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Freedom isn’t free — it costs about $7,500.
That’s the price for one of the giant American flags that take center-stage at sporting events around the country, a constant symbol of patriotism even amid the controversy surrounding some NFL players’ decision to kneel during the national anthem.
“Even watching it on TV I still get tears in eyes and a lump in my throat,” Amy Barnett, who runs 50 Star Productions – one of the companies that rents out the flags — told Fox News. “I love the patriotic-ness of it. The crowd loves it so much, it’s amazing.”
The Salt Lake City-based company said it has been booked for at least 120 games this year with sports teams paying around $4,000 to $7,500 to showcase the giant flags that are delivered in 14 pieces.
“Each stripe is a piece and the union is a single, solid piece,” Barnett said. The pieces are attached together to create huge American flags – some the size of entire football fields weighing 1,200 pounds – that require more than 100 volunteers to hold.
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