College Towns Face A Potentially Devastating Economic Blow This Fall: No Football

By Chauncey Alcorn CNN Business
(CNN) — Missing out on college football games is more than just a bummer for die-hard fans of the sport. For university towns and the local businesses that rely on college football to generate revenue, it’s yet another 2020 economic disaster on top of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Earlier this week, the Big Ten and Pac 12 conferences announced they were postponing their fall seasons until spring 2021. The news hit hard for businesses in college towns where th