Fiesta Bowl Hotels

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Ohio State Buckeyes vs. Texas Longhorns

MONDAY, JANUARY 5, 2009
6:00 pm MST
University of Phoenix Stadium
Glendale, Arizona


The Fiesta Bowl has been played annually since 1971 in Tempe, Arizona, hosted by Arizona State University's Sun Devil Stadium.

In 1999 the Fiesta Bowl became part of the Bowl Championship Series. Starting in 2006, the Fiesta Bowl will now be played in the state-of-the-art University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona

UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX STADIUM:
The facility features a retractable roof as well as the first fully retractable natural grass playing surface built in the United States. An opening on one side of the stadium allows the playing field to move to the exterior of the building so the entire natural turf playing surface can be exposed to daylight when it is not in use. The grass field rolls out of the stadium on a 12-million pound tray built on 13 rails, which takes about an hour to move in and out of the stadium. With the field in the outboard position, the 158,000-square foot floor is unencumbered by the turf and features a built-in utility grid.