Lobo Fans Ready To Make Trek

New Mexico AD expects up to 10,000 fans to follow team from Albuquerque.

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Dec. 13, 2002

By Steve Guiremand
Las Vegas Sun

LAS VEGAS - New Mexico athletic director Rudy Davalos is promising a whole lot of fans wearing cherry red at the 11th annual Las Vegas Bowl on Christmas Day. And that could translate into a lot of green for the city of Las Vegas, especially downtown.

The Lobos have sold more than 4,000 tickets to the game in just five days since receiving their invitation to play UCLA. It's only the second bowl game since 1961 for the school.

"I'll be real disappointed if we don't have between 6,000 to 10,000 people at the game," Davalos said Thursday at a media conference at the ESPN Zone at New York-New York.

"People were talking about the Christmas Day scenario and how it might not be the most attractive (day to play the game)," Davalos continued. "I'm sure it has kept some people home. But it's amazing just how many families are going to have their Christmas in Las Vegas this year. They're going to come early and stay late."

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