Rudy’s Bar-B-Q Pigskin Preview to Kickoff College Football in San Antonio
It’s beginning to look a lot like Football Season here in San Antonio, with the Rudy’s Bar-B-Q Pigskin Preview right around the corner. This year, the annual event will take place on Wednesday, August 26th with doors opening at 11:00 am and the luncheon beginning at noon. Over 700 college football fans and local leaders …
Shining Star ENERGY Youth Football Clinic is a Success, Thanks to Sponsors
The Valero Alamo Bowl hosted the seventh annual Shining Star ENERGY Youth Football Clinic yesterday. Youth participants ages 5-14 performed a series of offensive and defensive drills, including a combine competition. Coaching staff from Trinity University, Texas Lutheran University, University of Incarnate Word and the University of Texas at San Antonio spent the afternoon teaching …
AS BIG 12 & PAC 12 MEDIA DAYS COMMENCE, BOWL PROJECTIONS ROLL IN
With last week’s Big 12 Media Days and Pac 12 Media Days beginning Thursday, preparation and predictions for the 2015-2016 college football season are in full swing. While the college football regular season doesn’t kick off until Thursday, September 3, projections for the 2015-2016 season are rolling in already. ESPN college football writers Mark Schlabach …
MEET THE INTERN: CHASE GRIFFIN
Join us in welcoming Chase Griffin to San Antonio! Chase is the newest member of the Washington State intern legacy here at the Valero Alamo Bowl as he is the third Cougar intern in the last six years. We sat down with Chase to learn a little more about him. Q: Where are you from? …
Record Crowd Expected For Youth Football Clinic
RECORD CROWD EXPECTED FOR MONDAY’S YOUTH FOOTBALL CLINIC Over six hundred youth ages 5-14 have registered for this year’s Shining Star ENERGY Youth Football Clinic on Monday, July 27 from 2 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. inside the Alamodome. Hosted by the Valero Alamo Bowl, this year’s enrollment is the highest total in the …
SAN ANTONIO’S HISTORIC MISSIONS RECEIVE WORLD HERITAGE STATUS
Remember the Alamo..and the four other Missions because they have officially been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The decision was announced on July 5th at the annual UNESCO World Heritage committee meeting in Bonn, Germany. It’s an elite list with just 22 existing U.S. landmarks. The only World Heritage Site in Texas, the five Missions (including …
2016 Valero Alamo Bowl on Saturday, January 2
The 23rd annual Valero Alamo Bowl will kick off on Saturday, January 2 at 5:45 p.m. CST in a nationally televised game on ESPN unopposed from any other college or NFL football games on network television. Saturday has been the most popular day of the week for the Valero Alamo Bowl as seven past games …
Summer Mixer
The first drink is on us…and so is the second as the Valero Alamo Bowl celebrates the return of college football! Two weeks before the the first college games kickoff, join us as we cool off with one of Alamo Beer Company’s signature craft brews, network with our bowl partners and compete in a spirited corn-hole competition. …
Alamodome Improvements Drive College Football National Championship Bid
In late May, the Valero Alamo Bowl will submit a bid to the College Football Playoff (CFP) for San Antonio to host a future College Football Playoff National Championship. “The first College Football Playoff was historic and we were glad to be in Arlington to see it first hand,” said Derrick Fox, Valero Alamo Bowl President/CEO. “This premier …
Yantis Named Valero Alamo Bowl Chairman
The Valero Alamo Bowl announced its officers who will oversee this year’s Valero Alamo Bowl and its Community Festival of Events. Mike Yantis, Jr. succeeds Lynette Padalecki as chairman of the Valero Alamo Bowl’s Board of Directors. A board member since 2010, Yantis is CEO of Yantis Company. Recognized around the San Antonio area as …
