Autozone Liberty Bowl To Donate To Local And National Charities Via Inagural Esports Event

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Dec. 12, 2019 - PRLog -- Officials announced that the AutoZone Liberty Bowl is launching an online esports gaming tournament to bring together traditional sports and esports fans in efforts to get fans, gamers, and teammates engaged in Bowl activities weeks before coming on-site, resulting in a charitable donation being presented on game day.

Partnering with L5 Innovations' Battle at the Bowl, an experiential gaming company, the AutoZone Liberty Bowl launched a three-week tournament series with participants representing Navy or Kansas State in a free online battle playing League of Legends. Individual prizes will be distributed to the top three places with points earned going toward team totals. The team with the most points at the end of the tournament series will be making the donation to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, the official charitable partner of the AutoZone Liberty Bowl.

"This is a great way to get the AutoZone Liberty Bowl involved with the community on a different level. These esports tournaments give the AutoZone Liberty Bowl the perfect opportunity to enable the fans of Navy and Kansas State that play esports games to engage and interact with us well before they come to Memphis", said Steve Ehrhart, Executive Director of the AutoZone Liberty Bowl. "Bringing the esports and football communities together is a great way to get everyone involved in our Bowl Game".

ABOUT AUTOZONE LIBERTY BOWL

The AutoZone Liberty Bowl is the 7^th oldest college football bowl game in the country and is celebrating its 61^styear in 2019. Started in Philadelphia, PA in 1959, the AutoZone Liberty Bowl has been held annually at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, TN since 1965. The game has featured 62 different universities, four Heisman Trophy winners and college football coaching legends such as Paul "Bear" Bryant, Lou Holtz, Tom Osborne and Steve Spurrier. Current SEC coaches Kirby Smart and Dan Mullen have coached in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl, as well as current Big 12 coaches Mike Gundy, Matt Campbell and Gary Patterson.

The AutoZone Liberty Bowl has paid out well over $100 million to universities across the country in support of higher education.

The AutoZone Liberty Bowl annually attracts thousands of out of town visitors and generates a local economic impact of $25 - $30 million. The Bowl has brought more visitors to Memphis than any other single event.

The 61^st AutoZone Liberty Bowl game between Navy and Kansas State will be played December 31, 2019 at 2:45 pm CST and televised by ESPN. For ticket information, call(901) 795-7700 or visit www.AutoZoneLibertyBowl.org.

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