$156,000 bar tab for Boston Bruins

pjhawks

http://aol.sportingnews.com/nhl/story/2 ... rty-casino

included a $100,000 bottle of champagne - why the hell do we have a bottle of champagne that cost $100,000 in this world. just gluttony if you ask me. i'm all for celebrating but what is the point of that?

Thoughts_Arrive

woah! :shock:

Dissidentman

$5 for a Bud Light?!

PureandEasy

well first of all you're talking casino alcohol prices, which are outrageous. I was at one of the casino's in AC with my folks once, I don't care for gambling, but they do. I just wanted to sit down and catch some of the Phils game. Where I sat, I had to buy a drink, so I bought a vodka and OJ and it cost me $9.

And hell, the B's deserve it, it's been a loooooooooong time coming.

conman

:shock:

81

Dissidentman wrote:

$5 for a Bud Light?!

don't be getting any idea's

jervin007

I'm all for it. It is either coming out of the pockets of the players, they had a deal with the casino for partying there, or the ownership is picking up the tab. They deserve it and with the amount of $$$$$ that will be made of this championship I hope the players didn't have to pay anything!

100,000 bottle of champagne is steep though. I hate champagne....hangover city.

Dissidentman

The 81 wrote:

Dissidentman wrote:

$5 for a Bud Light?!

don't be getting any idea's

eddiec

Why is it excessive? They have the money, they have the cup, celebrate in style. It's their money. Relatively speaking, it's the same amount of money as a checkout clerk going out and spending $100 in a niteclub. I would love to have tried some of that champagne.

81

what's up with the bowling ball

eddiec

pjhawks wrote:

included a $100,000 bottle of champagne - why the hell do we have a bottle of champagne that cost $100,000 in this world.

It was a 30 lt bottle so really it was $2500 per 750 ml bottle of champagne. A lot of money, yes. Overly excessive, not really.

Indifference71

Wow. And I thought I had been apart of some pretty serious bar tabs in my day...

blackredyellow

Good for them... they are enjoying their victory and helping the local economy at the same time.

neilybabes86

my question...why in good god's name would they go to foxwoods to party??????

i hope someone is friends with the owner or something

81

neilybabes86 wrote:

i hope someone is friends with the owner or something

with a 156K bar tab, unlikely.

theoceansmademe

The point is this is America, where just about everything is excessive.

neilybabes86

The 81 wrote:

neilybabes86 wrote:

i hope someone is friends with the owner or something

with a 156K bar tab, unlikely.

well then that's a lame ass place to celebrate a championship

jimed14

Closest casino to Boston, so, it kind of makes sense.

I'm just shocked Foxwoods had one of those 30L Ace of Spades for $100k available.

The Marchand photo ... more fodder for folks that hate him to bits.

dcfaithful

I'll never understand why people will pay the ridiculous prices on some bottles of champagne, liquor, etc. For hell's sake, it's just a fucking drink.

Dissidentman, I'm with you. $5 for a Bud Light is absurd.

norm

that's it? well at least they can play hockey because they suck at partying :P

UpSideDown

eddiec wrote:

Why is it excessive? They have the money, they have the cup, celebrate in style. It's their money. Relatively speaking, it's the same amount of money as a checkout clerk going out and spending $100 in a niteclub. I would love to have tried some of that champagne.

It may be the same scale relatively speaking......but $100k can provide 10 villages in Africa with clean water supplies for the next century....$100 can't.

Just my opinion, but a certain amount of moral obligation/responsibility comes with money and power. Even if I was loaded, you would NEVER catch me paying $100k for one bottle of alcohol; hell I would refuse to drink it even if somebody else had paid. Doesn't matter what you just won.........there is no justification for that in my mind.

I'll admit I am a hypocrit becuz I blow money on stuff I don't need as well......but I think there is a line where it becomes a serious matter...(couldn't say where exactly tho).

mca47

pjhawks wrote:

http://aol.sportingnews.com/nhl/story/2011-06-21/bruins-take-celebration-seriously-rack-up-156k-bar-tab-stanley-cup-party-casino

included a $100,000 bottle of champagne - why the hell do we have a bottle of champagne that cost $100,000 in this world. just gluttony if you ask me. i'm all for celebrating but what is the point of that?

Once in a lifetime opportunity for most of those guys...and they're quite wealthy.
I don't see what the problem is...

