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Article: Music City Bowl loses money again; Gophers ticket sales are lagging.(SPORTS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- December 21, 2002
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Byline: Mark Craig; Staff Writer
The Music City Bowl will lose money for the second consecutive year as ticket sales for the game between the Gophers and No. 25 Arkansas lag 25 percent behind last year, said Music City Bowl executive director Scott Ramsey.
"We're very concerned, because we really attacked this year from a public relations and marketing standpoint," Ramsey said. "The buzz over adding the Big Ten as our partner is good. But sales are down. I don't have the answer. We have a group already assigned to sit down after the bowl and figure out how we can do a better job to make this an event in town."
The Gophers have sold about 2,000 ...