Genoa City: Hollywood (Mid)West

You may have seen a flash of something familiar while watching the ball game on Monday:

A Chicago production company was so impressed with Genoa City that it decided to film certain village locations for a Budweiser commercial.

The commercial reportedly aired for the first time Sept. 8, during the first "Monday Night Football" broadcast of the season.

It's pretty exciting to have a crew film in your small town for a national ad campaign, so we'll forgive the Lake Geneva News for getting the date wrong. A number of local Genoa City landmarks will be on the small screen:

In addition to the old water tower, which is located near Gideon Street, the company filmed shots in front of Krumpen's Woodworking, Walworth Street, and on the southern end of land near Barry's Bar, Fellows Road.