Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl Presented By Bridgestone Ticket Sales Ahead Of Last Year

Nashville, TN., October 22, 2003 ? Representatives of the Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl Presented By Bridgestone announced today that the Bowl has sold over 8,000 tickets to the Bowl this year. ?We?re excited about the progress that our SCORE Campaign has made so far,? said Scott Ramsey, executive director. Added Ramsey, ?This is significantly ahead of where we were last year at this point and we have already sold more tickets this year prior to team announcement than last.? The announcement follows the Bowl?s Board of Directors meeting on October 21. The Bowl?s ?SCORE? campaign is a community driven marketing effort that has several components that focus on key areas such as youth football, Nashville area businesses, the Bowl?s Patch Program, and charity & groups. All tickets for the Bowl are discounted in all sections of the Coliseum until November 21, beginning at $10. Tickets can be purchased by calling Ticketmaster at 615-255-9600 or by visiting ticketmaster.com. In addition, several corporate ticket packages including hospitality and marketing benefits are available by calling the Bowl office at 615-743-3130. The Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl Presented By Bridgestone (501 c-3 not-for-profit) is an annual post-season collegiate bowl game featuring the SEC and BIG TEN conferences. The Bowl will be played on New Year?s Eve, December 31, 2003 at 11:00 a.m. CST at the Coliseum, Nashville, Tenn. For more information, call 615-743-3130 or visit the Bowl online at www.musiccitybowl.com.