A perfect collaboration — until you see the prices

Whataburger you have landed at Daikin Park, dwelling of the Houston Astros!

On paper, this collaboration looks like a house run for Houstonians. It’s arduous to call a fast-food restaurant that is extra iconically “Texas” than Whataburger, and the chain’s orange-and-white coloration scheme suits completely with the Astros.

However, early rumors about the prices are making Astros followers really feel like they’re placing out.

Last week, Apollo Dez, co-founder of the common Houston sports activities weblog APOLLO MEDIA, visited Daikin Park and posted images of the newly built Whataburger ballpark.

He additionally shared a photograph of the Whataburger à la carte menu, which followers identified had some steep prices by Whataburger requirements.

Here’s what the picture confirmed:

• #1 Original Whataburger: $10.29 ($11.64 with cheese)

• #2 Double-Meat Whataburger: $15.05 ($16.40 with cheese)

• #3 Triple-Meat Whataburger: $20.95 ($22.30 with cheese)

Say you fancy some fries on the aspect or a beverage to scrub it down. Whataburger has you lined — however you’d higher hope your bank card can deal with it:

• French Fries: $7.69

• Onion Rings: $9.29

• Chocolate Chip Cookie: $4.09

• Chocolate Chunk Brownie: $4.69

• Bottled Beer: $13.99

• Souvenir Soft Drink: $10.99

• Regular Soft Drink: $7.19

• Dasani Bottled Water: $5.79

In a uncommon second of math for me, I calculated that a regular Whataburger with cheese, fries, and a non-souvenir drink will set you again $26.52 earlier than tax.

I have never been capable of finding any on-line proof of meal packages that might offset a few of these prices, however they’d have to chop that worth in half earlier than it began to really feel cheap — even for a ballpark.

Just to point out you how absurd of an ask that is, I ordered the similar objects from the Whataburger location on the Southwest Freeway, near the KPRC 2 station. I ordered the similar three objects à la carte, for the sake of equity to potential meal reductions.

My pre-tax whole was $12.17lower than half of the Daikin Park worth. Our mates at Daikin Park and Whataburger appear to imagine their choices are 117.9% extra priceless after they eat collectively.

It’s unclear whether or not the prices will look the similar on opening day — in any case, the venue is presently internet hosting the World Baseball Classic. Perhaps they’re inflated for the worldwide scope of those video games. Who’s to say?

But on this creator’s opinion, seeing a double-digit quantity starting with something increased than “1” for a single Whataburger meal would nearly spoil my urge for food. Or at the very least, incentivize me to robust it out until after the recreation for a fairly priced burger.