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by FrogFan1 on 1/5/16Alamodome - San AntonioRating: 5 out of 5Slow start and then one of the greatest comebacks ever seen.

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Valero Alamo Bowl at the Alamodome
Each winter, San Antonio, Texas, hosts two of the premier teams in the Big 12 and Pac-12 conferences in the Alamo Bowl. Since the game's inception, the Alamo Bowl has been played at the Alamodome, which opened in 1993 and has a current capacity of 64,000. Since 2010, the Alamo Bowl has pitted the second-choice Pac-12 team against the second-choice Big 12 team, leading to intriguing matchups and classic competitions.
Valero Alamo Bowl History
The first Alamo Bowl was played on December 31, 1993, when the California Golden Bears trounced the Iowa Hawkeyes, 37-3. Originally created with tie-ins to the Pac-10 conference and the Southwest Conference, a lack of eligible SWC schools in the game's inaugural season led to the entire conference's demise in 1995 and a longtime partnership with the Big Ten. The now-defunct Builders Square hardware chain was the titular sponsor of the Alamo Bowl from 1993 to 1998, with Sylvania and MasterCard also sponsoring the game before an unsponsored 2006 bowl and Valero's current sponsorship since 2007.
There have been many memorable moments in the Alamo Bowl's history. In 2005, the Michigan Wolverines almost pulled off a miracle against Nebraska, but their eight-lateral final play was stopped at the Cornhusker 16-yard line, leading to a 32-28 Nebraska victory. In 2011, Heisman Trophy winner Robert Griffin III led Baylor to a 67-56 victory over Washington, in what remains the highest-scoring bowl game to end in regulation. The January 2016 Alamo Bowl featured a comeback for the ages when TCU overcame a 31-0 deficit at halftime to defeat Oregon in triple-overtime, 47-41. In December 2017, TCU kicked a 4th quarter field goal to squeak past Stanford, 39-37, and the 2018 contest featured No. 12 Washington State holding on against an upstart Iowa State team, beating the No. 25 Cyclones, 28-26.
Slow start and then one of the greatest comebacks ever seen.
Exciting college bowl game. TCU came back from down 31 points at the half. They tied the game and forced a 3 OT final that was history making. Only team in bowl history to come back and win a game after a trailing by 31 points. Happy to say, even though we were in the 300 section, the 1st row made it feel much closer. Thanks to ticketmaster, I paid $75 per seat with a low service charge, compared to seats right next to us that paid $135 per seat.
I had no issue with the game other than Oregon losing, but it was but it was a hard fought long game. My issue I has more with the Alamo Dome. Online It said there were smoking patios. So tell me why security confiscated 2 packs of cigarettes from my wife's purse.
Loved our seats - got to see possibly the greatest comeback in bowl history! So glad I was there! Fortunately not a lot of activity happened on the field during the second quarter, where I and several hundred other disgusted patrons waited in ridiculously long, slow lines for drinks and terribly prepared food. In all my years attending events all over the country, this was by far the worse concession service I've ever experienced. Come on Alamodome - you need to get a handle on that!
As a graduate of TCU the Valero Alamo Bowl was tops on my list! This was our first time in the Alamodome, and we were impressed with the entire production. Everyone was pleasant and helpful. The game and everything included was fun!
Crazy ending to a game that started off to what seemed to be a blowout.
The game it's self was great to watch. But the vendor set up for a 65k person crowd was AWFUL! Stood in line for 40 mins to get a Coke for my son but only 5 mins to get a beer for myself and my husband. The stadium and its staff seemed very unprepared for a crowd of that size.
seats were great, thank you for your help upgrading tickets.
Great game and public transportation. In dome food poor but cheap.
Couldn't have asked for a better game. But I spent the second half of the first quarter, all of the second quarter, all of halftime, and three minutes of the third quarter in the line at the concession stand.....for a Pepsi. Terrible experience. I paid plenty for a seat.....not a spot in line.
The game was great, 3 over times and TCU won against Oregon. The temperature in the dome was okay. It was a little warm but I didn't mind since it was cold outside. There was plenty of security inside and outside of the stadium so that was nice. It was about 8 dollars a beer and 6 dollars for a fountain drink, little expensive but it's about the same as every other game I've been to. (AT&T Center in Dallas Cowboys and San Antonio Spurs, Memorial Stadium in Nebraska) The prices were about the same. It was a great atmosphere, I loved how loud the crowd was. Overall I had a great time and I would go again in a heart beat. We couldn't see reviews on the Video board which I wasn't happy about. Other than that it was great, I would give it about 4.5 out of 5 stars. They loose half a star for not showing reviews on the video board.
