Sugar Bowl Tickets

Sugar Bowl
The Sugar Bowl is an annual American college football bowl game played in the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Sugar Bowl has been played annually since 1935. Along with the Orange Bowl and Sun Bowl, the Sugar Bowl is the second-oldest bowl game in the country, behind the Rose Bowl. The Sugar Bowl is also a member of the Bowl Championship Series.

The Sugar Bowl hosted the BCS National Championship Game in 2000 and 2004. However, since the 2006 season, the BCS National Championship Game has been a stand-alone event one week following the New Year's Day bowl games. In other words, under the current BCS format, the Sugar Bowl will not host the BCS National Championship Game.Under the current BCS alignment the Sugar Bowl will host the SEC champion unless they are involved in the national championship game.

History

In 1890, Pasadena, California held its first Tournament of Roses Parade to showcase the city's mild weather compared to the harsh winters in northern cities. In 1902, the annual festival was enhanced by adding a football game. Leaders in Miami, Florida decided to do the same with a "Fiesta of the American Tropics" that was centered around a New Year's Day football game in 1926. Although a second "Fiesta" was never held, Miami leaders later revived the idea with the "Palm Festival". The football game and associated festivities of the Palm Festival were soon named the "Orange Bowl."

The Sugar bowl was started by Louis Erkins in New Orleans. The idea of a New Year's Day football game was first presented in 1927 by Colonel James M. Thomson. Every year thereafter, Digby repeated called for action, and even came up with the name "Sugar Bowl" for his proposed football game. Enough support had been garnered for the first Sugar Bowl by 1935. The game was played in Tulane Stadium, which had been built in 1926 on Tulane University's campus. The first president of the New Orleans Mid-Winter Sports Association, Warren V. Miller, guided the Sugar Bowl through its difficult formative years of 1934 and 1935.

Superdome for the 2005 Sugar Bowl Tulane Stadium hosted the game from 1935 through 1975. It has been played in the Louisiana Superdome since 1976. The Sugar Bowl's corporate title sponsor was US F&G Financial Services from 1987 to 1995 and Nokia cellular telephones of Finland from 1995 to 2006. In March 2006 Allstate Insurance was announced as the new title sponsor. ABC Sports has televised the game since 1969.

Due to the extensive damage the Louisiana Superdome suffered as a result of Hurricane Katrina, the 2006 Sugar Bowl game was played at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia. The Sugar Bowl has since returned to the renewed Superdome.Prior to the BCS, the game traditionally hosted the Southeastern Conference (SEC) champion against a top-tier at-large opponent. Unless the SEC champion goes to the BCS National Championship Game Under the current BCS format, the Sugar Bowl continues to host the SEC champion against a top-tier at-large opponent.

A permanent feature of sport festivities hosted at the Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, Louisiana is the Sugar Bowl; a part of the Bowl series carrying the true spirit, taste and fervor of the Southern Eastern sports. The Sugar Bowl is a chance to see one of the most exciting American college football bowl game every year. The Sugar Bowl came to the Southern ACF in 1935 and since then has been regularly hosting this annual game. The Sugar Bowl's affiliation with the Bowl Championship Series might project it to be similar to the other Bowls. The Sugar Bowl is rather different as it solely hosted other games in its progression. The BCS National Championship Game was held during the Sugar Bowl twice. The SEC championship was held under the Sugar Bowl umbrella. For this matter the Sugar Bowl enjoys authority and a tier above American Football Conferences and championships excluding the National Championship. Its position in the hierarchy allows it to choose the host team regardless of its Conference membership. Celebrating seventy five years of Sugar Bowl, the game brings to life live football that is fueled with the most potent and flammable energy. The Southern identity of American football is supported through the Sugar Bowl and reflected in each and every happening at the Bowl. From each Sugar Bowl game all ingredients from the game play to rivalries to team band marches, songs and ancillary performances; it is a manifest of the most colorful sporting culture. Pure climax of football games on this occasion make Sugar Bowl Tickets a game pass to die for!