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Valero Alamo Bowl<br />

Kickoff Luncheon Marriott Rivercenter Noon<br />

Valero Alamo Bowl Bash Marriott Rivercenter 7 p.m.<br />

Friday, December 28, <strong>2018</strong><br />

Fan Zone Sunset Station 2-8 p.m.<br />

Pregame Party Sunset Station 5-8 p.m.<br />

Valero Alamo Bowl Alamodome 8 p.m. (CST)<br />

Designated team hotels:<br />

Big 12 – Marriott Rivercenter<br />

Pac-12 – Hyatt Regency Riverwalk<br />

101 Bowie Street 123 Losoya<br />

San Antonio, TX 78205 San Antonio, TX 78205<br />

Alma Castillo, contact<br />

Whitney Kelman, contact<br />

210-554-6234 210-510-4423<br />

alma.castillo@marriott.com<br />

whitney.kelman@hyatt.com<br />

Designated media hotel:<br />

San Antonio Marriott Riverwalk 210-224-4555<br />

889 East Market Street<br />

San Antonio, TX 78205<br />

Local airport: San Antonio International Airport (SAT): Aeromar, AeroMexico,<br />

AirTran, Air Canada, Alaska Airlines, American, Delta, Frontier, Interjet, Skywest,<br />

Southwest, United, US Airways<br />

Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS): AirTran, Alaska Airlines, American,<br />

Delta, Frontier, JetBlue, Southwest, United, US Airways<br />

Local tourism bureau: Visit San Antonio, 203 S. Saint Marys Street, Suite 200, San<br />

Antonio, TX 78205, 210-207-3390 Contact: Richard Oliver, contact, RichardOliver@<br />

visitsanantonio.com<br />

Prominent area tourist attractions:<br />

Riverwalk, The Alamo, Tower of the Americas, San Antonio Zoo, SeaWorld, Six Flags<br />

Fiesta Texas<br />

DIRECTIONS<br />

>From main arrival airport to stadium:<br />

(approx. 11 minutes) Take Hwy 281 South, which will turn into I-37S, heading toward<br />

Corpus Christi, exit at Cesar Chavez, take left on turnaround under bridge and head<br />

north on the access road, turn right into Lot A and the southside entrance of the<br />

Alamodome is just past the marquee.<br />

>From main arrival airport to media hotel:<br />

(approx. 11 minutes) Take Hwy 281 South, which will turn into I-37S, heading<br />

toward Corpus Christi, exit at Commerce Street/The Alamo exit and turn right on<br />

Commerce, go west on Commerce one block to Bowie Street and the Marriott<br />

Riverwalk will be on the southwest corner. To get to hotel parking garage, continue<br />

west on Commerce and turn left at Alamo, turn left onto Market.<br />

>From media hotel to stadium:<br />

The Alamodome is two blocks southeast of the media hotel.<br />

Other Trivia:<br />

- Ten of the last 13 Valero Alamo Bowl games have been decided in the final five<br />

minutes of the game.<br />

- The Valero Alamo Bowl has six of the Top 25 most-watched non-CFP bowl games<br />

in ESPN history in terms of household impressions.<br />

- The 2017 Valero Alamo Bowl was the fourth straight top-15 matchup in the bowl’s<br />

25-year history.<br />

Major <strong>Media</strong> in the area:<br />

San Antonio Express-News<br />

Austin American-Statesman<br />

WOAI-AM 1200 and The Ticket 760 AM<br />

KTSA-AM 550 Radio<br />

KLUP-AM 930 Radio<br />

KGNB-AM 1420 Radio<br />

KABB-TV 29 (Fox)<br />

KENS-TV 5 (CBS)<br />

KSAT-TV 12 (ABC)<br />

WOAI-TV 4 (NBC)<br />

KVDA-TV 60 (Spanish)<br />

KWEX-TV 41 (Spanish)<br />

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