Detroit sports wins = dollars for local sports bars

By Noah Shepardson
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With last night’s 19-6 shellacking of the Texas Rangers the Detroit Tigers are now 9-13 on the season and it seems that their offense has finally come to play. Along with a better record, local businesses are feeling the effects of a winning professional baseball team.

The Detroit Tigers are have finally begun to pick up the pace winning their last seven out of 10, but they are not are only successful professional sports team in the area. The Detroit Redwings have won their first round of the NHL Playoffs matchup and the NBA’s Detroit Pistons have tied up their first round playoff series with the Philadelphia Seventy-Sixers at one game apiece.
This has translated into a very nice spike in the sales at local bars.

“Every time we televise a game, whether it be Tigers, Pistons or Red Wings we see an increase in sales. The fact that we have three winning professional sports teams in this state is great. When those teams win we seem to do much better sales wise,” said Dave Hunter, owner of O’Kelly’s Sports Bar and Grille.

Steve Hillberg, Manager of Buffalo Wild Wings in Mount Pleasant, said “That (making money) is the reason we televise all the Detroit games. The games bring people in and if our team is winning people are more likely to stay and order another round.”

O’Kelly’s Sports Bar and Grille and Buffalo Wild Wings are televising every Pistons and Red Wings playoff game. Buffalo Wild Wings are also televising every available Tigers game this season which will be about 150.