First of all, I said nearly. Secondly, every time I go to a game with my family, that's how much it costs. Here is a breakdown: $40.00 a seat x 4= $160. $20.00 to park Now we are in the stadium and haven't bought a thing to eat or drink. A hot dog is $5.00 at Petco. So are drinks, peanuts and anything else you want to eat or drink at the game. Multiply that times 4. It's pretty easy to spend that, actually. For one, it's not very difficult to find tickets cheaper than $40.00, or someplace cheaper than $20 to park. But even then you're assuming that each member of the family eats $30 worth of food? well that speaks more to the epidemic of people constantly eating at baseball games. I go to our minor league park and see people with $6 tickets eat $50 worth of food. They are up to get more food every other inning. Seriously, eat dinner before you get there. Or just budget yourself. You don't need a hot dog, 2 beers, a pretzel, ice cream, peanuts and nachos. Do you eat that much at home?