Over the last week, we’ve seen a couple of bowl games make the announcements that their annual contests won’t be played at the conclusion of the 2020 college football season.
The Pinstripe Bowl made their cancelation known over the weekend while the Sun Bowl followed suit a few days later. Now we get word that an annual game out west won’t be played this season as the Las Vegas Bowl has been cancelled for 2020.
Full press release can be found in link below:https://t.co/mmHpYMmQ8X…-for-2020-season/ pic.twitter.com/c6KyiNPWAY
— Las Vegas Bowl (@LasVegasBowl) December 2, 2020
The Las Vegas Bowl was set to be played between a Pac-12 team and SEC team this season and was to be played this December. The SEC and Big Ten are set to alternate a tie-in to the game starting in 2020 and going through 2025.
The Las Vegas Bowl becomes the ninth bowl game to be canceled this post-season, joining the: Bahamas Bowl, Fenway Bowl, Hawaii Bowl, Holiday Bowl, Motor City Bowl, Pinstripe Bowl, Red Box Bowl and Sun Bowl.
As of now the plan is for the Las Vegas Bowl to resume in 2021 and be played for the first time in the new Allegiant Stadium, home to the NFL’s Las Vegas Raiders.