The Last Time Arizona State Played in the Rose Bowl…
By Kyler Burd
With inflation and prices at all-time highs, you might be interested to know, or even reminisce, on the cost of living in 1997.
It is no secret that it cost more to live today than it did twenty-five years ago. But just for the sake of making us all feel worse about modern prices let’s see what it would have cost to have a good time attending the 1997 Rose Bowl starting in the morning.
Morning – Breakfast
You wake up, ready for the day to begin and watch your beloved Sun Devils take on the Ohio State Buckeyes and hopefully clinch at least a share of the national title.
We are going to have pick some things up before we tailgate, but first, we have to have some sort of breakfast so we look in our hotel fridge to see what we bought the night before.
A couple of eggs, a grapefruit, and milk sound good. What did that cost us then and what would that cost us now?
1997 Cost
Eggs – $1.05/dozen
Grapefruit – $0.25
Milk – $1.90/gallon
2022 Cost
Eggs – $3.42/dozen
Grapefruit – $0.98
Milk – $3.12/gallon
Tailgating
Now on to the stadium! We are making a quick stop at the grocery store to get some things so we, and all of our Sun Devil friends, can have a good time!
1997 Cost
Hot Dogs – $1.39/pound
Ketchup – $0.89
Ground chuck – $1.82/pound
Budweiser – $5.97/six-pack
2022 Cost
Hot Dogs – $4.49/pound
Ketchup – $4.28
Ground chuck – $4.74/pound
Budweiser – $$8.48/six-pack
After the Game – Sadness is Overwhelming You
Well, it’s over. Ohio State won by three points and the darkness is descending in your mind. You have to get your mind off the game and before you go back to the hotel you decide to indulge in that great, All-American, tradition called McDonalds.
1997 Cost
Big Mac Extra Value Meal – $4.59
2022 Cost
Big Mac Meal – $9.29