Eagles brass hint hoagie ban may crumble

[Michael82]

Are the Eagles backing down from their infamous hoagie ban?

Don't get your hopes up, but there's been a subtle softening in the team's hardline position.

The Eagles last week revealed they would prohibit fans from bringing their own food into the new Lincoln Financial Field, which opens next month.

The team, citing the 9/11 terror attack, says the ban is for security reasons. Critics, however, believe it's intended to force fans to buy the stadium's pricey concessions.

President Joe Banner defiantly said the team would "never" reverse the hoagie ban, and suggested fans who question the team's motives are being unpatriotic.

But during a press tour of the facility yesterday, both Banner and owner Jeffrey Lurie hinted that the BYO ban is not written in granite. MORE...

[The_Philster]

Eagles reverse ban on outside food at new stadium

Bring-your-own hoagies are back at Philadelphia Eagles games.

The team said Thursday it would allow fans to bring small quantities of food in clear plastic bags into the football team's new stadium, reversing a ban on outside food that had fueled fan outrage and generated a raft of negative publicity.

The Eagles had claimed the ban was for security reasons; fans accused the team of greed, saying they would be forced to buy expensive concession food. At the new stadium, cheesesteaks and hoagies will cost $6.50, a pork sandwich $6.25, and beer $6. ...

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