Beer Drinkers Turn to Social Media As Safeco Field Suds Hawker Takes Orders Via Twitter

by abournenesn

Apr 7, 2011

Beer Drinkers Turn to Social Media As Safeco Field Suds Hawker Takes Orders Via Twitter Take me out to the ballgame, take me out to the crowd. Tweet me some Coors Light and Mill-er Light, I don’t care If I — wait, what?

Mariners fans attending games at Safeco Field this year won’t have to go too far to get a few cold ones. While not having to leave one’s seat for a pop is nothing new for fans, here’s what is: Kevin Zelko, a 36-year-old beer vendor (who teaches during the “offseason,” if you will), now takes orders via Twitter.

“I deliver and hock beers up & down the aisles at Safeco. I will hand deliver to you if Tweet me your order! Tweet me your seat number & order (Lower Level only),” his Twitter page explains.

He claims to sell about 80 beers during an average home game and pulls in about $125. On weekends, he can sell more than 100 beers and pull in closer to $200.

“Since the beginning of beer vendors, we’ve been walking up and down the aisles seeing who wants a beer, I’m going to try to change that,” Zelko told CNBC.

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Will Fenway beer vendors hop aboard the tweet train? Leave your thoughts below.

Beer Drinkers Turn to Social Media As Safeco Field Suds Hawker Takes Orders Via Twitter

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“The year in Anaheim, I talked about it with my wife. We were going to try one more team and if I didn’t make it, that was probably going to be it. If it had been [playing in] Portland all year, I would have really had to evaluate what I was going to do. I was 29 years old, and 600 or whatever games is a lot to play down there [in the AHL]. It can wear on you. So I’m very fortunate that a team gave me a break and it’s been awesome ever since. My whole career has been great, but the last five years have been a dream come true.”
–Shawn Thornton, referring to a time when he nearly gave up on his NHL dreams 

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And all they “need to do is show a little class, a little sophistication, and [they’re] in like a dirty shirt.”

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Sing it loud Red Sox/Saw Doctor’s Nation.

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