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“It’s like walking into a ghost town”: Under tight pandemic restrictions, college football returns to Austin
“It’s like walking into a ghost town”: Under tight pandemic restrictions, college football returns to Austin

“It’s like walking into a ghost town”: Under tight pandemic restrictions, college football returns to Austin

On game days in Austin, Jon and Julie Amberg perch in a shaded courtyard with a perfect view of Bevo Boulevard, the hourslong street party that invites thousands of Texas Longhorn fans to dance, drink and celebrate the team’s mascot, a live steer named Bevo, as he arrives at the stadium. This year, the Ambergs, season ticket holders for more than a decade, were among a handful of people quietly milling outside Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium as handlers escorted Bevo from his trailer a few hours before kickoff – without any fanfare. “It’s like walking into a ghost town,” Julie Amberg ...

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