Prices at this year’s Wimbledon have been revealed - and it certainly makes sense to bring your own in. Asking to be served up a bottle of Stella Artois will certainly smash your bank account - to the tune of £9.70 for a 330ml bottle.
Meanwhile cans of Pimm’s, wine and gin and tonic also costing £9.70. Spirits on the menu are listed at £9.70 each, including canned grenache rose wine, sipsmith gin and light tonic and a 330ml Stella Artois. A pint is setting spectators back between £7.20 and £7.55, having been priced between £6.10 and £6.50 last year, while other bottles of beer are available from £6.50.
It is a tradition that people can bring their own drink and food in to have picnics - but there are restrictions. Wimbledon says that alcohol can be brought into the Grounds but is limited to the equivalent of one bottle of wine or Champagne (750ml) or two cans of beer (500ml) or two cans of premixed aperitifs per person. Bottles of spirits or fortified wines will not be allowed in.
The club adds: “You are welcome to bring your own food and drink to Wimbledon, but please note hard-sided containers and items, such as picnic hampers/cool boxes, flasks and camping chairs are not allowed.“
Other prices include £11.20 for a Pimm’s, pitchers are £30 and mineral waters are £2.65 - up 40p on 2022 and it is £2.25 for a can of coke zero. However the traditional Wimbledon treat of strawberries and cream is £2.50 - the price has been frozen since 2010 - and about 200,000 portions will be sold over the tournament.
Abag of Haribo, Skittles or Minstrels will cost £4.20, a Cornish pasty £6.30 and a sausage roll £4.80 and an ice cream £4.20. On the first day of the tournament, some spectators who had visited Wimbledon in previous years said the queue was the “worst” they had seen.
Organisers said extra checks – put in place over over concerns about protests – were to blame for the slow queue. A spokesperson for the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) said there was “high demand” from queuers on Monday and thanked them for their “patience and understanding”.
They added: “Understandably, our security team on the gates are conducting an enhanced bag check operation. While there has been a steady stream of guests entering the grounds since gates opened at 10am, entry via the queue has been at a slower rate than in previous years as a result of these checks.”
The club’s chief executive, Sally Bolton, earlier told reporters that security arrangements had been boosted after climate change group Just Stop Oil (JSO) disrupted the second Ashes Test at Lord’s, the Gallagher Premiership rugby final at Twickenham and the World Snooker Championship.
The championships will run until July 16.
