Protective Stadium
Tickets to the 2021 TicketSmarter Birmingham Bowl are now on sale. The college football game, now in its 15th year, will be played on Tuesday, Dec. 28, at 11 a.m. at the newly constructed Protective Stadium at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex, according a news release from organizers.

TicketSmarter Birmingham Bowl
— The 15th TicketSmarter Birmingham Bowl is set for Tuesday, December 28. The game will be played at the new Protective Stadium in Birmingham, Ala., and will feature teams from the Southeastern Conference and the American Athletic Conference.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Boston College (6-6), representing the Atlantic Coast Conference, and the University of Cincinnati (10-3), representing the American Athletic Conference, will meet in the 2020 TicketSmarter Birmingham Bowl on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020.

Boston College athletic director Dr. But after consulting with the team’s leadership council, BC officials decided to pass in part because of the “emotional, mental and physical grind” of playing the 2020 football season in a pandemic. “It’s a road game, basically,” Kraft told Yahoo Sports of a bowl game.

[′käm·pəs ‚bōl] (engineering) That part of a compass in which the compass card is mounted.

Boston College says it will not participate in a bowl game, becoming the first bowl-eligible team to announce it would not play in the postseason. Athletic director Pat Kraft and coach Jeff Hafley said the decision was made as a team, after getting significant player input.

The decision to skip out on a bowl game this year comes as COVID-19 cases spike around the country. While the team has decided to conclude its season, we have the utmost respect for our ACC bowl partners and we look forward to participating in the postseason again in 2021.”

BBVA Compass Stadium. The stadium is located on a tract of land bordered by Texas, Walker, Emancipation, and Hutchins in East Downtown and east of Interstate 69 / U.S. Route 59 and Downtown Houston.

BBVA Compass Stadium was awarded the LEED Silver certification from the U.S. Green Building Counsel as Pioneering Example of New Construction Sustainable Design.

The multi-sport stadium has hosted nearly 300 events since opening in 2012 including three CONCACAF Gold Cups (2013, 2015, 2017) and the 2017 CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualifier. BBVA averages close to 40 soccer matches each year and has held more than 50 international matches and has also hosted a number of rugby events.

BBVA Stadium management reserves the right to deny entry to guests wearing clothing displaying offensive language and/or images. Guests are required to wear shirts upon entry and shoes at all time. Noisemakers such as air horns, drums, cowbells, horns, vuvuzelas and whistles are prohibited.