Another contributing factor in the increase of hot dog sales is the growth of concession sales at America's brand new, improved baseball stadiums. Cleveland Indian fans will eat an estimated 1.8 million hot dogs at Jacobs Field, beating out the former king of hot dog sales, Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. Fans at the home of the Texas Rangers, the team once owned by President George W. Bush, will eat one million hot dogs, while fans at Kansas City's Kauffman Stadium will eat about 570,000 hot dogs this season cheering on the Royals. Jacobs Field in Cleveland sells corn dogs to kids at the Kids Land concession area. Oriole Park at Camden Yards expects to sell thousands of Kids Dogs to young Orioles fans.
Hot dogs are now a close second.
Chicago fans will eat nearly a million hot dogs this season at Wrigley Field - windy city style with diced tomato, dill pickle, relish and hot peppers on a poppy seed bun. No matter what the topping, Americans can all agree that the 2001 baseball season promises to be another banner year for hot dog and sausage lovers. The National Hot Dog and Sausage Council is a project of the American Meat Institute Foundation. The Council also sponsors July's National Hot Dog Month and National Hot Dog Day, scheduled for July 19, 2001.