HEY THERE, TOM. YEAH. MICHAEL, LISTEN, WE ARE HERE AT MR. G’S SPORTS BAR RIGHT OUTSIDE OF HARRISBURG. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE HERE ALREADY. EVEN THOUGH WE GOT A COUPLE HOURS NOW BEFORE GAME TIME, YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF THE EARLY CROWD HERE AT THIS PARTICULAR WATCH PARTY. YOU GUYS EXCITED ABOUT TEAM USA TONIGHT? CERTAINLY A LOT OF PEOPLE REALLY, REALLY EXCITED. YOU CAN SEE ALSO OUT THERE THEY’VE GOT A LOT OF EXCITED FANS. SOME GIVEAWAYS GOING ON HERE. THEY’RE ALSO RAISING MONEY FOR A REALLY GOOD CAUSE. IT’S GOING TO BE A PARTY AT MR. G’S AS THE SUSQUEHANNA TOWNSHIP SPORTS BAR PREPARES FOR A WATCH PARTY AND TO RAISE MONEY FOR SUSQUEHANNA TOWNSHIP EMS. WE’RE HERE TO GIVE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO MEET US, DO BLOOD PRESSURE CHECKS IF THEY WANT. MAYBE WITH THE GAME. THAT’S A GOOD THING. BIG CROWDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED DOWN ON RESTAURANT ROW IN DOWNTOWN HARRISBURG, WHERE MCGRATH’S PUB HAS EXPANDED. OWNER ADAM STURGIS SAYS IT COULDN’T HAVE COME AT A BETTER TIME WITH THE WORLD’S BIGGEST SOCCER EVENT GETTING UNDERWAY. BEING THIS CLOSE TO THE HOTELS AND EVERYTHING AS WELL. YOU KNOW, THERE’S, YOU KNOW, THERE’S PEOPLE IN FROM OUT OF TOWN THAT ARE LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO WATCH THE GAME, AND NOW WE HAVE A MUCH MORE SPACE TO OFFER DOWN HERE TO BE ABLE TO, TO ACCOMMODATE THAT. BRIAN UNGER WITH THE HARRISBURG REGIONAL CHAMBER, SAYS HARRISBURG ITSELF MAY NOT BE A HOST CITY FOR THE WORLD CUP, BUT IT’S NOT FAR FROM PHILLY, AND THAT GIVES THE CAPITAL CITY A CHANCE TO SHINE AS VISITORS FROM AROUND THE WORLD EXPLORE THE KEYSTONE STATE. WHAT WE KNOW IS INDIVIDUALS THAT COME FOR THE WORLD CUP COME FOR A GAME, BUT THEN THEY STAY A PRETTY LONG TIME AND THEY ALSO. IT’S NOT JUST FOLKS COMING TO THE GAME, THEY’RE SUPPORTER CLUBS. THERE’S SUPPORT STAFF. YOU KNOW, UNGER ALSO SAID ONE OF THE BIG THINGS IS FOR DAUPHIN COUNTY, A LOT OF PRIDE BECAUSE OF CHRISTIAN PULISIC AND WHAT HE’S DOING WITH THE U.S. TEAM. AGAIN, THIS EVENT GETTING STARTED HERE REALLY IN EARNEST IN JUST A LITTLE BIT AS PEOPLE GET READY TO CELEBRATE WHAT IS A VERY EXCITING EVENING HERE IN PENNSYLVANIA AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
Bars, restaurants looking forward to bump in business from World Cup
The United States’ World Cup matchup with Paraguay on Friday night is stoking a lot of excitement and a lot of commerce for businesses in the Susquehanna Valley.Mr. G’s Sports Bar in Susquehanna Township is hosting a watch party for the game while also raising funds for Susquehanna Township EMS, which has members on hand to do community outreach at the event.”We’re here for the community to meet us, do blood pressure checks if they want, with the game going on maybe that’s a good thing,” said Don Kunst, executive director and chief of Susquehanna Township EMS.Restaurant Row on Second Street in Downtown Harrisburg is also expecting big crowds for World Cup soccer during the tournament.Adam Sturges, owner of McGrath’s Pub, said the timing couldn’t be better to coincide with a major expansion into the former Arooga’s Sports Bar at the corner of North 2nd and Locust streets.”We’re definitely looking forward to it, and it was a goal of mine to have it open and have some nice big TVs in there before World Cup started,” he said.Ryan Unger, president and CEO of the Harrisburg Regional Chamber and Capital Region Economic Development Corporation, said Harrisburg itself may not be a host city for the tournament but will likely get a chance to shine as people visiting the Keystone State explore outside Philadelphia.“We’ve got a great team led by our favorite son of Dauphin County and the Capital Region, Christian Pulisic, so I know we’re pumped. And you certainly think it’s going to be a great impact here in the Harrisburg region,” Unger said.
The United States’ World Cup matchup with Paraguay on Friday night is stoking a lot of excitement and a lot of commerce for businesses in the Susquehanna Valley.
Mr. G’s Sports Bar in Susquehanna Township is hosting a watch party for the game while also raising funds for Susquehanna Township EMS, which has members on hand to do community outreach at the event.
“We’re here for the community to meet us, do blood pressure checks if they want, with the game going on maybe that’s a good thing,” said Don Kunst, executive director and chief of Susquehanna Township EMS.
Restaurant Row on Second Street in Downtown Harrisburg is also expecting big crowds for World Cup soccer during the tournament.
Adam Sturges, owner of McGrath’s Pub, said the timing couldn’t be better to coincide with a major expansion into the former Arooga’s Sports Bar at the corner of North 2nd and Locust streets.
”We’re definitely looking forward to it, and it was a goal of mine to have it open and have some nice big TVs in there before World Cup started,” he said.
Ryan Unger, president and CEO of the Harrisburg Regional Chamber and Capital Region Economic Development Corporation, said Harrisburg itself may not be a host city for the tournament but will likely get a chance to shine as people visiting the Keystone State explore outside Philadelphia.
“We’ve got a great team led by our favorite son of Dauphin County and the Capital Region, Christian Pulisic, so I know we’re pumped. And you certainly think it’s going to be a great impact here in the Harrisburg region,” Unger said.