LABOR DAY WEEKEND 2009
Tailgate, Tailgate, Tailgate
TEAMS WILL BE ANNOUNCED AFTER DETERMINATION OF THE MEAC/SWAC WINNERS FOR 2009
ADMISSION IS FREE!!
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Why just eat hamburgers off the grill at the back of your truck/van or car?
Join us for the tailgate party to beat all. Bring your portable chairs and hang out with us as we celebrate the MEAC/SWAC's first year in Orlando.
TAILGATE PARTY PROVIDES A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR SPONSORSHIPS, VENDORS AND ENTERTAINERS.
ENTERTAINMENT -
- Drumline Competition
- Collard Green Cookoff
- Power Zone Kidz
- Deep Soull
- Roadside Bar-B-Que
- Art Show
- Health Fair
and so much more........
YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS THIS TAILGATE PARTY AT TINKER FIELD right beside the CITRUS BOWL, ORLANDO, FLORIDA.
Walt Disney World Resort is the presenting sponsor of the MEAC-SWAC Challenge, an ESPN Regional Television (ERT) owned-and-operated event, featuring teams from two prominent HBCU (Historically Black College/University) leagues — Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) and Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC).
This is the second year that the event will be held in Orlando and will showcase a college football match-up between the MEAC’s Winning Team and the SWAC’s Winning Team on Labor Day Weekend, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2009 live at 2 p.m. ET on ESPN2, from the Florida Citrus Bowl. The first three years, this pre-season game was played at Legion Field in Birmingham , Ala.
MEAC SWAC
The Game: Competing Teams To be Determined
Time: 2 pm ET, on ESPN2
Location: The Citrus Bowl, Orlando FL
Post-game Battle of the Bands
The game in Birmingham brought in above 25,000 people. Orlando brought in 11,000 its first year and will bring more this year. In addition to the traditional ticket sales, there is an organized grass-roots selling program that is targeted to the under 40 urban population. We are offering product exclusivity as part of the higher levels of the sponsorship agreements.
The Great Tailgate is coordinated by: 
CANDO WILL MAKE IT HAPPEN!
