Fans aren’t the only ones worried about the return of Ohio State football. Campus bars, which rely on football Saturdays for much of their revenue, fear that social distance guidelines in the fall will force some out of business. Ohio State football fans aren’t the only ones anxious about game days this fall. Campus-area bar owners worry that coronavirus restrictions will keep their ordinarily packed taverns largely empty when the Buckeyes take the field. Already struggling from the loss of the Spring Game and Senior Crawl, pub owners fear that social-distancing requirements during games will cost them their only chance to make up for a terrible year. “I don’t see how I’m going to make money this year,” said John Massimiani, who owns The Little Bar on High Street just north of campus. Some bar owners said they make the majority of their annual revenue during football season. But with…
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