Spokane firm has Super shirt deal

Thu., Feb. 2, 2006

From staff reports The Spokesman-Review

There may be high stakes on the line Sunday in Detroit, but the multimillion-dollar merchandise business is spilling into Spokane – that is, if things go right for the Seahawks.

If Seattle wins, Buffalo Cudo Apparel will take the post-game snap to print about 20,000 Super Bowl champ shirts and ship them across the Cascades.

“An hour after the game, it’s all hands on deck,” said Dan Fitzgerald, 63, Buffalo’s CEO and a former Gonzaga University basketball coach.

He’s lining up employees willing to work a 16-hour shift that begins within an hour after the game ends – sooner if it’s a blowout in favor of Seattle.

The deal could bring some nice cash relief during a typical slow time in a summer-driven business, Fitzgerald said.

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