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No Fans In Carrier Dome Affecting Local Businesses No Fans In Carrier Dome affecting Local Buisnesses

By Joshua Miller

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© 2020 Josh Miller

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HOW HAVE NO FANS BEING ALLOWED INTO THE CARRIER DOME AFFECTED LOCAL BUSINESS. NCC’S JOSH MILLER HAS THE ANSWER TO THAT.

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THE CARRIER DOME, HOME TO SYRACUSE FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL, AND ATHLETICS, KNOWN FOR HOLDING 50,000 PLUS SCREAMING FANS HAS NOT HAD ONE FAN IN THE STAND THIS SEASON DUE TO THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC. NOT ONLY HAS THIS AFFECTED THE ONE IN FIVE ORANGE FOOTBALL TEAM, BUT EVEN MORE SO, LOCAL BUSINESSES. BUSINESS WAS NOT ALWAYS LIKE THIS. IN FACT, PRE PANDEMIC EVERYTHING LIKE MOST OF THEIR BUSINESSES WAS DOING GREAT. ERIC OCKERT VARSITY PIZZA MANAGER HAS SEEN WHAT A NORMAL GAME DAY IS LIKE .

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(“the pizza line starts at one end of the building goes all the way to the back. When it starts to crawl back around towards the front of the building I started a new line outside, just to get in the door “)

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JOHN DELLAS OWNER OF FAGAN’S PUB KNOWS THE FEELING AS WELL.

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(“It would be, you know, full with tables people waiting for lunch and what have you, the bar area would be full.”)

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WHETHER IT’S VARSITY PIZZA BEHIND ME, OR FAEGANS PUB

TO MY LEFT, BOTH OF THESE BUSINESSES HAVE SEEN THE EFFECT OF NO FANS IN THE DOME FIRSTHAND

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(“because there are no games with between 30 and 50,000 patrons potential for us. We don’t get the pre game, and we don’t get the post game. It doesn’t exist anymore so monetarily. It’s a huge hit.”)

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(“”we would do on a regular football game day we, you know, our gross sales would be pretty close to a full week’s worth of business, and now it’s, you know, Saturdays are dead to me we’re doing almost nothing.”)

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AS THE BASKETBALL SEASON APPROACHES LOCAL BUSINESSES ARE HOPEFULL FANS WILL BE ALLOWED BACK INTO THE DOME, AND THAT BUSINESS WILL TURN AROUND IN THE NEAR FUTURE, JOSH MILLER, NCC NEWS.

 

SYRACUSE, NY- The Carrier dome is home to Syracuse athletics and many events and concerts. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Dome has had zero fans attend football games this season. Not only has no fans affected the 1-5 Syracuse football team, but also many local businesses. Varsity Pizza and Faegans Pub are two main game day attractions located on Marshall street and are a walking distance from campus.

The two have both experienced their fair share of loss in business because the Dome has not allowed fans. But local Businesses were not always struggling on game day like this, in fact, it was the exact opposite.

Erick Ockert, Varsity Pizza manager explained how busy the famous pizza spot gets. “The pizza line starts at one end in the building and curls around back, Ockert Said.

But now with no fans being allowed in the Dome for game days, it has not been the same on game day for these local businesses.

John Dellas has owned Faegans Pub, a local popular spot for 43 years, and has seen it at its worst in the past few months.

“ Because there are no games with 30,000-50,000 patrons, we don’t get the pre-game and post-game. It doesn’t exist anymore so monetarily it’s a huge hit,” Dellas said.

Local Businesses are hopeful that fans will be allowed to return to the dome for the upcoming basketball season and that business will improve soon to help stay afloat during a hard expected winter.

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