FBA 2018 Media Guide FLIP (2)

NOVA Home Loans Arizona Bowl
Thursday, December 27, 2018
Team Visits Davis-Monthan Air Force Base TBD
Ladies Day La Encantada Shopping Center 11a.m.-3p.m.
(Kendra Scott, North)
Kids Day TBD TBD
Player Party Old Tucson 6 p.m.
Friday, December 28, 2018
Downtown Block Party Armory Park 8-10a.m.
Saturday, December 29, 2018
Desert Diamond Casino Tailgate Festival University of Arizona Mall TBD
NOVA Home Loans Arizona Bowl Arizona Stadium 11:15 a.m.
Designated team hotels:
Mountain West -- SunBelt --
JW Marriott Starr Pass Resort
Westin La Paloma Resort
3800 W Starr Pass Blvd 3800 E Sunrise Dr
Tucson, AZ 85745 Tucson, AZ 85718
(520) 792-3500 (520) 742-6000
Designated media hotel:
AC Marriott
51 E. Broadway Blvd
Tucson, AZ
(520) 385-7111
Local airport: Tucson International Airport (TUS); Alaska Airlines, American
Airlines, Delta, Southwest, United, US Airways
Local tourism bureau: Visit Tucson, www.visittucson.org
Prominent area tourist attractions:
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Sabino Canyon, Pima Air & Space Museum, Mission
San Xavier Del Bac, The Gaslight Theatre, Saguaro National Park, Tohono Chul Park,
Reid Park Zoo, Tucson Botanical Gardens, Franklin Museum, Old Tucson
DIRECTIONS
>From main arrival airport to stadium:
Go northeast on S. Tucson Blvd. toward East Airport Drive (0.2 miles), take S. Tucson
Blvd. toward Airport exit (2.8 miles), S. Tucson Blvd. becomes E. Benson Hwy. (0.6
miles), turn slight right onto S. Kino Parkway (3.8 miles), S. Kino Parkway becomes
North Campbell Ave. (0.4 miles), turn left onto East 6th Street (0.2) miles, take
second right onto N. National Championship Drive and the stadium will be directly
ahead. Total travel time is approximately 15 minutes.
>From main arrival airport to media hotel:
Head southeast toward E Corona Rd; Sharp left onto S Tucson Blvd; Continue onto E
Benson Hwy; Turn right onto S Campbell Ave/Kino Pkwy/South Kino Pkwy
Continue to follow South Kino Pkwy; Make a U-turn; Use the right lane to merge
onto I-10 W via the ramp to Phoenix; Use the right lane to take exit 258 toward
Congress St/St Marys Rd; Use the right lane to merge onto S Freeway; Turn right
onto W Congress St; Continue straight onto W Broadway Blvd; Destination will be
on the left
>From media hotel to stadium:
Head east on E Broadway Blvd toward S 5th Ave; Turn left onto N Euclid Ave; Turn
right onto E 6th St; Turn left onto N Cherry Ave/National Championship Dr
Other Trivia:
- The NOVA Home Loans Arizona Bowl was sanctioned by the NCAA in March 2015
and the inaugural game was played on December 30, 2015.
- The bowl is the third in the state of Arizona, joining the Fiesta Bowl in Glendale and
the Cactus Bowl in Phoenix.
- The Arizona Bowl is the first-ever bowl game to have a digitally-focused broadcast
strategy, orchestrated by Campus Insiders.
- The University of Arizona’s Eller College of Management estimated the economic
impact of the bowl to be approximately $25 million in its first year.
- The bowl's philanthropic beneficiary is the Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Arizona, as
well as numerous charities throughout Southern Arizona.
Major Media in the area:
Arizona Daily Star
KGUN-TV 9 (ABC)
KOLD-TV 13 (CBS)
Associated Press Phoenix
Arizona Republic
KMSB-TV 11 (Fox)
KVOA-TV 4 (NBC)
Fox Sports Arizona
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