I've purchased a $350 bottle of champagne before. Yeah, not quite the same level, but it was incredible!

polaris_x

Rygar

mca47 wrote:

pjhawks wrote:

http://aol.sportingnews.com/nhl/story/2011-06-21/bruins-take-celebration-seriously-rack-up-156k-bar-tab-stanley-cup-party-casino

included a $100,000 bottle of champagne - why the hell do we have a bottle of champagne that cost $100,000 in this world. just gluttony if you ask me. i'm all for celebrating but what is the point of that?

Once in a lifetime opportunity for most of those guys...and they're quite wealthy.
I don't see what the problem is...

I don't think there's an issue either.

Rygar

UpSideDown wrote:

eddiec wrote:

Why is it excessive? They have the money, they have the cup, celebrate in style. It's their money. Relatively speaking, it's the same amount of money as a checkout clerk going out and spending $100 in a niteclub. I would love to have tried some of that champagne.

It may be the same scale relatively speaking......but $100k can provide 10 villages in Africa with clean water supplies for the next century....$100 can't.

Just my opinion, but a certain amount of moral obligation/responsibility comes with money and power. Even if I was loaded, you would NEVER catch me paying $100k for one bottle of alcohol; hell I would refuse to drink it even if somebody else had paid. Doesn't matter what you just won.........there is no justification for that in my mind.

I'll admit I am a hypocrit becuz I blow money on stuff I don't need as well......but I think there is a line where it becomes a serious matter...(couldn't say where exactly tho).

I understand your point of view but NHL players give lots of time and money to charities as well.

jmurray

theoceansmademe wrote:

The point is this is America, where just about everything is excessive.

Only 1 player is American, so they are adapting well then.

UpSideDown

Rygar wrote:

UpSideDown wrote:

eddiec wrote:

Why is it excessive? They have the money, they have the cup, celebrate in style. It's their money. Relatively speaking, it's the same amount of money as a checkout clerk going out and spending $100 in a niteclub. I would love to have tried some of that champagne.

It may be the same scale relatively speaking......but $100k can provide 10 villages in Africa with clean water supplies for the next century....$100 can't.

Just my opinion, but a certain amount of moral obligation/responsibility comes with money and power. Even if I was loaded, you would NEVER catch me paying $100k for one bottle of alcohol; hell I would refuse to drink it even if somebody else had paid. Doesn't matter what you just won.........there is no justification for that in my mind.

I'll admit I am a hypocrit becuz I blow money on stuff I don't need as well......but I think there is a line where it becomes a serious matter...(couldn't say where exactly tho).

I understand your point of view but NHL players give lots of time and money to charities as well.

Understood.....if it was a $100k car I wouldn't care.......or a $100k boat, because those have value and use after one night...and arent absurdly overpriced...but just a bottle of alochol......can't justify it.

eddiec

The size of the 30 lt bottle actually contained 40 normal bottles of champagne.
Still excessive but clarifies things a little.

Thoughts_Arrive

I heard the boys were partying to this song during their $156,000 alcohol bender......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhsTmiK7Q2M

Kel Varnsen

Rygar wrote:

UpSideDown wrote:

eddiec wrote:

Why is it excessive? They have the money, they have the cup, celebrate in style. It's their money. Relatively speaking, it's the same amount of money as a checkout clerk going out and spending $100 in a niteclub. I would love to have tried some of that champagne.

It may be the same scale relatively speaking......but $100k can provide 10 villages in Africa with clean water supplies for the next century....$100 can't.

Just my opinion, but a certain amount of moral obligation/responsibility comes with money and power. Even if I was loaded, you would NEVER catch me paying $100k for one bottle of alcohol; hell I would refuse to drink it even if somebody else had paid. Doesn't matter what you just won.........there is no justification for that in my mind.

I'll admit I am a hypocrit becuz I blow money on stuff I don't need as well......but I think there is a line where it becomes a serious matter...(couldn't say where exactly tho).

I understand your point of view but NHL players give lots of time and money to charities as well.

That's why this doesn't really bother me. I mean pro-sports teams usually give a ton of time and money to charity. By just doing a quick google search the Bruins run their own charitable foundation. For a lot of these guys this was probably a once in a lifetime thing. So unless you expect them to live like monks just because they are successful then if they have the money , why not let them enjoy it?

Rygar

Kel Varnsen wrote:

That's why this doesn't really bother me. I mean pro-sports teams usually give a ton of time and money to charity. By just doing a quick google search the Bruins run their own charitable foundation. For a lot of these guys this was probably a once in a lifetime thing. So unless you expect them to live like monks just because they are successful then if they have the money , why not let them enjoy it?

And I bet (like most other teams) there are individual players on the team with their own charities set up.