Florida State University’s football team has suspended its past two home games. That’s after a season spent limiting the number of people allowed in the stadium. And Executive Director of Visit Tallahassee, Kerri Post, says that’s reduced the positive economic impact the games typically have in the city. But she says since the last two postponements came at the last minute, they weren’t as bad as they could have been for the local economy.
"There was a lot of consumer spending and visitor spending here in our community because they came here to Tallahassee only then to learn that the game had been canceled due to COVID-19," said Post.
The remainder of Florida State University’s football season is uncertain with too few players remaining on the team to play after several tested positive for the coronavirus.
The Seminoles want to reschedule the games but coaches at both Clemson University and the University of Virginia say they are not willing to return to Tallahassee. The Atlantic Coast Conference Monday morning released a statement canceling FSU’s game with Duke that had been scheduled for this upcoming Saturday. If the games aren’t made up, FSU would finish the season with a 2 and 6 record, their worst season since 1974.
