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| - Raise your hand if you knew what was the name of the bowl game that is play in Las Vegas every December. I didn't even know a post season bowl game was possible for a non-winning team.
Apparently they love to invite a 6-6 team like UCLA Bruins to come to Vegas. I'm pretty sure they would rather invite Cal Bears if they could.
Get ready, here's the answer...I was here for the "LAS VEGAS Bowl" sponsored by Pioneer. Yep, even Wynn wouldn't touched that.
It was the disappointing UCLA Bruins vs the conference champ BYU (who incidentally lost to UCLA 27-17 earlier in the season). The luster was taken off a little whenever a rematch was schedule in a bowl game. The excitement has since been gone with UCLA manhandling BYU with a full healthy squad. Too bad the Bruins are decimated with injuries and had to start the 4th Quarterback of the season.
The stadium was located a mile off the UNLV campus and a short drive from the Vegas strip. It was a little confusing using the public transportation to get to the stadium as we barely got there on time. We almost didn't get to watch the first quarter due to the staff's confusing distribution of will call tickets. We were starting to sweat bullets when the kickoff started.
Once we did get to our seats, I was amazed on how good the tickets were. We were about 16 rows from the sideline and was very close to the north end of the end zone. We were assigned to the sections with the UCLA alumni with a few BYU fans able to buy the leftover tickets. I was delighted as the tickets for that area would have been about $50 for an alumni.
The stadium have about 40,000 seats for the game and was very cozy in terms of close proximity to the field. It's perfect for a Saturday college football game or a Monster truck event. I also heard that concerts and High school football championships were held in this stadium. Granted, I have been to a few High School football stadium that were a lot bigger, but with fewer seats as they also double as a track and field stadium. This was still a top notch Division I stadium.
Comparing to other bigger venues that I had went to (Dodger Stadium, Angel Stadium, Rose Bowl, Petco Park in SD), this stadium needs to update on the restroom facilities and maybe come up with a little bit more lighting around the stadium. Just a little brighter would be nice especially for a night game like the night we had.
In terms of concession stands, they do have alcoholic beverages and plenty of the similar stadium food around the country. The only thing I can say is that the price is a little bit lower than I thought it was, but I didn't want to spoil appetite as we have plans for a Bellagio buffet for dinner.
They have a jumbo tron on the scoreboard for each end for live action and replay of crucial plays. The only thing that bothers me was the announcer who have a monotone pitch voice. He needs to spice up to get more excitement for the crowd.
With an open air and the synthetic turf on the field, this would be perfect for a fast high scoring game. Alas with an inexperience Quarterback for UCLA and a BYU team that took awhile to fight off a tough UCLA defense, there was no high scoring offensive output.
The game was actually very exciting and very close to the end. The fans were rocking the stadium for both side and the game would eventually came down to the last play where UCLA had a chance to win the game by kicking a short field goal.
They set up a 28 yard field goal which is a gimme for the UCLA kicker. I had seen him kicked a 52 yarder early in the game. Here comes the snap, the place for the kick, and the kick........
I wished I could tell you the result of the game. I left at Halftime just so we could avoid the cold temperature and make it to the Bellagio buffet.
We were starving!
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