and have been that way for years now.

at the LA Coliseum. I actually prefer USC's offerings, although I expect a big upgrade for the Rams when they move to their new stadium.

They're an experienced concessionaire, as noted below. That being said, I've been to many home ND football games over the past few years and it's never been as bad as yesterday. Possible reasons are mentioned below.

He came back 13 minutes into the 2nd period with water. By the time he got to the front of the line (after more than 30 minutes) he was told they ran out of food and could offer water or hot chocolate. This was only after the 1st period.

It was horrible, my wife waited 45 mins for a pretzel, and they were all sold out.

Every sports event I have attended at a stadium where the event is the guest to other leagues is rife with poor planning and logistics.

Its always a third party make shift operation.

They may have consulted with ND, and might have leaned on ND vendors like Levy. Levy has plenty of large event experience as they run concessions at Arrowhead, Fedex Field, Ford Field, Levi's Stadium, Nissan Stadium, Rose Bowl, etc.

ND's going to end up taking heat for this, but I'm pretty sure this is on the NHL and Levy, and not on ND.

ND doesn't have a tap system in the Stadium (and they probably should have put one in when they renovated), so you're tied in to the number of cases ordered and on hand, plus physical transportation of the beer from one place to another.

I know Lincoln Financial in Philly does. But I think they are the exception.

I'm pretty sure pro-stadiums/arenas mostly just have keg rooms behind concessions. Now kegs are much more convenient logistically than cans/bottles, but still it requires the physical transportation of beer from one place to another.

but what about all the other people in the stadium?

And were not there just because of Blackhawks tie-in.

They had massive staffing problems because so many of the folks usually manning the booths at ND football games (church groups and other SB area volunteer organizations making some money) were almost 100% decline due to the holiday.

No reason to have been running out so early, and the crazy wait times

I thought it was Centerplate, but I see that Levy has taken over. There goes my theory.

get my son and I a hotdog and a pop and we didn't return to our seats until a couple minutes in to the 2nd period. Totally missed the Weezer mini-concert which I really wanted to see because I've always liked them.

When I finally got to the counter, my transaction went very quickly...I have no idea what took the 20 people in front of me so long but it was ridiculous.

On the upper level, they had 2, I repeat 2, concession stands open to get a hotdog and pop and not even all of the registers were open. There's 20,000 people on the upper level...the planning for this was so bad.

The rest of the experience was great but standing in line for 30-45 minutes with a 7 year old was a true test for him. He did great but it was taxing on him to stand there and be patient.