Chris Christie Spent HOW MUCH Taxpayer Money On Snacks & Booze?
May 16, 2015
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as posted by the channel"You might need to be late on your rent if want to check out an NFL game at Metlife Stadium. Tickets are expensive -- average 2014 price for a New York Giants ticket was $366.34 and $240.37 for the New York Jets prior to the start of the season -- and then there's the whole cost of food and drink inside the stadium. Having said all of that, it's still surprising to find out New Jersey Governor Chris Christie spent $82,594 in taxpayer money during Giants and Jets home games in 2010 and 2011.
Christie spent over $80,000 over 58 transactions over the course of two seasons, according to Watchdog.org. He doesn't have to pay for his ticket, so that's one less cost he has to worry about ahead of Sunday. The report does not indicate how many games Christie went to or the number of guests he entertained over two years, which would affect the average cost per game.
If we had the chance to go to every home game for both teams -- 32 games across two seasons and not including preseason games -- the bill would come out to around $2,581.10 per game. Let's take a hypothetical --and totally unscientific -- look at how we could have spent $82,ooo on food and drinks at football games. "
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