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2024 Tony The Tiger Sun Bowl

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Bernie Olivas, Executive Director of the Sun Bowl Association
Bernie Olivas, Executive Director of the Sun Bowl Association

In this edition of El Paso Prime Time, Richard Dayoub from Thunderbird Management is joined by Executive Director of the Sun Bowl Association, Bernie Olivas to discuss one of the biggest events that El Paso has annually: the Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl game. They will discuss everything that goes into bringing the Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl to life, the teams playing this year, their partnership with CBS, how and where to get tickets and more about everything surrounding the game.

The Sun Bowl Association is a volunteer based non-profit organization that, with the help of over 700 volunteers, promotes and serves the El Paso community and features a year-round schedule of events culminating with the Annual Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl football game. Other Sun Bowl core events include the Sun Bowl Adult Flag Football Tournament, the Peter Piper Pizza Sun Bowl Punt, Pass and Kick, the Sun Bowl All-America Golf Classic, the Glasheen, Valles & Inderman Injury Lawyers Sun Bowl Parade, the WestStar Don Haskins Sun Bowl Basketball Invitational, and the Sun Bowl Fan Fiesta.

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Originally aired December 21, 2024

Richard E. Dayoub is a proud El Pasoan and serves on many community community boards including the Sun Bowl Association and El Pasoans Fighting Hunger Food Bank.
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