re: It would cost $641 for a family of four to attend a 49ers game

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The cheapest parking is $0 near at least 24 NFL stadiums. Just wear comfortable shoes and dress appropriately. The bar 4 blocks away from virtually every NFL Stadium has the cheapest beer at 15 cents an ounce, Any NFL stadium has the cheapest vodka drink, at $2 per shot (purchased at the liquore store and snuck in via the patron's underpants) and the cheapest hot dog is at home before the game or at a bodega 5 blocks from the stadium for $2. Because almost anybody can manage to go 4 hours between meals if money is really this tough to come by.

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This is why the Cowboys are so evil. Arlington exists solely to house the Rangers, Cowboys, and Six Flags. there is alsmot nothing local, and no city neighborhood nearby. You have to pay to park, as there are literally, no free lots within a mile of the stadium. Heck, you can find a $20 lot, and it is stil over a mil walk to the stadium. And you still have no place to buy beer or some cool local bar.

It's a city designed to perpetuate the racket. The Cowboys are Arlington's mealticket, so they bend over backwards to screw the consumer and help Jerry out... or get their cut, too.

EDITED TO ADD: You could pay $29 and get standing room tickets that have NO VIEW OF THE FIELD, but a seat in the 400 section ranges from $125 to $450. that's right, a seat in the top level can cost you $450.