Fiesta Bowl Guide

When is it, where is it, who is playing, and how to get tickets.

The Fiesta Bowl is one of four BCS bowl games, and the BCS championship game rotates among the four cities that host the Rose Bowl, Fiesta Bowl, Sugar Bowl and the Orange Bowl. If this is our year for the BCS game, you'll find the specifics here, There's party information, too!

The Insight Bowl isn't the Fiesta Bowl, it's, well, the Insight Bowl. The Fiesta Bowl Committee organizes that bowl game as well, and it is played in Tempe. Tickets are much easier to get for the Insight Bowl, since it isn't quite as prestigious as the Fiesta Bowl. But hey, college football is fun!

This annual New year's Eve event is one of the biggest parties in the country. It actually isn't in Glendale, it's in Tempe. You can pictures of the block party here, too.

The Fiesta Bowl parade has bands and floats and balloons--all the parade stuff that people love. It is a very well attended event, and you can get the details and parade route here. I have pictures of past parades, too.

The Fiesta Bowl Million Dollar Hole-in-One is one of the nation's top amateur hole-in-one tournaments. More than a thousand golfers ever year compete in this event and all skill levels are welcome. Proceeds benefit local charities.

See an interactive map and get directions to the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, AZ. That's where the Fiesta Bowl is played.

Here are some hotels in the general vicinity of where the Fiesta Bowl will be played.

Do people wear flip flops and shorts in December? Do people wear parkas and knit hats and boots in January? Does it snow? Does it rain? Be prepared for the Fiesta Bowl Parade, Insight Bowl, Fiesta Bowl Block party and other winter events in Greater Phoenix.