Perth’s new cricket ground has punters fuming
Perth’s brand-new cricketing venue Optus Stadium is the pride of Western Australia, and while it opened to plenty of fanfare over the weekend there was one aspect of the cricket ground that left punters underwhelmed and unimpressed – the food.
Spectators watching Australia take on England in the ODI’s on Sunday were left aghast at lunch when they ventured to the food vendors, only to see pies selling for $12 each.
Optus Stadium clarified the pricing as a clerical error, with a regular beef pie normally retailing for $5.20, but this wasn’t food-related incident that upset attendees.
People at the ODI also complained about huge queue lengths, as well as a selection of items on the Optus Stadium menu that were of questionable quality.
But it wasn’t all doom and gloom. Many of those who went to the event were quick to praise Optus Stadium for the facilities, even if there were some culinary hiccups.
@OptusStadium bit of a joke everyone is watching the game and the line for the bar is horrendous! Every bar is packed. Imagine quarter time at the @AFL @westcoasteagles #lift #cricket pic.twitter.com/JzTf04b1wa
— afrankreview (@FTank) January 28, 2018
Ahead of the first ever game at the new Optus Stadium today, Mitch Marsh takes us out to the middle and inside the rooms of this amazing venue #AUSvENG pic.twitter.com/bHVHyueNwY
— cricket.com.au (@CricketAus) January 28, 2018
What are your thoughts? Do you think people are making too much of these simple mistakes? Or is it up to the staff at Optus Stadium to lift their game?