Starkville businesses hoping there is a football season

Football generates big money for local businesses

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College football has been canceled in other places across the country.

The southeastern conference has not cancelled the season for ole miss or mississippi state yet.

What would it mean to local businesses in starkville if it did wtva's wayne hereford joins us live with what he found out from talking to a restaurant owner and a hotel general manager.

I went to the little dooey here in starkville and the la quinta inn suites.

Its the same at both places.

They are hoping there will be football this fall.

Of a football season."

"this year catering's gone with the uncertainty of what's going to happen with football."

Bart wood owns the little dooey restaurant a very popular eatery in starkville.

Normally he would already be taking orders from fans, but now its wait and see what happens with msu football.

"well football season actually starts usually the last week , the first week of september.

It really starts before that.

Here at the little dooey's with all the catering we do, normally this time of year we are double fisting phone calls people getting ready of tailgating fisting phone calls people getting ready of tailgating season, getting ready for things of that sort on campus."

But not this year he says as the football season hangs in the balance.

"its a fluid situation i understand .

"its a fluid situation i understand .

Day by day.

But it looks like they're going to make it and we're going to play football and have some season here in starkville mississippi which is paramount to the restaurant industry and businesses here in starkville mississippi."

One local hotel manager says he's keeping his fingers crossed too in hopes the season will kick off soon.

(jordan gillentine gen.

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La quinta inn and suites) "football in a college town especially starkville is pivotal.

I mean it makes our year .

So doing without would definitely make a huge impact.

We want everyone to stay safe but we also want to have some semblance of a football season."

Coronavirus concerns are everywhere but as you can see, the business owners we talked to want to the games to go on here in starkville.

So far, the southeastern conference leaders say they will play .

Reporting live in starkville wayne hereford wtva nine news.

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