Are you hungry?
The three new interns have never lived in San Antonio before, but Texas Natives Gabby and Chevy have visited multiple times, while Kerry has never been before until she moved down from Washington State two weeks ago! The Valero Alamo Bowl office staff wasted no time in sharing their favorite local spots to eat at. …
One Month Away From College Football
July 26, 2017 Are you missing college football? Not to worry: there’s only 31 days until the season starts up! The action kicks off Saturday, August 26th, with Oregon State taking on Colorado State, followed by Stanford and Rice traveling Down Under to play in Sydney, Australia to open the season. The following weekend includes …
Fly With Us To See Texas at USC
It’s the Big 12 vs. Pac-12 match-up of the season when Texas heads to Los Angeles to play USC on September 16. In celebration of our 25th Anniversary, we are hitting the road to watch this rematch of the 2005 National Championship. This fly away package for $1,200 includes: Roundtrip airfare from San Antonio to …
Valero Alamo Bowl Invests $6 Million in Alamodome
City Council unanimously approved extending a license agreement with the San Antonio Bowl Association, the host organization of the Valero Alamo Bowl, from February 2019 to February 2030 and accepting $6 million for technology upgrades at the Alamodome. This new funding brings the total amount for improvements to the Alamodome to $60 million. The Alamodome, …
Mike Chapman Named 2017 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 Chapman succeeds Lamont Jefferson as chairman of the organization’s Board of Directors. A board member since 2008, Chapman is the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Security Service Federal Credit Union. …
2017 Valero Alamo Bowl on December 28
The 2017 Valero Alamo Bowl will kick off on Thursday, December 28th at 8 p.m. CST in a nationally televised game on ESPN. While this will be fifth time in the Bowl’s 25-year history the event will be played on December 28, only the December 28, 1995 Bowl game featuring #19 Texas A&M and #14 …
San Antonio Hosts 2017 FBA Meetings
The Football Bowl Association (FBA) will conduct its annual meetings at the Grand Hyatt in downtown San Antonio from Tuesday, April 18 through Thursday, April 20. Participants in this 3-day meeting include personnel from all 40 bowl games, conference officials, television partners and other industry leaders. “Our annual meeting enables everyone to come …
Let’s Celebrate
Twenty-five years ago, bowl organizers asked city leadership to push back the annual draining of the River Walk from the week after Christmas to the week of New Year’s. The reason: 20,000 fans were expected to visit San Antonio from out-of-town for the inaugural Builders Square Alamo Bowl. Now, no one would think of ever …
Bowl More Than Doubles Scholarship Program
The Valero Alamo Bowl started a scholarship program in 2000 with 25 local San Antonio high school students each receiving a $2,000 scholarship. For the 2015-16 school year, a record $450,000 was awarded to 58 graduating seniors selected from 30 different San Antonio high schools. Thanks to the proceeds from the Valero Alamo Bowl and Shamrock Series games …
Big Events. Big Impact.
The 2016 Valero Alamo Bowl and Shamrock Series events combined to bring 78,620 out-of-town visitors to San Antonio and generated a total economic impact of $85.5 million for the City last year, according to surveys conducted by SportsEconomics. “The Valero Alamo Bowl is proud last year’s events made such a significant contribution to San Antonio’s …
