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San Diego County Credit Union Extends Title Sponsorship
September 17, 2009
San Diego County Credit Union has extended its title sponsorship of the
San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl, 2009 Bowl President
Barbara Warden announced today. The extension is for sponsorship
through the 2010 contest, with options for 2011 and 2012. Financial
terms were not disclosed. San Diego County Credit Union served as title
sponsor since the game’s inception in 2005.
“The entire San Diego community owes San Diego County Credit Union a
great deal of thanks for their name-in-title partnership,” said Warden.
“Their investment makes it possible for the game to annually attract
thousands of fans to the region and produce millions of dollars for the
San Diego economy.”
We are excited to extend our title sponsorship of the Poinsettia
Bowl,” said Irene Oberbauer, President & CEO of San Diego County
Credit Union. “We are committed to the success of this great event and
proud to continue the partnership with this game’s beneficiary, the
Make-A-Wish Foundation of San Diego.”
In what was widely recognized as one of the premier bowl match ups
last season, the 2008 San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl saw
the 11th-ranked TCU Horned Frogs upset the 9th-ranked and previously
undefeated Boise State Broncos 17-16 in front of 34,628 fans at San
Diego’s Qualcomm Stadium. The game garnered a 3.74 television rating on
ESPN, the highest ever for a pre-Christmas bowl game on the all-sports
network.
The San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl was established
in 2005 and is produced by the non-profit San Diego Bowl Game
Association. The mission of the Association is to generate tourism,
exposure, economic benefit and civic pride for San Diego and its
citizens by producing the nation’s most exciting bowl games and
festivals of events. The San Diego Bowl Game Association also produces
the annual Pacific Life Holiday Bowl. In 2008 the two games combined to
produce $52.3 million for the regional economy.
The 2009 San Diego County Credit Union will be played at 5 p.m. on
Wednesday, December 23rd at Qualcomm Stadium. The game will pit the
second selection from the Mountain West Conference against a Pacific-10
or Western Athletic Conference opponent.
For ticket and event information, call the San Diego County Credit
Union Poinsettia Bowl ticket office at (619) 285-5039 or visit
www.PoinsettiaBowl.com.
San Diego County Credit Union is the largest financial institution
based in San Diego. It has assets over $4.8 billion and 27 branches
located in San Diego, Riverside and Orange Counties. Visit sdccu.com
for more information.
San Diego County Credit Union has extended its title sponsorship of the
San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl, 2009 Bowl President
Barbara Warden announced today. The extension is for sponsorship
through the 2010 contest, with options for 2011 and 2012. Financial
terms were not disclosed. San Diego County Credit Union served as title
sponsor since the game’s inception in 2005. 
