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Eagles’ concession prices reach a new all-time high, making it impossible for some to attend games

There’s a lot to love about Eagles football — Jalen Hurts, that defense, another Super Bowl run on the horizon. But there’s one thing that’s getting harder and harder to stomach (literally): the price of everything at Lincoln Financial Field. From parking to tickets to now $18.50 beers and $17 chicken cutlets, it’s getting ridiculous. And Eagles fans? Yeah, we’ve had enough.

A recent look at the new prices at Chickie’s and Pete’s inside The Linc has fans pissed off, and rightfully so.

Eagles are going to make you pay $8 for a water this year

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Football is supposed to bring the community together. It’s Sunday mass in South Philly. It’s the only thing that gets your uncle to talk to your cousin again. But now? You better make six figures if you want to take your family to a game and not eat PB&J for the rest of the month.

We’re not talking about some luxury corporate box. We’re talking about a bottle of water for $7.75. That’s over an hour’s wage at minimum wage in Pennsylvania. One Miller Lite? That’s 2.5 hours. And God forbid you want crab fries — you’re working a full shift for that gameday combo. Chickie’s & Pete’s might still serve the working man in their restaurants, but inside the Linc? It’s straight-up extortion.

Eagles Fans Deserve Better Than Being Nickeled and Dimed

The Eagles front office loves to say this fanbase is the best in football, and they’re right. But they’re also taking advantage of that loyalty. You can’t keep jacking up prices year after year and expect people to just smile and chant “Go Birds” through gritted teeth.

And now there’s talk of a new stadium in 2032? A potential dome, no less. Look, some fans are already skeptical. Part of what makes Eagles football Eagles football is the weather. The freezing rain, the snow, the swampy September humidity. It’s gritty. It’s miserable. It’s Philly. You put a dome over that, you’re not just changing the game, you’re sterilizing it.

But you know what will really turn people off from a new stadium? The price tag. Because you know the tickets, the food, the merch, it’ll all go up. Again. And fans are starting to get sick of it.

This isn’t Los Angeles. It’s not Silicon Valley. It’s Philadelphia. Working class people built this fanbase. People who work overtime, who save for weeks just to afford one game a season. And they’re being told, loudly and clearly, “If you can’t afford it, stay home.”

So yeah, the Eagles might be favorites to repeat as Super Bowl champs. But off the field? They’re losing the plot. Because when your own fans — the lifeblood of your franchise — start to feel like outsiders in their own stadium, that’s not just bad business. That’s betrayal.

Fix it. Before more fans decide to save their money and watch from home — where the beer is cold, the cutlets are $7.99, and the dome doesn’t exist.

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