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USC Football Fans Can Text Their Food Orders

By Alison Go

September 23, 2008 RSS Feed Print

Because Southern California fans can't miss one second of a Trojan trouncing, the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum now offers fans a way to text-message their food orders to expedite paying, pickup, and eventual consumption, the Daily Trojan reports. The business doesn't quite make money yet, and it faces a problem: The stadium is something of a cellphone dead zone. Well, it looked good on paper.

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I am happy to hear this! We once waited the entire third quarter in a line to get hot chocolate.

Karen of CA 4:34PM September 23, 2008

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