All-you-can-eat seats becoming popular at venues

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jacks.

And some more.

And more.

The Associated Press reports a growing trend is in all-you-can-eat seating at sports venues -- for one flat rate. Alcohol and desserts usually are sold separately.

Nearly half of the 30 major league baseball teams -- including the Texas Rangers -- have added all-inclusive seats.

Most cover only the basics: like hot dogs, popcorn and soda.

The NBA's San Antonio Spurs sell all-you-can-eat tickets.

The NFL's Houston Texans last year opened the 500-seat Director's Club, offering unlimited food and drinks. Memberships for the 2009 season cost $1,250.

Jeanne Goldberg is a professor of nutrition science at the Friedman School of Nutrition at Tufts.

Goldberg says -- just what the world doesn't need is another way to get as much food as you want whenever you want it.