Lubbock businesses booming for graduation weekend
Businesses booming for Tech graduation weekend By Brittany Michaleson | May 14, 2021 at 7:29 PM CDT - Updated May 14 at 7:29 PM
LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Businesses are getting a much-needed boost as Texas Tech graduates walk the stage this week - a welcome return to normal after in-person graduations were canceled last year.
Buddy Beach, director of operations at Table 82 and Las Brisas, calls Texas Tech’s big weekend Christmas in May.
Both he and Lisa West, owner and operator for Spanky’s and Double Nickel, say a lot of businesses survive off these huge influxes, like graduations and football games.
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Another round of the Payroll Protection Program opened Monday for new borrowers and “certain existing PPP borrowers.” Many businesses around the country including here in Lubbock plan on taking advantage of it so they can continue to pay their employees.