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Camellia Bowl (2014–present)
The Salute to Veterans Bowl (formerly the Camellia Bowl) is an annual National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) sanctioned Division I (NCAA), FBS college football bowl game played in Montgomery, Alabama, at the Cramton Bowl. The bowl has tie-ins with the Sun Belt Conference and the Mid-American Conference (MAC). The game was announced in August 2013 and was first played in December 2014. It is owned and managed by ESPN Events. Sponsorship The bowl was sponsored at its inception by Raycom Media, a major owner of television stations in the southeastern United States with heavy involvement in college sports broadcasting, and was officially known as the Raycom Media Camellia Bowl. In June 2018, Gray Television announced its intent to acquire Raycom The acquisition was completed in January 2019, and the 2019 and 2020 editions of the bowl were played without a title sponsor. On November 24, 2021, TaxAct was named as the new title sponsor of both the Camellia Bowl and the Texas Bow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cramton Bowl
Cramton Bowl is a 21,000-seat stadium located in Montgomery, Alabama. Cramton Bowl opened in 1922 as a Baseball park, baseball stadium and has been home to Major League Baseball spring training and to minor league baseball. Today, however, its primary use is for American football. It is the host of the annual Salute to Veterans Bowl (formerly the Camellia Bowl) for the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS); the FCS Kickoff, an annual season-opening game in the Division I NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision, Football Championship Subdivision; and of Montgomery's five high school squads. It was previously home to the former Blue–Gray Football Classic, a College football, collegiate all-star game usually played on Christmas Day, the Alabama State Hornets football team, and hosted the first ever football game played under the lights in the South. Stadium history Cramton Bowl is named for Fred J. Cramton, a local businessman who donated the land on which the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
