Minneapolis businesses wary of potential MLB lockout
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Many downtown Minneapolis businesses have been looking forward to baseball returning to Target Field — but many fear a potential MLB lockout and what it could mean for their business.
“It’s definitely a huge driving force of us here in the summertime for sure,” Jolene Rood, general manager at B.A.D. Wingz said. “That makes me sad. I want to see the fans. I want to see people going to the baseball games. I want to fill this building up again.”
Rood says if the lockout happens it could impact sales at the restaurant by 30%.
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Stylist Jessica Renville at Floyd’s 99 Barbershop says some Twins fans come in for a cut before heading to Target Field. A lockout would affect her sales.
“It affects everything,” Renville said.