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Article: Holiday bowl colored gold, red--and green: Cal Golden Bears, Texas Tech Red Raiders expected to fill the Q, area hotels.(Tourism)(Texas Tech University)(Pacific Life Holiday Bowl)(annual college football contest)
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- San Diego Business Journal
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- December 13, 2004
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San Diego's heavy rains of late haven't put a damper on the upcoming Pacific Life Holiday Bowl.
The annual college football contest between fifth-ranked UC Berkeley's Golden Bears and No. 22 Texas Tech University's Red Raiders on Dec. 30 sold out early last week. The teams playing in this year's game were announced Dec. 5.
Mark Neville, director of communications for the event said that 66,000 tickets were sold for the 27th annual bowl game at Qualcomm Stadium.
"But there are always some no-shows," he added.
However, Reint Reinders, the chief executive officer of the San Diego Convention & Visitors Bureau, envisions a packed stadium.
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