Vancouver said the food prices were acceptable for the tournament. Another visitor noted that the event occurs only once every four years and described it as a once-in-a-lifetime occasion.