2025 Las Vegas Bowl moves to marquee date on college sports calendar
The Las Vegas Bowl will be played on New Year’s Eve for the first time in its history, ESPN announced Thursday.
The game will kick off at 12:30 p.m. at Allegiant Stadium on one of the marquee days for bowl games. It will be televised on ESPN.
This year’s game will pit a Big Ten school against a current or former member of the Pac-12.
Tickets will go on sale at a later date.
“Big-time college football bowl games are synonymous with ringing in the New Year, and we are ecstatic to be joining that group in 2025,” Las Vegas Bowl executive director John Saccenti said in a statement. “The early afternoon kickoff will allow fans to attend and tune in across the country to what we expect to be another dynamite matchup before celebrating New Year’s Eve. This is another milestone reached in the 34-year history of our event in the Sports and Entertainment Capital of the World.”
This year will be only the third time the Las Vegas Bowl has been played after Christmas.
Wisconsin defeated Arizona State 20-13 on Dec. 30, 2021, in the first Las Vegas Bowl played at Allegiant Stadium. USC and former UNLV quarterback Jayden Maiava defeated Texas A&M 35-31 in last year’s game on Dec. 27.
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