Jacksonville, fla. – Gator Nation is in San Antonio, Texas, earlier than the nationwide championship sport, whereas the lads’s basketball group is getting ready to take over Houston Cougars.
It’s also an enormous enterprise for Sports activities Mania, a Jacksonville Seaside enterprise, which has a tent arrange close to the sport web site. Proprietor John A. Smith says there are about four,000 clients a day and works extra time.
“Now we have the invasion of the Houston followers, however do we have now lots of gutters which might be thrown right here and the query is that we’ll exit?” stated Smith, who has been in enterprise for 50 years.
Smith confirmed News4jax round his tent in San Antonio, the place Gators’s followers got here and went all day.
Smith, who as soon as performed basketball for Gators many months in the past, stated it is a particular second for him.
“I’m going to the sport for my birthday, what about it,” he stated. “Du -te gators!”
Smith will go to the sport in honor of his 72nd anniversary.
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