COUNTY LIFE
America’s favorite tailgating trends
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A majority of Americans are “home-gaters” – watching the game at home or a friend’s
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Cornhole is the favorite tailgating game of the season (51%)
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Most people prefer wings as their tailgating food
- Beer is the favorite drink & a majority of people (67%) will be drinking an alcoholic drink while tailgating this football season\\
With fall comes cooler weather, pumpkin-spice everything and of course, football. It’s that time of the year for tailgating season, so we surveyed over 1,000 consumers to take a look into this year’s top tailgating trends.
Along with football season comes one of America’s favorite pastimes – tailgating! Whether it be at the stadium or home-gating at a friend’s house, we’ve uncovered consumers favorite tailgating trends and activities.
One interesting insight we found is that while most consumers prefer watching NFL games (53%), 60.5% of Americans would rather tailgate at a college game.
As for where they are tailgating, a majority of consumers are what’s known as “home-gaters”,(36%) meaning they grill out, drink and enjoy the game with friends from the comfort of their own home. Following closely behind, 34% of consumers like to tailgate at the stadium, close to the action. As for the rest, 16% of consumers celebrate at a friends house, and 14% prefer a local bar or pub to “tailgate” the game.
We also looked into consumers favorite tailgating games and activities, discovering more than half of people prefer the classic tailgating game “cornhole”. Favorite games are followed by beer pong (17%), frisbee or catch (11%), flip cup (8%), washers (8%), and ladder toss (5%).
The members of the Montague County Commissioner’s Court will meet at 9 a.m. on May 27 in the courthouse annex.
Items on the agenda are as follows: Consent agenda, fueling energy and operations update from Pam Hughes Pak with Atmos Energy Corporation, proclamation naming June was Elder Abuse Awareness Month in the county, consider WiFi at new county animal shelter, consider Nortex Housing Finance Corporation tax-exempt obligations (Sun Valley apartments), precinct one request to transfer $200,000 from reserves to gravel, precinct request to store fill dirt on Chance Simpson’s property in Ringgold and budget workshop.
The City of Bowie swimming pool begins the new season on May 27 with a splash day of free swimming from 1 to 6 p.m.
Pool hours will be 1-6 p.m. Monday-Friday and 1-6 p.m. on Saturday.
Water aerobics begins June 2 running Monday-Thursday 6-7 p.m. for $2. Summer recreation has new hours this year 8:30 a.m. to noon, Monday-Friday. This free program offers games and swimming for children.
The Ray Walker Memorial VFW Post #8558 will host a Memorial Day service at 11 a.m. on May 26, 100 Baylor Street in Nocona.
The public is invited to attend to celebrate this special holiday to remember those who were killed in service.
Later in the day attend the fundraiser barbecue rib dinner at the Nocona Senior Citizen’s Center. Cost is $10 for adults and $5 for children. Enjoy ribs, french fries, beans, cole slaw, dessert and iced tea. Proceeds benefit the center and the Meals on Wheels program of Nocona.
Veterans eat free. Meal prepared by the award winning Nocona High School barbecue team.
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