Cash not accepted at ISU athletic events

[CycloneErik]

I think we can drop the whole "cashless society" thing. It's not what we are really talking about at all here.

Dominoes, sir. First Adventureland. then ISU, then they own every step of our every days.

 

[WooBadger18]

If you give them a finite amount of money, you know how much they'll spend. Give them a card and you don't.

Is that really a concern at a basketball game?

 

[BillBrasky4Cy]

Cash is legal tender for all debts.

A sale (or refusing one without a card) is not a debt.

Honestly though, cashless makes a ton of sense in a stadium environment. Lines are long and everyone's trying to grab food\drink in short periods of time, eliminating the process of people fishing through their wallets, volunteers having to make change, etc speeds things up.

And this isn't something new. In the last year I've been to events at Principal Park, Wells Fargo Arena, Kinnick, US Bank Stadium, Wrigley Field, and Childrens Mercy Park (Sporting KC) and they are all cashless. I think the only exception was the vendors that walk the aisles at Wrigley.

 

[3TrueFans]

Is that really a concern at a basketball game?

They might treat everyone in line to Clone Cones.

 

[alarson]

Is that really a concern at a basketball game?

"You two ate $300 in clone cones?!"

 

[werdnamanhill]

If I can't pay for a hot dog with a wire transfer than I probably will stop going to games

 

[BillBrasky4Cy]

I hardly ever carry cash. I don’t like dealing with coins and cash is dirty AF. I’ll use my credit card and build up points.

My dad and father in law both carry no less that $300 in change in their pockets. I don't get it.

 

[BryceC]

That definitely seems like the one potential drawback here. That said, I would guess you'd be fine to send your credit card with the kid(s); I can't even recall the last time anyone tried to verify my identity while using my credit card.

My kids have used my cards a million times with no issues.

 

[CtownCyclone]

My dad and father in law both carry no less that $300 in change in their pockets. I don't get it.

My dad is the same way. Had to coach him on not flashing all that cash when that came to visit in Houston and he was going to buy baseball tickets at the gate.

 

[CycloneErik]

What if we tell people this will help them save their cash for buying cars and homes?
Then it's a public service AND convenient.

 

[NorthCyd]

My dad and father in law both carry no less that $300 in change in their pockets. I don't get it.

 

[KnappShack]

My dad and father in law both carry no less that $300 in change in their pockets. I don't get it.

If you catch me with any folding money consider it a rare day.

Been like that for decades.

 

[isufbcurt]

If I can't pay for a hot dog with a wire transfer than I probably will stop going to games

Same for me but substitute wire transfer for travelers check

But honestly I don't ever buy any concessions at ISU FB or BB games.

 

[CYdTracked]

I won't put up a stink about this, but it is crazy to me that places can now just not accept legal US tender. I still prefer cash and prefer not having to use my cards but c'est la vie.

The places that annoy me are the ones that will no longer accept cash but make the customer be the one to pay the 3% charge or whatever it is in order to pay with a credit card. Either factor that cost in with your prices already or factor it into your operating costs so it doesn't look so petty by asking the customer to pay a fee for something you require in order to transaction business because you won't take cash.

Maybe it sounds nitpicky but it's a bad look when you have it setup that the customer knows they are the one paying that fee on top of what they are purchasing. I'd rather they just hide that cost by pricing the service or item accordingly that covers the fee they would have to pay rather than have the bad optics of tacking on an additional fee to pay by credit card as just the "addition fees" thing is a negative for most people. Major retailers have to pay for credit card transactions too but they already factor that into operating costs so it's already built into their pricing.

 

[SleepyEyeCy]

I won't put up a stink about this, but it is crazy to me that places can now just not accept legal US tender. I still prefer cash and prefer not having to use my cards but c'est la vie.

I am on your side. I don't believe in online money as "we" were always told not to put personal information "out there". It's a crazy world. Next thing you know people will be hooking up with strangers off a website or app.

 

[CYdTracked]

If you catch me with any folding money consider it a rare day.

Been like that for decades.

I don't pay in cash for much anymore but will usually carry $50 or less in my wallet just for those rare times you do have to use cash. Or like I just ranted about in my last post if some place is going to charge me more for paying with a credit card but will take cash then I will pay in cash if I have enough on me.

 

[BryceC]

I hardly ever carry cash. I don’t like dealing with coins and cash is dirty AF. I’ll use my credit card and build up points.

I haven’t carried cash in probably 15 years.

 

[GMackey32]

I haven’t carried cash in probably 15 years.

Last time I carried cash was when I was out of the country in 2019. Other than that, it's been all card.

 

[JK4ISU]

I hope I’ll have the option to give a $3 tip to the person who hands me a $5 bottle of water.

 

[Clonehomer]

Welp, there goes sending the 10+12 year together to go get a clone cone at Hilton

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