Famous story that the residents of Astoria OR were complaining a lot about the presence of the US Navy, so one pay day they paid the sailors in $2 bills. After the town’s economy was flooded with $2 bills the point was made and the belly-aching diminished.
Whenever Clemson fans travel to rare match ups with teams we don’t normally play or bowl cities we’d like to return to, many fans get two dollar bills from their bank, and stamp a small orange tiger paw on the bills. Local merchants and politicians do notice the impact from having our team and fans there has on the local economy.