Local Businesses Try "Snow Day Marketing"

KCUR | By Sylvia Maria Gross

Published January 24, 2011 at 2:53 PM CST

Sporting Kansas City's Kei Kamara in his first snowball fight ever. Photo by Zach Cobb, Westside Studio.

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Snow disrupted a lot of schedules this week. And for some people, it was a welcome disruption. KCUR's Sylvia Maria Gross has this audio postcard of Thursday's snow day in Kansas City, and how some local businesses, from restaurants to Sporting Kansas City (formerly the Wizards), are trying to benefit from the inclement weather.

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Sylvia Maria Gross

Sylvia Maria Gross is storytelling editor at KCUR 89.3. Reach her on Twitter @pubradiosly.

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