All-you-can-eat seats

The Los Angeles Dodgers introduced the first Major League Baseball AYCE section in April 2007 after conducting three pilots during the 2006 season. Soon after, the Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Orioles, Kansas City Royals, and Texas Rangers converted their under-utilized seats to AYCE seats. The concept spread to 13 Major League Baseball parks in 2008 and 19 parks in 2010. Major League Baseball teams offering all-you-can-eat seats include the Arizona Diamondbacks, ==Description==

, 2009 All-you-can-eat seats are typically located in "distant bleacher or upper-deck sections". Seat prices are marked up approximately 50% over the regular price of seats in that section. The AYCE buffet generally operates from the time the stadium gates open until the beginning or end of the seventh inning. Some parks put an hourly limit on it – for example, food service is open for two hours after the first pitch at San Diego Padres games The basic menu includes traditional ballpark food such as hot dogs, nachos, peanuts, popcorn, and soft drinks. At Camden Yards, patrons may take up to two of each food item on each visit. At other ballparks, ticket-holders wear colored wristbands to identify themselves as AYCE patrons. ==Popularity==

All-you-can-eat seats have successfully boosted attendance in ballparks experiencing low turnouts, as well as increased occupancy of stadium sections that were previously under-used. At Dodger Stadium, for example, before 2007 the right-field bleachers were opened only when the left-field bleachers sold out, or for group sales. AYCE seats have been described as a way to indulge in junk food "with baseball as a nominal backdrop", an opportunity to eat a cheap dinner with a baseball game thrown in, and a way to feed a family on a budget. AYCE patrons have been known to engage in eating contests and to sneak food home with them. ==References==