Skip to content
Economy Federal loans of up to $2 million offered to Puerto Rico businesses hit by droughtWeather San Juan …Water San Juan Bay …Tropics Subtropical Storm Josephine · 65 mph · 1,434 mi from San JuanNext holiday Veterans Day · Nov 11 · Hurricane season Day 144 of 183Sports Puerto Rico defeats Panama 2-1 in U18 Baseball Pan American Championship openerGovernment Two lanes of Avenida Roosevelt to close Friday for bridge replacementCourts & Crime Woman's body found in Hormigueros municipal poolEconomy Federal loans of up to $2 million offered to Puerto Rico businesses hit by droughtWeather San Juan …Water San Juan Bay …Tropics Subtropical Storm Josephine · 65 mph · 1,434 mi from San JuanNext holiday Veterans Day · Nov 11 · Hurricane season Day 144 of 183Sports Puerto Rico defeats Panama 2-1 in U18 Baseball Pan American Championship openerGovernment Two lanes of Avenida Roosevelt to close Friday for bridge replacementCourts & Crime Woman's body found in Hormigueros municipal pool
List your business
Home/News/Sports
Sports

TransPerfect to Bring First College Football Bowl Game to Puerto Rico

The ACC and Sun Belt conferences will send teams to the new Coca-Cola Bowl Season event organized by TransPerfect.

PuertoRico.com News Desk··2 min read·Checked against 2 sources
File photo: Estadio Hiram Bithorn, San JuanFile photo
File photo, not of the events: Estadio Hiram Bithorn, San Juan. National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places / Wikimedia Commons · PD

The short version

  • TransPerfect announced it is bringing a new college football bowl game to Puerto Rico according to the Coca-Cola Bowl Season site
  • The ACC and Sun Belt conferences will participate in the first-ever bowl game in Puerto Rico the ACC reported
  • Both conferences have agreed to send teams to the new bowl game in Puerto Rico the ACC said
  • No further details on the venue within Puerto Rico the exact date of the game or participating teams were released in the announcements

New Bowl Game Announcement

TransPerfect is bringing a college football bowl game to Puerto Rico for the first time. The event will be part of the Coca-Cola Bowl Season. Coca-Cola Bowl Season reported.

The Atlantic Coast Conference and the Sun Belt Conference will participate in the bowl game. Both conferences have agreed to send teams to the new bowl game in Puerto Rico according to the ACC. The ACC reported.

Also on PuertoRico.com: Best things to do in Puerto Rico

Limited Details Released

No further details on the venue within Puerto Rico the exact date of the game or the specific teams that will play were provided in the initial announcements. The Coca-Cola Bowl Season site and the ACC both released the news on Oct. 22 without additional specifics.

The bowl game marks the first time a college football bowl will be held in Puerto Rico. Further information is expected to be released in the coming months the organizations indicated.

Where the sources differ

The Coca-Cola Bowl Season announcement and the ACC report agree that TransPerfect is organizing a new bowl game in Puerto Rico featuring teams from the ACC and Sun Belt conferences. Both sources were published on the same day and contain nearly identical information. There are no conflicts between the two reports on any facts.

What the reports do not say

The reports do not specify the stadium or city in Puerto Rico that will host the game. They also do not provide a date for the bowl game a list of possible participating teams or any information about ticket sales broadcast plans or economic impact. It is unclear when additional details will be announced.

Related on PuertoRico.com

Sources

Every link below was opened and checked when this story was published. Official means a government body, agency or the organization itself; Reporting means a news outlet.

  1. Reporting TransPerfect Brings College Football Bowl Game to Puerto RicoCoca-Cola Bowl Season (Coca-Cola Bowl Season) · bowlseason.com · checked Oct 22, 12:40 PM AST
  2. Reporting ACC, Sun Belt to Participate in First-Ever College Football Bowl Game to Puerto RicoAtlantic Coast Conference (ACC) · theacc.com · checked Oct 22, 12:40 PM AST

How we checked this

Both the Coca-Cola Bowl Season site and the ACC published the news on Oct. 22. All information in the article rests on these two sources which present the same facts.

SportsCollege FootballBowl GameACCSun Belt

Compiled by the PuertoRico.com News Desk from the reports and statements listed above, and checked against them before publishing. It does not include original interviews. Spot an error? Email support@puertorico.com with a link to this story.