Nachos must be a different thing in America. Typically in Australia nachos refers to oven baked corn chips covered in ground beef, salsa and cheese and then served with sour cream and guacamole. Can't say I find the ballpark alternative particularly appetising!

This is the type of article that keeps me here. Nachos are probably one of my favorite foods, and I'd never once thought about the origin for some reason. This entire article was fascinating!

I now live nowhere near a pro sports team, but often tell my family tales of the nachos mentioned in the article. It's a weird item that you -know- isn't real, tastes cheap, but you still love for some reason. Like Totinos pizzas. Can't really explain why I like either, maybe it's just because I had both as a kid.

The line about jalapenos being mandatory to cause customers to crave soda and beer gave me a good chuckle.

Site has a refresh loop on mobile safari. Why do these sites think that trick they’re trying works?

> The team was interested but feared the new item would cut into popcorn sales. Fans were paying ~12x the wholesale cost per box, making it the highest-margin food at the ballpark.

If you buy raw popcorn in the grocery store and pop it yourself, you know this. It costs next to nothing. And it's dead easy to make the traditional way.

Nachos, on the other hand, are a little more work, as this article makes clear.

Seems to me like the business is for sale.

I don’t know how much of a brand this business is. I am a Coke guy if given a choice, but if all the stadium is offering is Pepsi so be it. I don’t recall ever seeing the brand of cheese melted on my nachos when served to me. I suspect this goes for a small 1-2x multiple of sales.