Liberty Bowl Background Ticket Information
The AutoZone Liberty Bowl is a college football game which is played in the USA in December
annually, starting from 1959. The Liberty Bowl game was originally played in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, at John F. Kennedy Stadium until the year of 1963. At the beginning, the game, which
was the only game played in winter, did not see many spectators. Therefore, the 1964 game was
played indoors in Atlantic City, New Jersey, at the Convention Hall and saw around 6,000 fans.
Starting from the year of 1965, the game has been regularly held at the Liberty Bowl Memorial
Stadium.
more The venue is a football stadium situated at the Mid-South Fairgrounds in Memphis,
Tennessee, and it is a home field of the University of Memphis Tigers football team. The Stadium
can seat 62,380 people. Besides the Liberty Bowl tournament, the Stadium hosts other professional
sports events, as well as local football games and other meetings.
After the relocation of the Liberty Bowl, the game got larger crowds and soon achieved the
status of one of the oldest Non-Bowl Championship Series bowls. Starting from 1997, the regular
season winner of Conference USA has acted as the host team. From 1998 to 2003, the rival of the
C-USA winner was the Mountain West Conference winner.
However, in 2004 one of the places was allocated to Western Athletic Conference champion, the
Boise State University team. In 2005, the Western Athletic Conference's the Fresno State was
chosen. Starting from the 2006 football season, the game will host teams from Conference USA and
the Southeastern Conference.
The Liberty Bowl used to draw funds from AXA Financial, and was usually referred to as the AXA
Liberty Bowl from 1997 to 2003. Starting from 2004, the game has been supported by auto units
retailer AutoZone, and therefore is now known as the AutoZone Liberty Bowl. The other core sponsors
of the game are the well-known FedEx, Hilton, Booze it and Lose it. Among the contributing sponsors
of the game one can find Northwest Airlines, Burger King, Coca-Cola, Time Warner, Holiday Inn
Express, Madison Hotel, Residence Inn and other. A Liberty Bowl game is worth seeing, especially if
you are a football fan. This captivating game never leaves anyone indifferent. Liberty Bowl
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