A new follower of A Luxury Travel Blog on Twitter caught my eye this morning. Mangia (Twitter account, @Mangia_Inc) is an online service where you can order food from your stadium seat by cell phone and have it brought straight to you. Sheeesh… and they wonder why they have an obesity problem in the United States! This is surely laziness on a par with drive-thrus. And yes, I understand the argument that you might not want to miss ‘the game’ but, in my experience of football (soccer) matches, you’re usually still able to watch whilst queueing at these places. Half-time and other stoppages would also allow for you lift your sorry behind out of your seat and actually walk the few yards to the nearest outlet within the stadium. Interesting idea, though, and I wish them well with it. A little worryingly, perhaps, I suspect there probably is the demand in the US. The service currently only applies to the Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, Utah (home of the Major League Soccer team Real Salt Lake), but there are plans to take it to other stadia.
