Valero Alamo Bowl Releases “The San Antonio Challenge” To Promote Downtown
The Valero Alamo Bowl announced the release of the “The San Antonio Challenge,” a video highlighting San Antonio’s compact, walkable downtown. In the Challenge, two tourists race around in a downtown scavenger hunt educating themselves about San Antonio history while also demonstrating the convenience of world-class attractions, restaurants and sporting events right outside their hotel …
OREGON STATE, TEXAS TO PLAY IN 20TH ANNIVERSARY VALERO ALAMO BOWL
San Antonio, TX – The University of Texas and Oregon State University have accepted invitations today to play in the 20th Anniversary Valero Alamo Bowl on Saturday, December 29, 2012 at 5:45 p.m. CST in San Antonio’s 65,000-seat Alamodome. #13 Oregon State is led by Head Coach Mike Riley, the Beavers all-time winningest coach with …
Tailgating 101
Tailgating is permitted in the Alamodome parking lots with a valid Alamo Bowl parking pass. All lots are fully committed as of November 15 and will go onsale in March for the 2013 game. Lot B is the main tailgating lot. Vehicles without an Alamo Bowl parking pass will not be allowed into the parking …
Valero Alamo Bowl Scholarships to Pass $1 Million Mark in 2012
This year 30 graduating high school seniors will receive a Valero Alamo Bowl Scholarship. With their selection, the program will have awarded over 350 winners more than $1 million since 2000. Any graduating high school senior in Bexar County interested in applying can find scholarship information in the Bexar County Scholarship Clearing House book available …
Valero Alamo Bowl Shatters Record Book
The national telecast of the 2011 Valero Alamo Bowl between Washington and Baylor earned a 5.1 rating and averaged 5.1 million households making it the #5 most-watched non-BCS bowl game in ESPN history. The Valero Alamo Bowl now holds three of Top 5 positions on that list including the #1 and #2 most-watched non-BCS games …
Washington, Baylor To Play in 2011 Valero Alamo Bowl
The University of Washington and Baylor University have both accepted invitations today to play in the 2011 Valero Alamo Bowl on Thursday, December 29 at 8:00 p.m. CST in San Antonio’s 65,000-seat Alamodome. Washington Head Coach Steve Sarkisian is in his third year at the helm and has led his squad to a bowl game …
Bowl Generates $56.7 Million Economic Impact
SAN ANTONIO, TX — The 2010 Valero Alamo Bowl generated $56.7 million in total economic impact based on direct visitor spending of $32.6 million for San Antonio last December, according to a survey conducted by Strategic Marketing Services and SportsEconomics. The direct spending from the 46,349 visitors attending the bowl game between Arizona and Oklahoma …
Oklahoma State and Arizona Notes
Oklahoma State Notes Dan Bailey, Kicker The Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Year and a Lou Groza finalist … Putting the wraps on a standout career that saw him enter the program as a walkon and leave OSU as the school’s all-time leading scorer … The previous all-time leading scorer was Barry …
2010 Valero Alamo Bowl Game Recap
The 2010 Valero Alamo Bowl match-up of the #1 passing attack in the Big Ten in Michigan State vs. the #1 passing offense in the Big 12 in Texas Tech promised some fireworks and the game didn’t disappoint the 64,757 fans that packed the Alamodome. Texas Tech jumped out to an early 7-0 lead in …
Bowl Ranks #1 as ESPN’s Most-Watched Game
SAN ANTONIO, JANUARY 5, 2010 – The national television broadcast of the 2010 Valero Alamo Bowl between Michigan State and Texas Tech earned a 5.6 rating which translates into 5,553,630 households making it the #1 most-watched college bowl game in ESPN history. The Valero Alamo Bowl broadcast’s rating ranked #1 among all ESPN bowls and …