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Businesses, churches and other organizations around Lambeau Field are reaping the rewards from the Packers playing at home for the NFC title. | Photo: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 60 from Super: Business, Charities BenefitNext game: Sunday, January 20 "60 from Super" Coverage: GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) -- Jason Bartel is busy these days getting his Green Bay restaurant and bar called Kroll's West ready for another unexpected weekend of Green Bay Packers football -- the NFC championship no less. It's near Lambeau Field, and Bartel says that means his business is almost like having Christmas come again, one month later. He's general manager of Kroll's West, and he predicts it will be a fun and lucrative weekend. The economic prediction is that Sunday's championship game between the Packers and New York Giants will mean at least $4 million in spending that otherwise wouldn't have happened in Green Bay. Even charities stand to cash in. Nativity of Our Lord Catholic Church says his church parks about 100 cars in its lot about a half-mile from the stadium. Fr. Dennis Bergsbaken says that will mean another $1,000 for groups like the Knights of Columbus and a Boy Scout troop. (Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) |
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