Aaron Weiner

"It's not really surprising, but it's disappointing," Aaron Weiner said. "For them to raise fees and put a hurt on us like that, it's disappointing."

Weiner, the general manager at Buffalo Wild Wings in East Lansing, said a 100 percent increase could be the difference between open and closed for some smaller businesses.

"Six hundred dollars out of some body's pocket is going to hurt them," Weiner said.

Aaron Weiner, general manager of Buffalo Wild Wings Grill & Bar, 360 Albert Ave., said that while employees would not chase someone if they were caught walking out with stolen items, the police would be called.

"It's not a major issue, but theft is everywhere," Weiner said.

But even some bars are having trouble meeting the high demands of their patrons, said Aaron Weiner, general manager of Buffalo Wild Wings, 360 Albert Ave.

"With both the Pistons and the Wings on at the same time, we deal with complaints about what games we are featuring," Weiner said.
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"Every fan and sports bar is going to have the same issue with both games being on the same night," Weiner said.

Aaron Weiner, general manager of Buffalo Wild Wings, 360 Albert Ave., said there weren't many Blackhawks fans during the season outside of a group of regulars. He said these fans congregated in a corner to watch the Blackhawks on satellite TV as the rest of the restaurant watched the Red Wings.

But with Stanley Cup implications on the line, Weiner said he hopes the rivalry between the teams will transcend TV airwaves and hit customers.

"I'd love to see Blackhawks fans come out and get a little rivalry going in the store," he said.

"We'll have a full serving staff, dining staff, bartenders," said Buffalo Wild Wings Manager Aaron Weiner.

"It will be crazy in here," said Aaron Weiner, manager at Buffalo Wild Wings in East Lansing."We'll be packed for sure."

AARON WEINER, 27, general manager, Buffalo Wild Wings Grill & Bar in East Lansing

Twenty-eight-year-old Buffalo Wild Wings general manager Aaron Weiner said that the NCAA tournament is usually the direct reason for March being the busiest and most profitable month for his business.

Last year's Final Four appearance for MSU was certainly no exception. On the Saturday of the national semifinal, Weiner made it into work at around 10 a.m. and experienced the madness in all its glory.

"We didn't open that day until 11 a.m. and the State game that night was at 9 p.m.," Weiner said. "When I got there at 10, there were about 300 people standing in line [to get inside], which was crazy."

Weiner said he was told that people were standing outside his bar as early as 6 a.m. just to get a seat for the game that didn't start for another 15 hours. If people stay for the entire 15 hours do they have to order food the entire time they are there? Can they just sit and wait?

"We opened up right at 11:00 and were immediately at capacity for the rest of the day," Weiner said.

Weiner credits both his bar's location, which is within walking distance for many students on campus, as well as the success of the team for the business boom. In addition, this season's tournament also crosses over with another green and white major bar holiday. "The second day of the tournament this year is St. Patrick's Day," Weiner said. "So we will definitely be busy then."

Helen Widener, the 27-year-old manager of Reno's East Side Sports Bar, agreed with Weiner on the level of business brought in by the tournament.

With most MSU students gone for the summer, bars and restaurants are experiencing less business, so they've turned to things such as high-definition TVs to lure people into their establishments, said Aaron Weiner, the general manager of Buffalo Wild Wings, 360 Albert Ave. [Read more: Heat extinguished]

But Buffalo Wild Wings manager Aaron Weiner says it's more than that; he says East Lansing is the best place overall to watch a game, regardless of team persuasion.

"I worked at our Buffalo Wild Wings in Ann Arbor when Michigan played Texas in the Rose Bowl, and we have more fans today here than they had in Ann Arbor on that day," Weiner said.

Did he have a pick in Saturday's game?

"The true Spartan fans like me still hate both of those teams," he said with a chuckle.