Wal-Mart is converting garden centers to tailgate centers, says one local paper. Wal-Mart is also now telling Americans what is American:#posted by Dave 2:35:00 PM"With 36 million tailgaters in the U.S., the kickoff to football season is now one of our favorite all-American pastimes," Janet Bareis, vice president of Wal-Mart corporate marketing, said in a release.