PNC Park staged a hot promotion Wednesday to lure fans back after the Pirates dropped their Home Opener on Monday.
Admission to the game on Buc Night was $1. Hot dogs were $1. Fountain drinks were $1 off. What more could a fan want?
Buns.
Organizers apparently miscalculated and ran out of hot dog buns.
Here’s how the fans responded.
Available at @Pirates games: hot dogs without the bun bc they’re too cheap to buy enough buns. pic.twitter.com/a4RHbp0oDw
— Brandon Kolich (@KolichBrandon) April 4, 2019
1 dollar hot dogs!!!!!! And to no surprise the cheapskate pirates run out of buns???? What a disgrace
— john killeen (@johnkil03041711) April 4, 2019
1 dollar hot dogs!!!!!! And to no surprise the cheapskate pirates run out of buns???? What a disgrace
— john killeen (@johnkil03041711) April 4, 2019
They offered $1 hot dogs… never said bun was included!!! #whatajoke
— Ronian (@ronian30) April 4, 2019
You’d think that if they bought 1000 hot dogs they’d buy 1000 buns too, but they’d be the ones who bought 900 buns just to save.
— Chris (@ChrisClark4314) April 4, 2019
PNC park concession manager: Mr Nutting, we are planning hot dogs for a buck nite….Nutting: ok, let me know the profit made….Manager: if we order 40k hotdogs, and 40K buns we will break even. Nutting: Only order 20K buns…………
— NoQuarter (@moxie1959) April 4, 2019
Turn that frown upside down.
I’m sick of your negativity. Alternative title: “Pirates embrace keto diet with bread free hot dogs.”
— Steve Kubitz (@SteveKubitz) April 4, 2019
Thank god the hot dogs were a buck… oh wait… u went cheap on the buns and ran out ?
— Bill Cummings (@cummingswj) April 4, 2019
Leave it to the @Pirates to have a night dedicated to selling $1 hot dogs and then run out of said hot dogs during the game. What a joke of a franchise
— Sean Rutter (@seanr19) April 4, 2019
Perhaps PNC Park hadn’t accounted for people testing their limits.
How many hot dogs is too many when they're $1? #Pirates #BucNight pic.twitter.com/XuUMsRY75u
— Alyssa Brown (@lyssa_marie_b) April 4, 2019
Aramark, which handles concessions at PNC Park, said in a statement that it didn’t run out of buns.
“We know fans look forward to Dollar Dog Night as much as we do. (Wednesday) night, our team was prepared, but unfortunately we experienced an uncharacteristic lag in restocking some stands during the game,” the company said. “We apologize to those fans who experienced a delay and will be adjusting our operations for future Dollar Dog Nights.”
To cap off a disappointing Buc Night, the Pirates lost the game.
