Like my life as a tired businessman on the road, I'm checking into the PACtion™ 2024 front desk. Do I get a complimentary bottle of water for being a Hilton rewards member? Or is it BellStores rewards?
Note: being in downtown Massillon after the state title game was great. It was something to behold and take it all in. In a good way.
But what surprised me was how unprepared local businesses were for that money making opportunity last night. Fast food places, pizza places, stores....many were closed after 10:00 pm and many close even earlier than that.
Even #1 Kitchen on Lincoln Way East.....not open. You're calling yourself NUMBER ONE KITCHEN and you're closed?
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And Massillon ESPN 990 radio at 10:00 PM was playing some canned ESPN talk show right after the game. A real radio station that was local would have thrown open the phone lines and those lines would have been flooded last night.
Having a Kevin O'Leary Shark Tank mindset, businesses should have anticipated that money making opportunity last night. A lot of food could have been sold.