Bowl Surpasses $1 Billion Mark in Total Economic Impact
The 2021 Valero Alamo Bowl featuring #14 Oregon and #16 Oklahoma generated a total economic impact of $45.4 million for San Antonio last year and brought 33,067 visitors to town, according to a report conducted by Economic Analytics Consulting, LLC. Since the Valero Alamo Bowl’s inception, the 29 games have now combined to deliver a …
Oklahoma upends Oregon 47-32
Fans watching the 2021 Valero Alamo Bowl saw Hall of Fame Head Coach Bob Stoops lead #16 Oklahoma past #14 Oregon 47-32 in one the largest offensive displays in bowl history. Led by quarterbacks Caleb Williams and Anthony Brown, the Sooners and Ducks combined for 10 touchdowns and 1,000+ yards. Game Notes: Score: Oklahoma 47, …
Bowl Game Notes and Fan Guide
Valero Alamo Bowl The 2021 Valero Alamo Bowl between #14 Oregon and #16 Oklahoma will kick off at 8:15 p.m. CST in San Antonio’s 65,000 seat Alamodome. Tickets are available through Ticketmaster and the Alamodome Box Office starting at $50. It will be the 8th meeting between these two teams. The first coming in 1958 …
Book a Trip to Tailgate Town
Everything is bigger in Texas and that goes for tailgating. Each year the tailgating starts earlier and the set-ups get bigger before the Valero Alamo Bowl. To make this year’s game even more memorable while taking advantage of the awesome weather, purchase an extra large VIP slot in Tailgate Town presented by Kiolbassa Smoked Meats. …
Innovative Teachers Selected For Bowl Grants
Eric Asel from Young Men’s Leadership Academy, Kayleigh Caniglia from Riverside Park Elementary, and Juan Morales from Lanier High School, all got a knock on their classroom door and were greeted with enthusiastic cheers from members of the Valero Alamo Bowl, including president and CEO Derrick Fox, and Judy Geelhoed, executive director of the SAISD …
Record Number of Students Win Bowl Scholarships
The Valero Alamo Bowl started a scholarship program in 2000 with 25 San Antonio high school students splitting $50,000 in scholarships. For the 2021-2022 school year, the Valero Alamo Bowl will award over $1 million to 160 San Antonio high school and college students. This amount is projected to be the largest scholarship total in …
McClendon, Stoops to Coach Bowl Game
Prior to elevating its status in the postseason landscape in 2014, the Valero Alamo Bowl hosted three games with interim head coaches: 2003 Nebraska’s Bob Pelini took over for Solich and beat Michigan State 17-3 2007 Texas A&M’s Gary Darnell took over for Dennis Franchione and lost to Penn State 24-17 2009 Texas Tech’s Ruffin …
Fifty Years of Italian
WHO KNEW 50 YEARS AGO that the famous Tower of the Americas would not be the only San Antonio landmark to arise from HemisFair ’68? At that great World Expo, Joe Cosniac came to sell Belgian waffles. He also met another ambitious young man named Nick Pacelli. After the Fair concluded, the two budding entrepreneurs …
Initial Reactions
Teams are locked in and the social buzz has started. #14 Oregon will take on #16 Oklahoma in this year’s Valero Alamo Bowl. This will be Oregon’s third appearance after playing Texas in 2013 and TCU in the 2015 season. Check out what the teams, the media and fans are saying: The Oklahoman San Antonio-Express …
Official Merchandise
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