9A Testing Hypothesis Part 2

The interviews:

As a continuation to the first part of my opportunity, I conducted 5 more interviews of students, fans, and other members of the community to gain a better understanding of the lack of affordable food options at major events around Gainesville. Some interesting findings that I noticed throughout the interview process are that this issue seems to mainly affect students and people who don’t necessarily have an endless amount of free income. Students obviously have a lot of educational expenses with tuition, room and board, books, etc. So, they don’t necessarily have the ability to spend $10-$15 on two small items from concession stands at sports games or food trucks at concerts. While adults with stable jobs are better equipped to accommodate to the increased price since they don’t necessarily have the same quantity of economic constraints that students seem to have. There are a few exceptions to this including members of the elderly age group as they also could share in some of the economic constraints that can be similar to students. For them, they more than likely are not able to work as many hours as say an adult in there mid to late 30’s who has an established career and stable salary. In the end, the majority of the interviews seemed to voice the same concern. If they are going to spend hundreds of dollars just to attend the event they would hope that the amenities including food, would be a little more accommodating to everyone rather than the few who have the economic freedom to purchase items that would normally be cheaper if not in the event setting. They feel they would enjoy the event more if this was the case considering all the extra stress they go through just because they aren’t willing to purchase food items inside the event arena.

Inside the boundary:	Outside the boundary
Who is In: Students, Families, Elderly patrons	Who is Not: Adults with relatively high income, People who don’t have a preference
What the Need Is: More affordable food options	What the Need Is Not: lowering the prices of the concession stands already established in the arenas/event spaces.
Why the Need Exists: People are forced to choose between eating at the event or not eating at the event and starving.	Alternative Explanations: more affordable food options will save students and other patrons money.