Bengals1181 Posted December 23, 2008 Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 [quote]Humanitarian Bowl hopes for big turn out YouNewsâ„¢ Related Content Broncos will play TCU in Poinsettia Bowl Story Created: Dec 8, 2008 at 4:32 PM MST Story Updated: Dec 18, 2008 at 3:37 PM MST By Kiersten Throndsen Video BOISE - The match up is different every year but to Humanitarian Bowl organizers one thing remains the same: making money. So what can Boise expect with this year's H-bowl game? This year the Boise State Broncos are headed to sunny San Diego, leaving the Humanitarian Bowl orange-less again. But BSU ticket agents say don't let the lack of lines fool you. They say their phones have been ringing off the hook, not only for Poinsettia Bowl seats, but also for the H-Bowl match up. "Now that we know its Nevada and Maryland people are excited about that match up," said Anita Guerricabeitia, assistant director for ticket sales. Humanitarian Bowl officials admit they wanted BSU to stay and play on the blue turf. "Of course it's a big boost to us on the revenue side when we have Boise State because we basically sell every seat in the stadium," said Kevin McDonald, Executive Director for the Roady's Humanitarian Bowl. Last year 26,000 people braved the December cold to watch the game. While some fans made the trek to Boise McDonald says they rely on locals to help fill the seats. "The success of this bowl is really based on travel not coming from the ACC, we like the fact we get a marque name coming from the ACC." "It has a real positive impact whether it's locals or whether it's out of town folks," said Bobbie Patterson, Executive Director for the Boise Convention and Visitors Bureau. Patterson says on average a visitor spends about $240 a day when they come to the city. With the H-Bowl a week after the Poinsettia Bowl this year the hope is those BSU fans who made the trip to California will be back to help out come December 30th. "It generates enthusiastic spending," said Patterson. [b]As of Monday afternoon the University of Maryland says it's sold about 16 tickets to the game. The University of Nevada says it's sold 8 so far. [/b][/quote] [url="http://www.2news.tv/news/35767489.html"]http://www.2news.tv/news/35767489.html[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sois Posted December 23, 2008 Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 ahhaaahahah good ole UNR!! They aren't even that far from Boise. That is sad. That bowl needs to be contracted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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