Great experience. Concession people were friendly and funny. Security was good. Seats were great for the price. Sound was questionable at times but could be the officiating equipment wasn't great.
The venue was not equipped to handle the amount of people that were at the game. Concession lines took a quarter of the game. Seriously, I missed an entire quarter of the game waiting to get my family hot dogs.
I really enjoyed the entire venue. Access to the seats and rest rooms were reasonable. My view of the videoboard was obstructed, but I was able to see the entire field. My only complaint was that the concessions were slow to process people and I don't think they had enough spots open.
It was a great experience, LOVED, LOVED, LOVED it!!!
The gates opened to all tailgaters at 10am, so we got there at 9 and were some of the first in line. We easily found a place park and set up. Friends of ours even found off-site parking in walking distance, but they had to pay $40 to park. The tailgating was a blast, even though the weather was cold and wet for the second consecutive year. This discouraged most of the crowd from not showing as you may imagine. As the game drew near, we packed up and went in. We ended up getting seats in the upper level, but it really wasn't a bad view. I took photos with my iPhone and they turned out decent. The game was awesome. This is the 5th (1995, 2007, 2013, 2014, 2015) Alamo Bowl that I have attended and the best yet. The stadium is a great venue, the city is easy to navigate, the people are generally nice.
These seats were SO much better than expected!! This was by FAR the best event we have ever attended at the Alamodome!
The game was fantastic!!! My boys were pulling for separate teams and both got quite a show! The merchandise vendor was very rude and really upset my son. He wanted the last Oregon hat on display. The lady said she couldn't sell it but as soon as we walked away she sold it to an older man. What a way to crush a 10 yr old! I confronted her and we got no apology! Lines at the concession stands were way too long!!!!
Great bowl game but concessions are a joke. This took 90 minutes to get food at the beginning of the game and 20 plus middle of the 2nd period.
The game was one of the best CFB games I have seen in many years. A three-OT thriller and a 31-point deficit completely erased. Awesome!! Now for the venue critique: It took almost an hour to get into the venue, and that is with them having all the doors open to allow people access. The security screening took entirely too long and no one was in a hurry to speed things up, despite the cold, drizzly, windy conditions that people had to stand in. The Alamodome has hosted this game since 1993, and still cannot seem to figure out how to expedite security screening that has been in place since 9/11/2001. Pi$$-poor!! Concessions--OMG!! We were on the upper-level, section 339, and the concession offerings were extremely limited, for one thing. Ok...not a really big deal. But....I stood in line for almost an hour, and moved exactly 15 feet, putting me about halfway to the counter to place an order!!!!!! There were four people working the stand, one for each window, and no one was in a rush to fulfill orders or move things along quickly. In addition, there were complaints from patrons that the stands were running out of food items....keep in mind, this is midway through the second quarter approaching halftime, and food is already out of stock?? There was no sense of urgency upon the part of any worker to speed up, nor did the manager of that stand seem the least bit concerned, nor did he at any time make any effort to get his people to expedite faster. I observed this to also be the case at another stand in close proximity....in fact, it seemed to pretty much be the case at every stand, even before the game started. Again, Alamo Bowl officials have hosted this game since 1993, and on top of that, knew that this one was a near sell-out....and that a team with a HUGE traveling base (TCU) was coming. This was not a surprise, and there should have been no reason for this type of horsesh!+ concession stand service at any place within the venue. For comparison, we attended the GoodYear Cotton Bowl a couple of nights earlier, and that crowd was 84,000-plus, and the wait time at concessions was never more that 5-10 minutes, if that. To have this game for this many years, and still not have it figured out as far as security screenings, and concessions are concerned, is a huge disappointment and an embarrassment to the bowl game venues. There is no excuse for the wait times at such an event....especially when the amount of people expected is pretty much known well in advance. Not planning on a return visit to this venue until it is updated, and the service issues are addressed and dealt with accordingly. Save the money...spend it on a ticket to a Spurs game, or go see another bowl game....if coming to this one, one is likely to spend the time watching it on the monitor while just trying to get a burger and a soda.