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Your Guide For Cheap Eating At THON 2025

Dancing for 46 hours is a long time, folks.

Although you can’t sit down or sleep, you can still grab a bite to eat to replenish yourself. If you’re staying for the full 46 hours, you’ll need to make several stops at concession stands in the concourse, and if you don’t know where to look, you could end up paying an arm and a leg for some snacks… and it’s hard to dance if you’re missing two limbs.

Don’t worry, though. We did the shopping around part for you, so when you get hungry, you know where to look and can hopefully save a couple of bucks.

Center Court

Center Court is the largest of the Bryce Jordan Center’s concessions, stretching from portals 5 to 8. It offers a wide variety of food, snacks, and drinks at a range of prices.

  • $1 fruit — orange, apple, banana
  • $2 cheese cup
  • $3 Penn State Bakery baked goods
  • $3 bagel with cream cheese
  • $4 soft pretzels/popcorn/candy/fruit cup/waffle
  • $5 jumbo hot dog
  • $6 french fries
  • $6 nachos
  • $10 cheeseburger
  • $10 char-grilled chicken sandwich
  • $14 chicken tender basket

  • $3 Aquafina bottled water
  • $4 juice/chocolate milk
  • $5 Propel
  • $5 Gatorade
  • $5 regular soda
  • $7 large soda

Fast Break

Fast Break has two locations, portal 24 and portal 27. The portal 24 spot offers 12 food options with the chicken basket and cheesesteaks being the priciest. But if you like pickles and cheese, you’re in luck.

The portal 24 location offers the following:

  • $2 Oh Snap! pickles/cheese cup
  • $3 Sabra hummus and pretzels
  • $4 Federal Pretzel
  • $5 jumbo hot dog
  • $6 french fry basket
  • $7 York Street Snacks
  • $8 York Street market sandwiches/wraps
  • $9 York Street salads
  • $10 cheeseburger/char-grilled chicken sandwich
  • $10 cheese/pepperoni pizza
  • $14 Chickie’s & Pete’s cheesesteaks
  • $14 chicken tender basket

  • $3 Aquafina bottled water
  • $4 Pure Leaf tea/juice/chocolate milk
  • $5 LIFEWTR/Propel/Gatorade
  • $5 bottled soda
  • $6 Starbucks double shot

The portal 27 locations offers the following:

  • $2 Oh Snap! pickles
  • $4 grilled cheese
  • $4 tomato soup

  • $3 Aquafina water
  • $5 bottled soda
  • $5 Gatorade

Spotlight BBQ

Spotlight BBQ offers similar items as Fast Break and Center Court but with a mix of BBQ items. It’s located at portal 21.

  • $1 fruit — orange, apple, banana
  • $3 bagel with cream cheese
  • $3 Penn State Bakery baked goods
  • $3 mountain waffle
  • $4 Federal pretzel/popcorn/candy/fruit
  • $6 waffle fry basket
  • $6 mac ‘n’ cheese bowl
  • $12 brisket/pulled pork nachos
  • $12 brisket/pulled pork mac n cheese
  • $12 Nashville hot chicken sandwich
  • $12 fried chicken sandwich
  • $14 brisket/pulled pork sandwich w/fries

  • $3 Aquafina bottled water
  • $4 juice/chocolate milk
  • $5 Propel
  • $5 Gatorade
  • $5 regular soda
  • $7 large soda

Pick & Roll

Pick & Roll is your quick and easy one-stop shop. Because of its innovative technology, all you have to do is walk in, grab the items you want, and your card will automatically be charged without a checkout process.

It sits outside of portal 13 and it has a variety of drinks and some snacks.

  • $2 Starburst/peanut butter M&M’s
  • $2.50 chips
  • $2.50 Nut Harvest nuts
  • $3 mountain waffle
  • $3 Penn State Bakery brownie/brookie/cookie
  • $3 Welchs’ fruit snacks/Trolli puffs
  • $3 Cliff bar/Kind bar
  • $4 candy
  • $8 York Street Market salads/wraps
  • $8 Deli Express sandwiches/wraps
  • $8 ice cream sandwich
  • $10 Berkey Creamery ice cream

  • $3 Aquafina bottled water
  • $4 juice
  • $4 Pure Leaf iced tea
  • $4 chocolate milk
  • $5 LIFEWTR
  • $5 Propel
  • $5 bottled soda
  • $5 Gatorade
  • $5 Celsius
  • $5 Naked juice
  • $6 Starbucks double shot

Chickie’s & Pete’s

Although you can get Chickie’s & Pete’s items at Fast Break, it also has its own stand behind portal 32 where you can get its fries and cheesesteaks.

  • $2 extra cheese
  • $12 Crabfries with creamy cheese sauce
  • $14 Pete’s famous Philly cheesesteak
  • $14 chicken cheesesteak

  • $3 Aquafina bottled water
  • $5 bottled soda

Auntie Anne’s

Auntie Anne’s may have good pretzels, but they will come at a price. The stand outside of portal 2 offers three different pretzels, six dips, and two types of frozen lemonade. The flavored lemonades are strawberry, mango, and blue raspberry.

  • $2 dips
  • $7 original pretzel
  • $7 cinnamon sugar pretzel
  • $8 pepperoni pretzel

  • $6 original frozen lemonade
  • $7 Flavored mixers

Acai Bar

Not much variety here, given the name of the establishment. The bar sits at portal 30 where you have your choice of seven ingredients to add to your acai bowls and eight beverage/snack options.

  • $3 Penn State Bakery baked goods
  • $3 mountain waffles
  • $4 candy
  • $6 small nuts for you
  • $9 large nuts for you
  • $12 acai bowls

  • $3 Starbucks coffee
  • $3 stadium hot cocoa
  • $3 Aquafina water
  • $4 Berkey Creamery chocolate milk

Berkey Creamery

The Berkey Creamery stand at portal 3 offers mini servings, pints, and ice cream sandwiches with 17 total flavors. It also offers some drinks and snacks.

  • $3 mountain waffle
  • $3 Penn State Bakery items
  • $5 minis
  • $8 ice cream sandwiches
  • $10 pints

  • $4 coffee/hot cocoa

House Of Hoagies

The House of Hoagies has, unsurprising, hoagies. You can get ham, turkey, and Italian with either provolone or American cheese, and eight different toppings. It also offers snacks and drinks. You can find the House of Hoagies at portal 10.

  • $4 popcorn
  • $6 Cheetos popcorn
  • $10 walking toco
  • $12 hoagies

  • $3 Aquafina bottled water
  • $4 Pure Leaf tea
  • $5 Gatorade/soda

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Mitch Corcoran

Mitch is a senior broadcast journalism major from Johnstown, PA. He is a big Pittsburgh sports fan and in his free time he likes to listen to music, play video games, and rewatch old football games. He also loves Seinfeld, Star Wars, bucket hats, Chili's, and Dua Lipa. If you want Justin Herbert propaganda or random sports content, follow him on Twitter/X @MitchCorc18 or email [email protected]

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