#StadiumCups October 23

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In October 2025, many of us will be taking part in the 30-Day Kitchen Coach4aday Challenge. Each day we will spotlight an appliance, utensil, or gadget found in a commercial or residential kitchen. The tools and devices used to prepare and cook food is quite extensive and this month we will take a look at both the sublime and ridiculous. My post today is focused on STADIUM CUPS.

Four months ago, we finally staged an intervention with our kitchen cabinets—a full-on purge. Out went dozens of colorful plastic stadium cups, each proudly sporting the logo of some long-forgotten event. Not pointing fingers, but let’s just say our family had a slight tendency to collect these things until the cabinet looked like a kudzu-covered souvenir shop on a southern highway embankment.

Thankfully today we are down to less than a dozen of these cups. Here is half of our current collection.

Kitchen-30 Day Challenge Guidelines

As with previous challenges, participants are encouraged to adapt the guidelines to fit their own circumstances. If you can, commit to sharing something about an appliance, utensil, or gadget found in a Kitchen during the month of October

1. Record something about an item found in a Kitchen. Make sure you include a description and its purpose. Try, if possible, to include a photo.
2. Share with a challenge partner if you have one.
3. Join the conversation by posting on social media with the hashtag #Coach4adayChallenge

October 23rd-Stadium Cups

To some these cups fall more in the souvenir category than being used. The U.S. promotional-products industry (where most logoed souvenir cups get bought as giveaways or event merch) did about $26.6 billion in sales in 2024.

When it comes to these cups actually being valuable as collectibles that is a tough hill to climb. In the sports world cups from stadiums that have been demolished (like the old Yankee Stadium, Shea, or the Astrodome) are more desirable than ones still in existing. A 1970s Super Bowl plastic cup in good condition might fetch $10–$50, while common modern ones go for under $5.