It’s ‘Showtyme’ for Miner Caravan

[Coach Andy Mac]

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UTEP’s Miner Caravan made a quick stop 11 a.m.-2 p.m., June 25 at Showtyme Sports Bar and Grill located at 2106 North Zaragoza Road. Showtyme is owned by current Green Bay Packers running back, and former UTEP Miner, Aaron Jones.  

“This will be a great opportunity for the fans to come out, meet and engage with our coaches and student-athletes, and get fired up for our fall sports seasons,” UTEP Director of Athletics Jim Senter said. 

Miner Caravan is part of the 915 campaign, which began earlier this month in order sell out UTEP’s first football game against North Texas on Aug. 27. The capacity of the Sun Bowl Stadium is 45,971 and they have currently sold over 30,000 tickets; a UTEP game at the Sun Bowl has not sold out since 2008. This will also be the first time in 30 years that the Miners have opened the football season at home with a conference game. 

“I’ve heard all about the glory days of UTEP Football in the ’60s, the ’80s and the early 2000s, when the Sun Bowl was packed,” UTEP football head Coach Dana Dimel said. “We’ve seen how loud the place can get, even when there’s 20,000 in attendance. We had 30,000 for a game last season against UTSA and the atmosphere was electric, but we haven’t gotten to 40,000. I hope we can get there against North Texas, because I think our players deserve it.” 

 

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[greenminer]

I've hard the Sun Bowl can accommodate 50K+...? Maybe this is the difference between seats and standing room availability

When they are winning and gettin 35 thousand in attendance, it is definitely loud.  The bowl is tucked into a leg of the Franklin Mountains, effectively making it a speaker cone.  It's possibly to feel the concrete vibrate/shake.