Re: Or, we could appreciate the fact that the game is in an incredible NFL facility

Since Ga Tech effed Clemson fans over by downsizing the number of seats by 13,000 moving from Grant Field to an upper-deck-roped-off MB Dome (while UGA v Oregon will play in full arena Saturday) due to the fear of being outnumbered in the stands (which would have happened), our fans should hold off on spending ANY $2 bills in the Atlanta area that weekend.

Why?

It will be common knowledge in the business community that there's a Tech / Clemson football game that weekend, and many will be expecting these bills to show up. When they don't, I want them asking why. And the answer will be that Tech chose to limit the number of fans traveling to the area for this game (by roughly 30k), and screwing the local business community over, by cutting the number of seats back, and they should get eaten alive by those same businesses for doing so.

Considering ATL is where the $2 bill tradition started, to show our travel impact, it would be poetic to kibosh it there for that game considering the circumstances. A reverse $2 bill message.

Go Tigers!

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Oh my, Judge. This is becoming embarrassing.

Aug 3, 2022, 1:32 AM

For starters, it was Georgia Tech's call on the seating, not the venue's call nor the Chick-Fil-A game org.

https://www.ajc.com/sports/georgia-tech/georgia-tech-clemson-in-kickoff-game-sold-out/XCUWCUQTDREZDCNZCF5LJXL4KA/

Georgia Tech-Clemson Chick-fil-A Kickoff game sold out

The season-opening game between Georgia Tech and Clemson has sold out, according to Chick-fil-A Kickoff game officials, However, a limited allotment o

In case you don't have access, here is what this article states...

"Tech has elected to play the Sept. 5 game with a seating configuration that will cap attendance at 42,500, as it did for its 2021 game against North Carolina in Mercedes-Benz Stadium. It could be considered a reflection of fan interest in the Yellow Jackets in the wake of three consecutive three-win seasons.

While the game is being presented as a Chick-fil-A Kickoff game, it is actually a home game for Tech, which made the game part of its six-year series at the state-of-the-art stadium within walking distance from Tech’s campus. As late as the time of last year’s game, Tech officials planned to use the full 71,000-seat configuration for this year’s Clemson game, expecting larger attendance.

However, Tech finished the season with an average home attendance of 37,333, the lowest (barring 2020, when attendance was capped at 11,000 as a COVID-19 protocol) since 1989, when the stadium capacity was 43,719, as compared to the present 55,000.

In Clemson’s past two visits to Tech, barring the 2020 season, when attendance was capped at 11,000 as a COVID-19 protocol, attendance was 50,595 in 2018 and 53,932 in 2016, both games played with a heavy orange presence in the stands. Both were Tech’s biggest home crowds of the season."

Do you get that? Just in case, maybe you should read it again. Go ahead, I'll wait.

There now.

Next, I never said it was a 'big deal' for Atlanta businesses to see $2 bills. They're used to it by now and expect them (as you said - they know how well we travel and spend). What could have an impact is if they saw ZERO $2 bills with a Clemson game in town. And obviously we're not talking about every single business in Atlanta, or the entire business community that would notice. We're talking restaurants and shops that are prone to catering to visitors and sporting events. Perhaps if you didn't have disdain for the tradition and participated in it you might have grasped that by now. But alas.

Now alastly, at no point was there any kind of suggestion to boycott or avoid Atlanta businesses. Not a one. You made that up (not unusual). Just don't use the $2 bills anywhere. Do you get that? Wanna look at prior posts here in the thread to confirm? The one screwing over Atlanta businesses (and Clemson fans) is Georgia Tech, their home school. They are the ones who opted to eliminate the opportunity for an additional 25,000 people to visit for this game. Go back to the AJC article above (hope Tech's major home newspaper is an okay source for you) for reference on this.

Good night, and good luck.

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Just a thought... No $2 Bills in Atlanta this year.

Re: Just a thought... No $2 Bills in Atlanta this year.

tech.

Correct. This is a Tech home game.***

Initially the entire stadium was to be utilized but after

Another reason we need out of the dismal ACC***

u think the chicfili kick off organizers would

It's really a Tech home game that the CFA org partnered

Re: Just a thought... No $2 Bills in Atlanta this year.

Re: Just a thought... No $2 Bills in Atlanta this year.

Or, we could appreciate the fact that the game is in an incredible NFL facility

"Not relevant now"?

Yes, it is indeed a Clemson tradition.

Re: Yes, it is indeed a Clemson tradition.

Wouldn't buy a glass of sweet tea these days

Re: Yes, it is indeed a Clemson tradition.

Too funny, JK. The only Clemson tradition you ever seem to

If you want to spend $2 bills, knock yourself out.

Sorry you missed the entire point of the OP, which was

I got your point about $2 bills

Oh my, Judge. This is becoming embarrassing.

You should be embarrassed.

I don’t disagree that it’s a unique conversation starter.

Re: I don’t disagree that it’s a unique conversation starter.

I don’t think there is anything wrong with the tradition.

Don’t tell anyone….

You sound more and more like a #### lover...