Business for Amarillo event venues booming, making up for many lost parties from 2020
Here’s how the 2020 graduates who are celebrating this year are playing a part in keeping venues busy.
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AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) - Business is booming for Amarillo event venues this year with many people making up for the parties that were cancelled last year.
Some 2020 graduates have the chance to walk with the 2021 graduates this year. So, the demand for graduation parties has increased, causing many venues in the area to be completely booked through the summer.
“Graduation, gosh, I think that started, I think I had maybe two last weekend and I mean I’m booked up until I want to say July for just graduations. Just what ever date they can get they’re grabbing even if its late in the summer, they’re wanting to do all of those things because you’re right, so many graduates didn’t get to walk stage last year that they’re all kind of combining par
Caterers start to see a slight increase in bookings during pandemic
KFDA News at Six pt 2 - VOD - clipped version By Freixys Casado | January 21, 2021 at 7:04 PM CST - Updated January 21 at 9:24 PM
AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) - Trays that would hold corn bread, ribs or brisket for weddings and fundraisers, spent most of 2020 stashed away as the pandemic took big parties out of the picture.
Richard Dyer had been in the restaurant business for more than 20 years, when he decided to only do catering, which he says was working out great until last year.
He is the owner of Desperado’s Catering and usually does around 800 bookings a year, but in 2020, “We were lucky if we did 60,” said Dyer.