Take me out to the ballpark buffet

Camden Yards is luring fans with an all-you-can eat ticket that lets people nosh on nachos, hot dogs, peanuts, popcorn, lemonade, sodas, ice cream, and even salad to their stomach’s content, according to a Sports Illustrated webarticle posted on eater.com.

It’s part of a growing trend to attract a larger audience to big-league parks, the article says, citing that “nineteen of the 30 major league teams offer the all-you-can-eat seats at some games in 2010, up from 13 two years ago and six in 2007.”

For $40 a ticket at Camden Yards, participants can roots for the O’s in the Left Field Club Picnic Perch as well as fill their bellies. The local fans who were quoted in the SI story seemed to like the concept that you could pay an all-inclusive price and not be constantly shelling out bucks for snacks.

Finally, they have something to cheer about.

Photo courtesy of the Baltimore Orioles official website