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>>> CAN GOOD STUFF.
HONORING OUR HERO, LEADERS OF
THE TAX SLAYER BOWL ANNOUNCES A
THANK MILITARY MEMBERS AND
FAMILIES.
THE GAME IS SATURDAY
DECEMBER 30th AT NOON, BUT
WE'RE ALREADY STARTING TO TALK
ABOUT IT.
TAX SLAY SER UNDERWRITING THE
OPPORTUNITY FOR UP TO 5,000
SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN, RETIREES
AND VETERANS AS WELL AS THEIR
FAMILY MEMBERS TO ATTEND THE
BOWL AND POST-GAME APPRECIATION
CONCERT, WHICH IS AT THE NEW
DAILY'S PLACE AMPHITHEATER.
AND THEY CAN DO IT ALL FOR FREE
SO GOOD NOOSE HERE AND JOINING
US THIS MORNING, THE COO OF THE
TAX SLAYER BOWL.
AN JOSH, AND KNOW BOTH OF YOU
ALL ARE VERY EXCITED FOR WHAT IS
TO COME AND JACKSONVILLE AND OUR
COMMUNITY HERE IN NORTHEAST
FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
ARE A HUGE MILITARY FANS, BIGGER
THAN FOOTBALL, WE SUPPORT OUR
MILITARY THROUGH AND THROUGH AND
THAT IS WHY THIS IS SO VERY
IMPORTANT.
>> WE'RE A HUGE MILITARY TOWN AS
WE KNOW.
AND SO IS AUGUSTA WHERE JOSH AND
TAX SLAYER ARE.
WE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING JUST
TO HONOR THEM AND WE DO SUCH A
GREAT JOB HERE IN JACKSONVILLE
IN DOING THAT.
BUT WANTED TO REALLY EXTEND IT
TO OUR BOWL GAME AND TAX SLAYER
IS OUR TITLE SPONSOR CAME ON
BOARD AND SAID, LET'S UNDERWRITE
THIS PROGRAM AND LET'S MAKE IT
REALLY HAPPEN AND DO A SPECIAL
THING SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT.
>> Vic: FIVE,000, THAT IS A
LOT OF SEATS AND A LOT OF HAPPY
SERVICE MEMBERS AND THEIR
FAMILIES.
>> WE WISH IT COULD BE MORE BUT
5,000 WAS A GOOD STARTING PLACE.
LIKE ALAN WAS SAYING,
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF
JACKSONVILLE, BE MORE OF A
COMMUNITY FEEL AND TRYING TO
GIVE BACK EACH YEAR AND COMING
UP WITH AN EVEN BIGGER PROGRAM
EACH YEAR.
SO THAT IS WHY THIS IS SO
IMPORTANT.
IT IS ALREADY GOTTEN INCREDIBLE
AMOUNT OF TRACTION.
ALREADY.
I THINK WE'RE UP TO HOW MANY?
>>> 3300 ALREADY REQUESTED.
SO I THINK I WOULD BET WE'D BE
5,000 BY THE END OF THE WEEK
WHICH WOULD BE GREAT.
>> Vic: SO NOW IS THE TIME,
BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF VIEWERS
THAT ARE MILITARY MEMBERS OR
FAMILIES OF MILITARY MEMBERS.
AND WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THEM A
HEAD START, RIGHT?
WHAT DO THEY NEED TO DO TO BE
ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN
GET INTO THE GAME FOR FREE?
>> SIMPLY GO TO TAX SLAYER
BOWL.COM.
CLICK ON THE HONORING YOUR
HEROES ICON THAT IS UP HERE AND
JUST FILL OUT.
IT TAKES ABOUT 30 SECOND, FILL
IT OUT, YOU GET UP TO FOUR
TICKETS FOR EACH MILITARY ID AND
WE'RE EXCITED HOW ABOUT IT.
WE THINK NOBLE WITH THE BOWL,
WE'LL -- WE THINK NOT ONLY WITH
THE BOWL WE'LL DO AN HONORING
CEREMONY, BUT CONCERT WHICH
A-LIST ENTERTAINER THAT MAKE FOR
A GREAT DAY.
>> WHO ARE THE A-LIST
ENTERTAINERS.
>> WE DON'T KNOW YET.
WE WANT TO RELEASE, BUT WE DON'T
KNOW YET, HOPEFULLY WE'LL
ANNOUNCE IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.
THAT IS JOSH'S JOB.
>> SOON.
>> Vic: IT IS NIKKI KIMBLETON,
MAYBE?
>> YOU CAN'T SEE THE BOOTH ON
TV.
>> SO THAT IS A LOT OF FUN AND
THE TAX SLAYER BOWL IS ALWAYS SO
MUCH FUN.
WHAT I LOVE IS THE FESTIVITIES
AROUND IT, TOO, YOU HAVE PEOPLE
COMING FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF
THE COUNTRY AND BIG DIE-HARD
FANS AND THEY GET TO DOM AND
EXPERIENCE JACKSONVILLE -- COME
AND EXPERIENCE JACKSONVILLE.
THAT IS WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT IS
SHOWING WHAT THE RIVER CITY HAS
TO OFFER.
>>> THE WAY IT FALLS THIS YEAR
ON THE 30th, MILITARY
FAMILIES CAN NOW MAKE A WHOLE
WEEKEND OUT OF IT AND STRAIGHT
INTO NEW YEARS ON SUNDAY.
>>> STICK AROUND FOR THE
FIREWORKS.
THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT YOU
HAVE THE DAILY'S PLACE A AM
THINKURFY THEATER.
HOW A WILL THAT AMPLIFY THE
EXPERIENCE?
>> I THINK WE'VE SEEN IT
ACTIVATED FOR THE JAGUAR GAMES
AND WE'LL SEE IT FOR
FLORIDA-GEORGIA GAME OR THE
GEORGIA-FLORIDA GAME WHENEVER
SIDE OF THE FENCE YOU SIT ON.
>> FLORIDA-GEORGIA.
>>> I KNOW WHAT SIDE YOU SIT ON.
>> Vic: FLORIDA-GEORGIA.
>> FOR THE TAX SLAYER BOWL WE
HAVE A LOT OF GREAT THINGS
PLANNED AROUND IT.
BUT CERTAINLY ARE GOING TO FOCUS
ON THIS MILITARY PROGRAM AND IT
WILL BE THE FIRST TIME THAW A
CONCERT IS PLAYED POST-FOOTBALL
GAME.
WE'LL BE ABLE TO ROLL RIGHT FROM
FANS GOING TO A COLLEGE FOOTBALL
GAME INTO A CONCERT.
SO THE OPERATIONS OF THAT SHALL
BE INTERESTING.
>>> COOL.
AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO TELL THE
FARNS YOU'VE GOT THE GO HOME
NOW.
YOU CAN STICK AROUND A COUPLE
MORE HOURS.
>> THAT'S RIGHT, THAT IS THE
GOAL.
THAT IS THE GOAL.
>>> ABSOLUTELY.
GOOD TO SEE YOU AS ALWAYS, ALAN,
I APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING IN
APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING FOR
OUR SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SO
DESERVE ALL OF THIS AND SO MUCH
MORE.
CERTAINLY GOT TO SEND ALL THE
RESPECTED LOVE AND SUPPORT THEIR
WAY.
WE'VE GOT THE INFORMATION ABOUT
THE TAX SLAYER BOWL ON OUR WEB
SITE AT NEWS4JAX.COM.
DON'T DELAY, DO IT NOW, BECAUSE