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On January 11, 2016, University of Phoenix Stadium hosted the College Football Playoff National Championship Game featuring the No. 2 Alabama Crimson Tide and No. 1 ranked Clemson Tigers. On December 31, 2022, as part of the College Football Playoff's semifinal games, State Farm Stadium hosted the 2022 Fiesta Bowl , featuring the No. 3 TCU ...
The game was played on April 3, 2017, at University of Phoenix Stadium, now known as State Farm Stadium, in Glendale, Arizona between the Gonzaga Bulldogs and the North Carolina Tar Heels. North Carolina defeated Gonzaga, 71–65, to win its sixth men's basketball national championship. [3]
Later in the year, the university paid $154.5 million for 20-year naming rights for advertising purposes of the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. The company terminated the naming rights deal on April 11, 2017, [ 37 ] and on September 4, 2018, the stadium's naming rights were acquired by State Farm .
The 2013 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl was a postseason college football bowl game played on Thursday, January 3, 2013, at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.The Kansas State Wildcats, champions of the Big 12 Conference, played the Oregon Ducks, an at-large selection from the Pac-12 Conference.
The game moved to State Farm Stadium (at the time called University of Phoenix Stadium) in Glendale in 2007, where it has been played since then. [3] The game was a part of the Bowl Alliance and the Bowl Coalition before becoming a part of the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) at the start of the 1998 season . [ 4 ]
University of Phoenix Stadium [1] Recap: 2 September 20 at Chicago Bears: W 48–23 2–0 Soldier Field [2] Recap: 3 September 27 San Francisco 49ers: W 47–7 3–0 University of Phoenix Stadium [3] Recap: 4 October 4 St. Louis Rams: L 22–24 3–1 University of Phoenix Stadium [4] Recap: 5 October 11 at Detroit Lions: W 42–17 4–1 Ford ...
Although nearly all of those parks were open-air, it was taken for granted that a domed stadium was a must for a major-league team to be viable in the Phoenix area. Phoenix is by far the hottest major city in North America; the average high temperature during baseball's regular season is 99.1 °F (37.3 °C), and game-time temperatures well ...
The 2014 Fiesta Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 31, 2014, at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. It was one of the 2014–15 bowl games that conclude the 2014 FBS football season. The game was sponsored by the Vizio consumer electronics company and is officially known as the Vizio Fiesta Bowl.