Will Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest Live on This Year?

While Coney Island USA has moved its annual Mermaid Parade to a virtual landscape, and the Macy's Fourth of July fireworks are still up in the air (though New York City mayor Bill de Blasio said in April that "one way or another, the show will go on"), one thing is certain: Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest will find Joey Chestnut shoving 70+ hot dogs into his mouth on July 4. The logistics of it are just being a bit tweaked.

Brigitte Carreiro
by Brigitte Carreiro
Jun 17, 2020