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Famous Idaho Potato Bowl<br />
Thursday, December 20, 2016<br />
FCA Breakfast Boise Centre 7:30 - 9:15 a.m.<br />
Game Management Meeting TBD 10 - 11 a.m.<br />
MW Team Practice Caven-Williams Sport Complex 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.<br />
MW Press Conference Allen Noble Hall of Fame Gallery 1:45 - 2:15 p.m.<br />
MAC Press Conference Allen Noble Hall of Fame Gallery 2:30 - 3 p.m.<br />
MAC Team Practice Caven-Williams Sport Complex 3:15 - 5:15 p.m.<br />
MAC Ladies Night Out TBD Noon - 2 p.m.<br />
MW Ladies Night Out TBD 3 - 5 p.m.<br />
Famous Idaho Potato Mash Bash Downtown Boise 6 - 7 p.m.<br />
Friday, December 21, 2017<br />
Tent Village/Fan Fest Opens<br />
11 a.m.<br />
Stueckle Sky Center Opens<br />
Noon<br />
Gates Open Albertsons Stadium 12:30 p.m.<br />
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Albertsons Stadium 2 p.m. MST( 4 pm EST)<br />
Designated team hotels:<br />
MAC – The Riverside Boise<br />
MW -- The Grove Hotel<br />
2900 Chinden Blvd. 245 S. Capitol Blvd.<br />
Boise, ID 83714 Boise, ID 83702<br />
208-343-1871 208-333-8000<br />
Fax 208-344-1079 Fax 208-333-8800<br />
Lisa Becker, contact<br />
Lori Knipe, contact<br />
Direct: 208-331-4913 Direct: 208-489-3731<br />
Fax: 208-331-4994 Fax: 208-424-2177<br />
Lisa.becker@riversideboise.com<br />
lori.knipe@block22hotels.com<br />
MAC Band/Cheer -- MW Band/Cheer --<br />
SpringHill Suites<br />
Courtyard by Marriott<br />
424 E Parkcenter Blvd. 222 S Broadway Ave.<br />
Boise, ID 83706 Boise, ID 83702<br />
208-331-2700 208-331-2700<br />
Angie Hroma, contact Fax: 208-331-3896<br />
208-433-5123 Vicki Carley, contact<br />
ahroma@innventures.com 208-489-3730<br />
vicki.carley@block22hotels.com<br />
Designated media hotel: TBD<br />
Local airport: Boise Air Terminal; serves Delta, Southwest, United, US<br />
Airways, Alaska Airlines, Allegiant Air<br />
Jackson Jet Center and Western Air, serving charters and private aircraft<br />
Local tourism bureau: Boise Convention and Visitor Bureau, Bobbie Patterson<br />
contact, 208-344-7777, bpatters@boisecvb.org<br />
Prominent area tourist attractions:<br />
State Capitol Building, Boise Art Museum, Discovery Center of Idaho, Idaho Historical<br />
Museum, Boise Depot, Basque Museum & Cultural Center, Zoo Boise, Bogus Basin<br />
Ski Resort, Idaho Botanical Garden, Old Idaho Penitentiary<br />
DIRECTIONS<br />
>From main arrival airport to stadium:<br />
Go southeast on West Airport way toward South Vista Ave., stay straight to go onto<br />
South Vista Ave., merge onto I-84 East/U.S. Hwy. 30 East toward Mountain Home,<br />
take Broadway Avenue exit 54, turn left onto South Broadway Avenue/U.S. Hwy.<br />
20/U.S> Hwy. 26, turn left onto West University Drive.<br />
>From main arrival airport to media hotel:<br />
TBD<br />
>From media hotel to stadium:<br />
TBD<br />
Other Trivia:<br />
- The hometown Boise State team played its first-ever Division I bowl game on its home<br />
Bronco Stadium turf in the bowl’s third game in 1999, taking a 34-31 win over Louisville<br />
- In the 19-year history of the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, no team has ever scored under<br />
double digits. The lowest point total for any team is 10 by Tulsa in 2004. Every other<br />
winning and losing team has scored at least 16 points.<br />
- Boise State had a 35 home game winning streak snapped in 2011, falling to TCU 36-<br />
35. Entering the 2016 season, the Broncos are 96-6 at home since 2000.<br />
Major <strong>Media</strong> in the area:<br />
Idaho Statesman KBOI-TV 2 (CBS) KTVB-TV 7 (NBC)<br />
Idaho Press-Tribune Boise Weekly KIVI-TV 6 (ABC) and 9 (FOX)<br />
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