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The Congressional Medal of Honor is our nation’s highest award for valor and represents the ultimate act of sacrifice that best defines American heroism THE GAME The Medal of Honor Bowl is a premier all-star game featuring some of the nation’s top draft eligible college football players. The game features a full week of events culminating with the game on the second Saturday in January of each year. The inaugural game will be played on January 11, 2014, at Johnson Hagood Stadium in Charleston, South Carolina. Charleston has gained acclaim as the top destination city in the United States (Conde Nast Traveler’s Reader’s Choice Awards) for three consecutive years. The game will be played under National Football League Rules with current NFL officials. The ex- pectation of the invited NCAA college talent is that nearly 70% of the players will sign contracts with the National Football and Canadian Football Leagues. Halftime entertainment will feature a national celebrity performance each year, in celebration of American freedoms and the many sacrifices rendered by our nation’s military. BOWL WEEK The full ‘bowl week’ of events will include a very special Medal of Honor Banquet celebrating America’s great- est heroes, the recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor. The banquet will feature a national speaker and will host the ninety players selected for the game. The Congressional Medal of Honor Museum is located upon the World War II Aircraft Carrier, The Yorktown, permanently anchored in Charleston Harbor. A new stand-alone museum is planned at Patriot’s Point in Mt. Pleasant. The bowl game will generate its primary proceeds to the Medal of Honor Museum Foundation for that purpose. The bowl will support the Wounded Warrior Project, as well. A Wounded Warrior’s Luncheon will be a permanent part of ‘bowl week’ and will feature a prominent national speaker. In addition, the events of the week will include an NFL Coaches Luncheon and a Fellowship of Christian Athletes Prayer Breakfast. All are open to the public. There will be other venues for the two hundred or more NFL scouts expected to attend the football prac- tice sessions. The game is the first all-star venue of the post-NCAA football season and has attained NFL ‘combine status’ with the NFS (National Football Scouting service). This means that all 32 NFL teams will be invited to take part in the player measurements, performance metrics, and time trials. Typically, all 32 teams will be represented by as many as a dozen player position scouts, as well as scouts from the CFL. TICKETS ADMINISTRATION and PERSONNEL Game tickets will be available at several venues to include The The bowl game will be administered and promoted by a not- Citadel Ticket Office (at McAlister Fieldhouse on The Citadel’s for-profit organization, the Palmetto Bowl Committee, LLC, campus) and online by ETIX. One can navigate to the online (PBC) dba the Medal of Honor Bowl. The current Chairman sites through the Medal of Honor Bowl game dedicated web- of the Medal of Honor Bowl is Tommy McQueeney. The site: www/medalofhonorbowl.com or mohbowl.com. Game Vice Chairman is Tom O’Rourke. Brian Woods will serve as tickets will also be available two hours prior to the game at the game’s Executive Director. The committee is represented The Citadel’s Johnson Hagood Stadium Ticket office, if tickets by 39 committee chairs tasked with every facet of the event remain available (not already ‘sold out’). There will also be a week to include ticket sales, promotions, media, player liai- ‘Will Call’ ticket office at the stadium on game day for tickets son, volunteer personnel, budget and finance, sponsorships purchased and left for other parties. and many more. The Charleston Area Sports Commission ETIX and the Medal of Honor Bowl website above will also (CASC) and its Executive Director, Kathleen Cartland, as- direct purchasers online for ticket purchases to the Medal of sists them. The CASC is part of the Charleston Area Con- Honor Banquet set for Friday night, January 10th, 2014. The vention and Visitor’s Bureau. banquet has a limited capacity of 600. Other ticket purchases at this site are available to include the FCA breakfast and the Wounded Warrior and NFL Coaches Luncheons. ECONOMIC IMPACT and REACH The economic impact of the event is projected to boost the economy of the tri-county metropolitan Charleston area in its PATRONS and SPONSORSHIPS first year by several million dollars. This would place it among A separate opportunity package for Patrons and Sponsors for the the top three community athletic events (with the Cooper Riv- Medal of Honor Bowl is available. The Medal of Honor Bowl is er Bridge Run and the Family Circle Tennis Championships). most appreciative of the support of those like-minded citizens The PBC expects to include other important factions into the and corporations that edify this major community effort. event week. There will be pass-through funds dedicated from the events directly to the Medal of Honor Museum Foundation, the Wounded Warrior Project, and the Fellowship of Christian MUNICIPALITIES Athletes in addition to the expected game proceeds to it’s ben- The inaugural 2014 Medal of Honor Bowl could not be possible eficiaries. The PBC will also reach out to youth, church, and without the vision, confidence, and foresight of the following synagogue groups, and especially to the 10,000 serving mem- entities: The City of Charleston, its Council and Mayor Joseph bers of the South Carolina National Guard. We anticipate over P. Riley; Charleston County Council, its Council and Chairman 1000 soldiers in uniform in attendance at the game. Teddie Pryor; The City of North Charleston, its Council and Mayor Keith Summey; and the Town of Mt. Pleasant, its Council and the Office of the Mayor. MEDIA The expectation is that the Medal of Honor Bowl will be tele- vised each and every year by a major television network, pos- sibly by tape delay. It will also be broadcast live by radio. TICKET PRICING GENERAL ADMISSION Stadium East Side $20 Stadium West Side $22 GRAY CHAIR-BACK SEATING (Limited, West Side) $25 VIP SEATING Blue Chair-Back Seating (Limited, West Side) $30 CLUBROOM SEATING Indoor/Outdoor • Includes Buffet & Bar Access $125 REGULAR SUITES* Seats 16 Indoor/Outdoor • Includes Food & Bar Availability $3000 LARGE SUITES* Same as Above - Seats 20 $3500 *Suites are the contractual property of Citadel Suite-holders and will only be available if released to the inventory of the MOHB. The Medal of Honor Bowl will advertise Ticket Packages with discounts for groups of 20 or more. Tickets available at www.MOHbowl.com or call 1-800-514-ETIX (3849) SPONSORSHIP and CORPORATE PACKAGES TITLE SPONSOR $500,000 Customizable Package MEDAL OF HONOR ALL-STAR $25,000 • Full Game Day Suite, Complete with Food & Beverage • Back Page or Inside Front of Game Program • Daktronics Scoreboard Display During Each Quarter • Major Header on Website for Every MOH Bowl Event • Logo/Name on Stadium Banner and Other Collateral • (4) Tickets to Each of the Four Game Week Events- Including the Medal of Honor Banquet • Special VIP Game Parking • Game Memorabilia CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP $10,000 • (10) Club Room Passes, (4) Medal of Honor Banquet Passes • Full Page Ad in Program • Website Ad, Large Listing on Daktronic Scoreboard- ‘Scroll of Honor’ Mention Each Quarter • Logo/Name on Stadium Banner and Other Collateral • Special VIP Game Parking Passes. • Game Memorabilia PATRON PACKAGE $2500 • (4) Clubroom Passes Includes Catered Food & Beverage Access • Special Parking Pass • Logo/Name on Collateral Materials • Half Page Ad in Program • Website Ad • Part of Scoreboard ‘Scroll of Honor’ Four Times per Game on Daktronics Scoreboard • Game Memorabilia WARRIOR PACKAGE $1000 • (2) Clubroom Passes with Designated Parking Pass • Includes Catered Food & Beverage Access • Logo/Name on Collateral Materials • Quarter Page Ad in Game Program • Website Inclusion.

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