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R + L Carriers New Orleans Bowl<br />
Team A Practice (first 15 minutes open) Mercedes-Benz Superdome 11:30 a.m.-1:45 p.m.<br />
Team A Community Outreach Children’s Hospital 1:30-2 p.m.<br />
Team B Practice (first 15 minutes open) Mercedes-Benz Superdome 2:45-4:45 p.m.<br />
Team B Community Outreach Citywide TBD<br />
Friday, December 14, <strong>2018</strong><br />
Credential Pick-up<br />
Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation Offices TBD<br />
Bowl Luncheon New Orleans Marriott Noon-2 p.m.<br />
Team A Closed Practice Mercedes-Benz Superdome TBD<br />
Team B Closed Practice Mercedes-Benz Superdome TBD<br />
Dashing Through the Dome Run Mercedes-Benz Superdome 6-7 p.m.<br />
Friday Night Concert Champions Square 7-10 p.m.<br />
Saturday, December 15, <strong>2018</strong><br />
R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl Mercedes-Benz Superdome 7 p.m. (CST)<br />
Designated team hotels:<br />
Sun Belt – Marriott<br />
C-USA – Hilton Riverside<br />
555 Canal Street 2 Poydras Street<br />
New Orleans, LA 70130 New Orleans, LA 70130<br />
Jeff Rossi, contact<br />
Jeff Rossi, contact<br />
504-525-5678 504-525-5678<br />
jeff@neworleansbowl.org<br />
jeff@neworleansbowl.org<br />
Designated media hotel:<br />
Hyatt Regency<br />
Paul Utterback<br />
601 Loyola Ave. 504-496-8237<br />
New Orleans LA<br />
paul@neworleansbowl.org<br />
Local airport: Louis Armstrong New Orleans International; American,<br />
Delta, Southwest, United, US Airways, Frontier, JetBlue, AirTran, Air<br />
Canada New Orleans Lakefront, charter flights<br />
Local tourism bureau: New Orleans Convention and Visitors Bureau, Cristin Hopkins,<br />
chopkins@neworleanscvb.com; New Orleans Tourism Marketing Corporation,<br />
staff@notmc.com<br />
Prominent area tourist attractions:<br />
Audubon Aquarium of the Americas, French Quarter, National World War II Museum,<br />
Bourbon Street, Audubon Zoo, St. Louis Cathedral, French Market, Mardi Gras World<br />
DIRECTIONS<br />
>From main arrival airport to stadium: From Louis Armstrong New Orleans International,<br />
head northwest and continue straight onto Airport Road, turn left onto U.S. Hwy. 61South/<br />
Airline Drive, take I-10 East ramp to U.S. Hwy. 90 Business/Westbank, keep left at fork and<br />
merge onto I-10 East, continue onto U.S. Hwy. 90 Business West, take Superdome Exit, loop<br />
around Superdome on left side onto Poydras St. and enter Garage 6 on NW corner.<br />
>From main arrival airport to media hotel: From Louis Armstrong New Orleans<br />
International, head northwest and continue straight onto Airport Road, turn left onto U.S.<br />
Hwy. 61South/Airline Drive, take I-10 East ramp to U.S. Hwy. 90 Business/Westbank, keep left<br />
at fork and merge onto I-10 East, continue onto U.S. Hwy. 90 Business West, take U.S. Hwy. 90<br />
East/South Claiborne Ave. exit toward Superdome, continue on ramp and merge onto U.S.<br />
Hwy. 90 East/ South Claiborne Ave., turn right onto Tulane Ave, take third right onto Loyola<br />
Ave., hotel will be on the right.<br />
>From media hotel to stadium: Easily walkable. If driving, head south on Loyola Ave.<br />
toward Girod St., turn right onto Girod St., continue onto Dave Dixon Dr., West Stadium Drive<br />
and Sugar Bowl Drive around Superdome to reach parking.<br />
Other Trivia:<br />
- 2017 marked the highest scoring game in R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl history as Troy<br />
University defeated University of North Texas 50-30.<br />
- In 2016, wide-receiver Allenzae Staggers of Southern Miss had 11 receptions for 230 yards,<br />
both New Orleans Bowl records, leading Southern Miss to a 28-21 victory over UL Lafayette; (87)<br />
during the 2015 New Orleans Bowl.<br />
- UL Lafayette quarterback Terrence Broadway is the only two-time winner of the Most Valuable<br />
Player award, and one of the few in any bowl not to have that in back- to-back years. He won the<br />
unique MVP trophy – a hand-painted helmet featuring iconic New Orleans landmarks – in 2012<br />
and 2014.<br />
- The 2005 New Orleans Bowl was played at UL Lafayette’s Cajun Field (Lafayette, La.) following<br />
Hurricane Katrina. Six years later, UL Lafayette made its first-ever Division I bowl appearance in<br />
the New Orleans Bowl.<br />
- The 2013 New Orleans Bowl set a record attendance of 52,728 to see hometown Tulane against<br />
UL Lafayette in the first NCAA bowl game matching teams from the same state since 2007.<br />
- The 2006 New Orleans Bowl was the first bowl game Rice University attended since the 1961<br />
Bluebonnet Bowl.<br />
- The 2003 New Orleans Bowl was the first bowl game Memphis University attended, and won,<br />
since the 1971 Pasadena Bowl.<br />
- Louisiana Tech running back Kenneth Dixon set all-time FBS touchdown record<br />
(87) during the 2015 New Orleans Bowl.<br />
Major <strong>Media</strong> in the area:<br />
Times-Picayune/NOLA.com WDSU-TV 6 (NBC) WGSO Radio<br />
Gambit Weekly WGNO-TV 26 (ABC) WVUE-TV 8 (Fox)<br />
Clarion Herald WWL-TV 4 (CBS) WWL Radio<br />
The Advocate<br />
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