UNIVERSITY PARK While the teams will be wearing blue and white and maize and blue when Penn State takes on Michigan at Beaver Stadium today, local businesses will be seeing green. According to a study completed in 2022 for Happy Valley Adventure Bureau, Penn State football home games are the biggest drivers of sports-related […]
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By Centre County Report | Dayna Brewer
Since COVID hit last year the local hospitality industry has taken a hard hit. But with Penn State holding its first in-person commencement since December 2019, hotels and bed and breakfasts have booked up for this weekend.
“This will be the busiest weekend that this area has enjoyed since the [Penn State football] Whiteout weekend in 2019,” said Dave Gerdes, Happy Valley Adventure Bureau vice president of sales and marketing.
He says Centre County took a cautious approach to visitors during much of the pandemic.
“… We had to be very sensitive to the community,” Gerdes said. “The community throughout this pandemic have at times not been very comfortable with welcoming people in. It’s not like they said ‘no,’ but they didn’t exactly say ‘yes. ”
UpdatedTue, Feb 2, 2021 at 11:08 pm CT
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