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Wear purple on Fridays during the TCU football season, get discounts around Fort Worth

September 1, 2023 / 8:55 AM CDT / CBS Texas

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FORT WORTH (CBSNewsTexas.com) – Go Purple Fridays are back, TCU fans!

For fans who wear purple every Friday during the football season, they get a discount at select locations around Fort Worth.

Participating locations include City Works Eatery & Pour House, Dutch's, Jimmy John's, Perrotti's Pizza, Pinstripes and Rudy's BBQ.

The first game of the Horned Frogs season kicks off at 11 a.m. Sept. 2 against Deion Sanders and the University of Colorado.

The following dates are considered Go Purple Fridays:

Friday, Sept. 1
Friday, Sept. 8
Friday, Sept. 15
Friday, Sept. 22
Friday, Sept. 29
Friday, Oct. 6
Friday, Oct. 13
Friday, Oct. 20
Friday, Nov. 10
Friday, Nov. 17
Friday, Nov. 24

Julia Falcon

Julia Falcon is a digital content producer at CBS News Texas. Julia has previously written for news outlets across Dallas-Fort Worth like the Denton Record-Chronicle, D Magazine, 1080 KRLD and 105.3 The Fan. She covers a span of topics, focusing on sports and trending topics. Every week, Julia produces a show called "Eye on Trending," where she answers top trending questions.