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By PAUL DELANEY
Staff Reporter 

The new Missoula Flood

When the Montana Grizzlies come to town for football, cash flows in Cheney

 

Last updated 11/13/2014 at 9:56am

Paul Delaney

The Dye family from Missoula were part of the large contingent of Montana Grizzly fans who trek to Cheney every other year to watch football. From left to right are Megan, Ciaran and Travis.

Once upon a time the Lake Missoula Floods covered Cheney with water over 100 feet high.

Now, every other year, another flood from Missoula covers Cheney, this one with quite a bit of cash.

That's when the Montana Grizzlies make their biennial pilgrimage to play football at Roos Field, like they did last Saturday. It's big for the business community in Cheney and it's also huge for Eastern Washington University.

While the specifics of the impact of nearly 500 visitors from Griz-Land are hard to quantify, snapshots of Cheney businesses confirm there's quite a bit of money working its way thr...



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