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Article: Inaugural EagleBank Bowl could be a marketing boon for Bethesda firm
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- The Daily Record (Baltimore)
- Article date:
- December 19, 2008
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They've had three short months amid a tumbling economy to plan
it, but the EagleBank Bowl's organizers say they are "pleasantly
surprised" by the support and expected turnout for the first college
bowl game scheduled to be played in Washington this Saturday.
"The buzz of bringing football back to [Robert F. Kennedy
Memorial Stadium] has just been tremendous," said Ronald D. Paul,
CEO of EagleBank and Eagle Bancorp Inc., the Bethesda-based parent
company. Paul said it would be the first football game played in the
stadium since the Redskins left for FedEx Field after the 1996
season.
"Even in this lousy economy, there's a lot of good memories and
nostalgia for that place and people have been ...