BY CAMI KOONS
The last time the Kansas City Chiefs went to the Super Bowl, Dennis Folks of Eudora was 15 and watched the game in his parents' house with his best friend. Folks said there have been lots of disappointments in the 50 years since then, but he is hopeful and excited for the team's run for its second Super Bowl win.
Folks and other Eudora residents, along with local businesses, have started to prepare for Super Bowl Sunday celebrations.
Gene’s Heartland Foods cleared an entire section of its store to make room for extra beer, dips, chips and Velveeta that assistant manager Michelle Martin said she plans to sell. Martin said she expects Gene’s to be as busy as it was the Sunday of the AFC Championship game, which sent Kansas City to the Super Bowl.
“We were busy until 10 minutes before [the game] when it died down, and again at halftime,” Martin said.
Martin was particularly excited about sales as it’s the first Super Bowl Sunday that Gene’s will sell full-strength beer.
Blocks away, EJ Ellis, owner of Main St. Wine & Spirits, is feeling the effects of the law in a different way.
“With grocery stores having beer now, it changes it all. It’s really just a guessing game,” Ellis said about her expected sales this coming Sunday.
Ellis said she expects a big weekend, but not anything bigger than a normal Super Bowl. She said she’s preparing for this Sunday the same as she prepared for New Year’s Eve.
Just down the street, D-Dubs Bar and Grill is prepared to see a full house with standing room only, bartender Shabecca Erwin said.
Erwin said she imagines the bar will be full of “hooping, hollering and high-fiving” this Super Bowl.
Folks said he will be in Florida on Super Bowl Sunday, and while he couldn’t get tickets to the game, he hopes to make it to Miami to see some of the festivities. He said his buddies will be back in Eudora cheering on the team at D-Dubs as they have for most football games in the past few years.
Reach reporter Cami Koons at eudoratimes@gmail.com.
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