The positive way to look at this year’s ticket sales for the NOVA Home Loans Arizona Bowl between Arkansas State and Nevada is that 34,000 tickets were reportedly allocated as of yesterday without either team having bowl-starved fans.
The negative way to look at it is the bowl might fall short of last year’s record number of 39,132 when New Mexico State (experiencing its first bowl since 1960) played Utah State. The goal for today’s game at 11:15 a.m. at Arizona Stadium was to reach at least 40,000.
That might be a difficult plateau to reach.
Order your tickets for the Arizona Bowl by visiting the Arizona Bowl site.
A T-shirt painting vendor displays their work at the NOVA Home Loans Arizona Bowl block party (Mackenzie Morales/AllSportsTucson.com)
Nevertheless, the Arizona Bowl is holding its own with ticket sales compared to more established bowls. If the at least 34,000 tickets sold to this point is the correct number, it would be more than 15 of the bowls already played this year.
Last year, the Arizona Bowl was in the top 10 in terms of attendance of non-New Year’s bowls or bowls affiliated with the BCS. It finished at No. 9, ahead of the likes of the Las Vegas Bowl, Cactus Bowl, Independence Bowl, New Mexico Bowl and Foster Farms Bowl.
The following is a listing of last year’s bowl attendance figures of the bowls before New Year’s Day that aren’t affiliated with the BCS:
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The Tucson Sugar Skulls indoor professional football team had a booth at the NOVA Home Loans Arizona Bowl block party (Mackenzie Morales/AllSportsTucson.com)
Here’s a look at the official attendance numbers for each college football bowl game this season:
Saturday, Dec. 15
Celebration Bowl (Atlanta)
Attendance: 31,672
NC A&T 24, Alcorn State 22
Cure Bowl (Orlando, Fla.)
Attendance: 19,066
Tulane 41, Louisiana-Lafayette 24
New Mexico Bowl (Albuquerque)
Attendance: 25,387
Utah State 52, North Texas 13
Las Vegas Bowl
Attendance: 37,146
Fresno State 31, Arizona State 20
Nevada’s mascot and pom squad entertain the NOVA Home Loans Arizona Bowl block party crowd (Mackenzie Morales/AllSportsTucson.com)
Camellia Bowl (Montgomery, Ala.)
Attendance: 17,710
Georgia Southern 23, vs. Eastern Michigan 21
New Orleans Bowl
Attendance: 23,942
Appalachian State 45, Middle Tennessee 13
Tuesday, Dec. 18
Boca Raton (Fla.) Bowl
Attendance: 22,614
UAB 37, Northern Illinois 13
Wednesday, Dec. 19
Frisco (Texas) Bowl
Attendance: 11,029
Ohio 27, San Diego State 0
Thursday, Dec. 20
Gasparilla Bowl (St. Petersburg, Fla.)
Attendance: 14,135
Marshall 38, South Florida 20
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Friday, Dec. 21
Bahamas Bowl (Nassau)
Attendance: 13,510
FIU 35, Toledo 32
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl (Boise, Idaho)
Attendance: 18,711
BYU 49, Western Michigan 18
Saturday, Dec. 22
Birmingham (Ala.) Bowl
Attendance: 25,717
Wake Forest 37, Memphis 34
Armed Forces Bowl (Fort Worth, Texas)
Attendance: 44,738
Army 70, Houston 14
Dollar General Bowl (Mobile, Ala.)
Attendance: 31,818
Troy 42, Buffalo 32
Hawaii Bowl (Honolulu)
Attendance: 30,911
Louisiana Tech 31, Hawaii 14
Wednesday, Dec. 26
SERVPRO First Responder Bowl (Dallas)
Cancelled
Boston College (7-5) vs. Boise State (10-3)
Quick Lane Bowl (Detroit)
Attendance: 27,228
Minnesota 34, Georgia Tech 10
Cheez-It Bowl (Phoenix)
Attendance: 33,121
TCU 10, California 7
Thursday, Dec. 27
Independence Bowl (Shreveport, La.)
Attendance: 27,492
Duke 56, Temple 27
Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium
Attendance: 37,821
Wisconsin 35, Miami 3
Texas Bowl (Houston)
Attendance: 51,104
Baylor 45, Vanderbilt 38
Friday, Dec. 28
Music City Bowl (Nashville, Tenn.)
Attendance: 59,024
Auburn 63, Purdue 14
Camping World Bowl (Orlando, Fla.)
Attendance: 41,125
Syracuse 34, West Virginia 18
Alamo Bowl (San Antonio)
Attendance: 60,675
Washington State 28, Iowa State 26
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