[CBS Sports]Stadium food ratings

tehG l i d e · Jul 27, 2010

http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/22748484/23458642

A report on Outside the Lines Monday looked in detail at stadium food and the vendors that serve it. The report compiled inspection reports for 107 venues and the results were pretty interesting. Or maybe actually, disturbing.

For instance, remember how Ted Leonsis said he was going to take everything up a notch for the Wizards' home games to make fan experience as good as it can be? Well, maybe instead of urinal cup holders he should start with removing the mice droppings for his concession stands. One hundred percent of the vendors in the Verizon Center were found in criticial violation. Yikes.

Some of the worst scores in the NBA :

Utah Jazz: 50 percent found in critical violation (Hot dogs waiting to be served had dropped below safe temperatures at several locations)

San Antonio Spurs: 48 percent (Inspectors found 18 pounds of hot dogs that had expired more than 10 days prior.)

Dallas Mavericks: 40 percent (Expired milk, brown lettuce and employees caught drinking or eating while they were working in the stand accounted for some of the stadium's critical violations.)

Portland Trail Blazers: 53 percent (In a cooler, inspectors found raw meat and seafood stored above ready-to-eat tacos during a prior inspection.)

Charlotte Bobcats: 73 percent (At one location, inspectors found debris under a slicer blade and pulled three pans that needed to be cleaned again.)

New York Knicks 61 percent (At one stand, inspectors found "53 mouse excreta" including 38 on top of a metal box underneath the cash registers in the front food-prep/service area and 15 on top of a carbonated-beverage dispensing unit.)

Orlando Magic: 75 percent (At a location that sells fish, inspectors found potentially hazardous ready-to-eat food not consumed/sold within a week of opening/preparation.)

Miami Heat: 93 percent (Critical violations included several safety issues related to electrical wiring and such equipment as gas boilers.)

Denver Nuggets: 67 percent (At one bar, inspectors found phorid flies, sometimes called coffin flies, in a bottle of cognac.)

So who can't wait to take their family to a ballgame and have some nachos with a side of phorid flies? Me either!

Some of the best were the Bulls and Raptors who had a stellar zero percent found in critical violation, the Thunder, the Lakers and Clippers, the Cavs, the Rockets, the Grizzlies and the 76ers. All of those scored under 20 percent.

Nobody goes to a game thinking they're getting a five star meal. And every food establishment battles these issues. But regardless, it's eye-opening. Knowing that mice poo could be near your hot dog in Madison Square Garden or raw meat next to some tacos in Portland is a little disturbing. Well, scratch that. A lot disturbing.
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tehG l i d e · Jul 27, 2010

I'm happy Jazz fans are regularly eating unsanitary food.

YouCompleteMe · Jul 27, 2010

Lol... 53 mouse excreta.. Their concessions are just as bad as their team

OkayAyeReloaded · Jul 27, 2010

tehG l i d e said:

I'm happy Jazz fans are regularly eating unsanitary food.
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Excellent man

I sure won't ever be seeing the Rockets play miami in miami, 93 percent? wow

ryano2009 · Jul 27, 2010

The Jazz and the Mavs,,,, yes.

The83rdWonder · Jul 27, 2010

Toyota Center 13%:

At one stand, knives were put back into a knife rack without being cleaned.
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Madison Square Garden 61%

At one stand, inspectors found "53 mouse excreta" (38 on top of a metal box underneath the cash registers in the front food-prep/service area and 15 on top of a carbonated-beverage dispensing unit.)
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Verizon Center - Wizards - 100%

Mice droppings, a critical violation in Washington, were found at at least 10 vendors.
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da_juice · Jul 28, 2010

What about new jersey? I've only been to Nets games and another reason is right here. 53 mouse ****!
**** YOU DOLAN!

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