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Hot Dog Prices at Every NFL Stadium: $2.07 to $11.63

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A hot dog with mustard, ketchup and a pickle in a bun, in front of a stadium, beside a list of NFL team hot dog prices

These prices come from a graphic shared by fans. The graphic does not state when the prices were collected, who collected them, or how each figure was measured. Treat them as reported numbers, not verified current menu prices.

A hot dog should be the easiest, least interesting purchase of any game day. According to the list in this graphic, that is only true in some stadiums. One dog is listed at $2.07 for the Falcons, and another is listed at $11.63 for the Bills. Same sausage, same bun, a very different receipt. If you are planning a stretch of away games, the dog menu might deserve as much attention as the seat map, and you can compare NFL football tickets for all 32 teams while you work it out.

The spread runs from $2.07 to $11.63

The three cheapest listed dogs go to the Falcons ($2.07), the Browns ($3.53) and the Ravens ($3.61), all under $4. The three priciest go to the Bills ($11.63), the Raiders ($10.61) and the Chargers/Rams ($10.34), all over $10. That puts the gap between the lowest and highest listed prices at $9.56, and the graphic does not explain why the gap exists. It does not need to: the spread is large enough that a dog in one part of the league costs more than five times what it costs in another, and the $9.56 difference would buy a second dog at 26 of the 28 other stadiums on the list. For a baseline, the 30 listed prices average $7.21, the median listed price is $7.38, and seventeen of the thirty entries sit at or under $7.50.

What four dogs would cost at each end

A single dog makes the spread look academic. Run it four deep and the math gets real. At the Falcons listed price, four dogs cost $8.28. At the Bills listed price, four dogs cost $46.52. For hot dogs alone, that is a $38.24 difference for the same four snacks, and the gap works out to about 82 percent of what the four dogs cost at the expensive end. Put another way, one four-dog order at the top of the list costs a little under six times as much as the same order at the bottom. If the expensive end of this list is home turf, Bills tickets and schedule are a good place to start figuring out what the concession cart will cost you on your next trip.

The full list, cheapest to priciest

Here are all 30 stadium entries from the graphic, in the same ascending order it presents them. Thirty entries cover all 32 teams: the Giants and Jets share one stadium, and the Chargers and Rams share one, so each pair appears as a single combined line. The biggest single jump on the list is $1.54, between the Ravens at $3.61 and the Cardinals at $5.15, while the biggest jump near the top is $1.03, between the 49ers at $9.31 and the Chargers/Rams at $10.34.

Hot dog prices as reported in the graphic, in ascending order
Stadium entryListed price
Falcons$2.07
Browns$3.53
Ravens$3.61
Cardinals$5.15
Chiefs$5.17
Broncos$5.17
Packers$5.55
Panthers$6.19
Colts$6.25
Titans$6.51
Saints$6.51
Eagles$6.78
Texans$6.78
Jaguars$7.17
Vikings$7.33
Patriots$7.43
Dolphins$7.50
Bengals$7.70
Cowboys$7.76
Bears$8.13
Steelers$8.22
Lions$8.26
Buccaneers$8.53
Giants/Jets$8.79
Seahawks$9.05
Commanders$9.30
49ers$9.31
Chargers/Rams$10.34
Raiders$10.61
Bills$11.63

Three pairs that split the same price

Three price points on the list are each claimed by two teams. The Chiefs and Broncos both sit at $5.17. The Titans and Saints both sit at $6.51. The Eagles and Texans both sit at $6.78. The graphic does not say why any two prices match, but the ties make the middle of the list feel crowded: nine entries share a stretch of just $1.61, from $5.17 to $6.78.

A betting stat from the graphic, taken with a grain of salt

The graphic includes one line that goes beyond the menu: "Betting the team with the pricier dog: 55-50-1, +$369 on $100 bets." That is a claim about results, and the graphic does not say which season the record covers, what the wager was, or how the outcomes were counted. We are repeating it only because it is part of the graphic. Hot dog prices are not a betting system, nothing here suggests they predict scores, and this post is not a betting strategy.

The hot dog is not the whole bill

It is tempting to rank teams by dog price and call it a ranking of game day value. The math does not hold. A hot dog is one item on a long list: the ticket, the parking, the nachos, the jacket on the way home. A $2.07 dog does not make a high ticket market a bargain, and an $11.63 dog does not make a great seat a rip off. The list tells you what one item cost, in one measurement of unknown timing, not what the full evening cost or whether it was worth it.

What are you eating in the stands?

Every list like this one starts the same argument at the kitchen table, so here is your turn. If you have a ballpark where the food is the best value in the league, or a concession stand that has personally betrayed you, we want to know. And if you are ready to go find out first hand, browse NFL football tickets for any team on the list, or this weekend's games if you want to keep it local. Every order on StubOrder is backed by our 100% Buyer Guarantee. Now: what is your go to stadium snack, and has the price ever talked you out of it?

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