Land packages still available for alumni and friends Gator Bowl 'Weekend Bash'

December 8th, 2006

Alumni and friends wanting to head to Jacksonville to watch the West Virginia University football team take on the Georgia Tech in the Gator Bowl can still purchase reservations for one of the two land-only packages offered through the WVU Alumni Association and National Travel. The air package out of Clarksburg has sold out.

The Alumni Association, working with National Travel, is offering a Gator BowlWeekend Bashtravel package for fans at the Hyatt Regency in Jacksonville. The package includes hotel accommodations, pre-registration of hotel rooms, baggage handling at the hotel, reception, round trip game transfers, reserved seat game ticket, the official Gator Bowl Patch and more.

Alumni and fans can also take advantage of a land-only travel package at the Hampton Inn which includes three-night hotel accommodations, game ticket and souvenir patch.

WVU will play Georgia Tech on Jan. 1 in the Toyota Gator Bowl. The game will be televised on CBS . Kickoff is set for 1 p.m.

The WVU Alumni Association, working with National Travel, has selected the Hyatt Regency as its official headquarters. National Travel and Alumni Association officials will also serve as travel hosts for the length of the trip and will staff a hospitality desk at the Hyatt.

Alumni and friends are encouraged to register for bowl packages by calling National Travel at 1-800-642-3603.

The dates, times and location for WVU ’s popular Fan Center and other WVU bowl-related activities will be announced at a later date.

For ticket information, visithttp://www.wvugame.comor call 1-800-WVU-GAME.

The WVU Alumni Association, chartered in 1873, represents more than 170,000 University graduates residing in every county in West Virginia, every state in the union and approximately 60 foreign nations. With nearly 100 registered chapters and constituent groups, the Associations 26,000 dues-paying members support Homecoming Weekend, the WVU Academy of Distinguished Alumni, mentoring programs and dozens of other social and philanthropic programs. For more information about the WVU Alumni Association, visithttp://alumni.wvu.edu.