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Greeson: Super high hopes for safe and spirited Super Bowl celebrations

Macro shot of American football ball background football tile / Getty Images
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Sunday is a pinnacle event, the most-watched, most-discussed, most-wagered-on single game in American sports.

Heck, it’s so big that lots of organizations even call their biggest event the “Super Bowl.” There’s the Super Bowl of Motorcross, the Super Bowl of NASCAR and dare I say it, some think the Masters is the Super Bowl of golf. (I prefer to think the Super Bowl is the Masters of football, but hey, there you go.)

This Sunday’s matchup between the Chiefs and the Buccaneers is the Super Bowl of TV, the Super Bowl of marketing and the Super Bowl for sports bars.

Well, it was when bar and tavern operators worried more about having enough Corona than keeping everyone socially distanced to prevent corona.

“Overall, I’m optimistic,” said John McClellan, owner of Mike’s Hole in the Wall in North Chattanooga. “I don’t expect a wait [list], and I think we will be as full as we can be.”