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New Mexico Bowl<br />
Information/<strong>Media</strong> Center Isleta Resort & Casino 10 a.m.-midnight<br />
Elementary School Visit Isleta Elementary Noon<br />
MW Team Practice UNM Practice Fields Noon<br />
Team Dinner Albuquerque Convention Center 5:30 p.m.<br />
<strong>Media</strong> Hospitality Reception Isleta Resort & Casino 7-11 p.m.<br />
Friday, December 14, <strong>2018</strong><br />
Information/<strong>Media</strong> Center Isleta Resort & Casino 10 a.m.-midnight<br />
Press Conference Isleta Resort & Casino 10:30 a.m.<br />
Kickoff Luncheon Isleta Resort & Casino 11:30 a.m.<br />
MW Team Walk Through Univ. Stadium 2 p.m.<br />
C-USA Team Walk Through Univ. Stadium 3 p.m.<br />
Pep Rally/Battle of the Bands Old Town Plaza 4:15 p.m.<br />
<strong>Media</strong> Hospitality Reception Isleta Resort & Casino 7-11 p.m.<br />
Saturday, December 15, <strong>2018</strong><br />
Fan Fest North of University Stadium 9 a.m.<br />
Gates Open Dreamstyle Stadium 10:30 a.m.<br />
Gildan New Mexico Bowl Dreamstyle Stadium Noon (2 p.m. EST)<br />
Designated team hotels:<br />
MW – Sheraton Albuquerque Uptown C-USA – Marriott Uptown<br />
2600 Louisiana Blvd. NE 2101 Louisiana Blvd. NE<br />
Albuquerque, NM 87110 Albuquerque, NM 87110<br />
505-881-0000 505-881-6800<br />
Designated media hotel:<br />
Isleta Resort & Casino<br />
11000 Broadway SE<br />
Albuquerque, NM 87105<br />
505-724-3800<br />
Local airport: Albuquerque Sunport; American, Delta, Southwest, Frontier,<br />
United, US Airways<br />
Local tourism bureau: Albuquerque Convention and Visitors Bureau, Emily<br />
Howard, 800-733-9918, howard@visitabq.org<br />
Prominent area tourist attractions:<br />
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Planetarium, Old Town, Balloon Rides,<br />
River Rafting, National Museum of Nuclear Science & History, Sandia Peak, Wildlife<br />
West Nature Park, Unser Racing Museum, American Rattlesnake Museum, Cliff ’s<br />
Amusement Park, Nob Hill, Destination Southwest.<br />
DIRECTIONS<br />
>From main arrival airport to stadium:<br />
Take the Yale Blvd. ramp toward Cell Phone Area/Parking Terminal, turn slight right<br />
onto Yale Blvd. SE (0.6 miles), turn left onto Gibson Blvd. (0.5 miles), turn right onto<br />
University Blvd. SE, University Stadium will be on the right.<br />
>From main arrival airport to media hotel:<br />
Take the Yale Blvd. ramp toward Cell Phone Area/Parking Terminal, turn slight right<br />
onto Yale Blvd. SE (0.6 miles), Sheraton Albuquerque Airport will be on the right.<br />
>From media hotel to stadium:<br />
TBA<br />
Other Trivia:<br />
- Two of the longest streaks in college football history ended in the second edition of<br />
the New Mexico Bowl in 2007. New Mexico’s 23-0 win over Nevada gave the Lobos<br />
their first postseason victory in 46 years, which at the time was the sixthlongest<br />
drought in the country. But an even longer streak ended ... Nevada’s shutout<br />
was its first since 1980, a span of 329 games which was the second-longest in<br />
collegiate history.<br />
- The New Mexico Bowl is New Mexico’s only annually nationally televised sporting<br />
event.<br />
- The bowl is not the only championship football game ever played at University<br />
Stadium. In 1980, Cal Poly faced Eastern Illinois in the Division II national title<br />
game, which was hampered by snow. Helicopters had to be brought in to dry the<br />
field, which was painted green.<br />
- Snow also hampered the New Mexico Bowl’s inaugural contest in 2006, when the<br />
game and practice fields had to be snow-plowed so teams could practice and play.<br />
Major <strong>Media</strong> in the area:<br />
Albuquerque Journal KOAT-TV 7 (ABC) KRQE-TV 13 (CBS)<br />
Associated Press bureau KOB-TV 4 (NBC) KNML-AM 610 Radio<br />
New Mexico Business Weekly KABQ-AM 1350 Radio<br />
KKOB-AM 770 Radio<br />
KQTM-FM 101.7 Radio<br />
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