What to Know
- Yearning for a $1 hot dog at the Phillies game? The popular promo is no more inside Citizens Bank Park, but one fan is keeping it alive in the parking lot.
- Kyle Pagan of Crossing Broad is selling $1 hot dogs.
- Tuesday is the first of the Phillies' new buy-one-get-one (BOGO) hot dog promotions.
Dollar dogs are back on!
Kyle Pagan announced on social media that his "dollar dog" event in the Phillies' game parking lot is back on ahead of the Tuesday, April 16 game.
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Pagan announced on social media on April 2 that he was postponing the "dollar dog" event due to rainy weather. At the time, Pagan teased that it could happen on the Phillies' next BOGO hot dog night on April 16.
Pagan also added a new rule that anyone wearing a Phillies City Connect Jersey will be charged "a special City Connect Phee pf $2 per dog."
The end of Dollar Dog Nights at Citizens Bank Park drew the ire of some Philadelphia Phillies fans.
Now, one of them is striking back on the date of the Phils' first BOGO hot dog night by still selling "dollar dogs," just doing it outside CBP and for a charitable cause. ⚾🌭
Crossing Broad contributor Kyle Pagan took to social media to announce that he will be selling hot dogs in Lot G outside CBP, weather-permitting, back in March. While the first go at it didn't work out, he's all geared up for Tuesday's game.
"They took away a 27-year tradition that spanned over two stadiums, it spanned over three decades," Pagan told NBC10 while revealing his reasoning for the $1 hot dog sale. "People loved it."
All proceeds from the selling of the cheap hot dogs will go to food charity Philabundance, Pagan said.
It's in response to what Pagan calls "one of the worst promotions of all time."
The Phillies take on the Colorado Rockies with first pitch scheduled for 6:40 p.m. Tuesday.
The ending of the real "dollar dogs" was due to some fans throwing the cheap eats and long lines on concourses, according to the Phillies.
“The last couple years there was some operational issues which we’re going to address but also last season, the throwing of hot dogs, it just was not an enjoyable experience," Phillies' Senior Vice President of Ticket Operations & Projects John Weber said last month while announcing the BOGO promo. "We’re working on a few things. Additional staffing. Additional hot dog areas to sell the hot dogs and additional security as we move forward into 2024.”
$2.50 for a hot dog on a bun doesn't sit well with Pagan, especially since it's all over "a couple people were sharing dogs -- as I like to say."
In his social media post, Pagan invited all Phillies fans (except for Weber) to his hot dog event. They plan to sell anywhere from 500 to 600 hot dogs, Pagan told NBC10.
"One rule I have: no throwing dogs," Pagan said in his post. "No need to give these people any ammo."
Come hungry.
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