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About the Allstate Sugar Bowl
Due to Hurricane Katrina, it has been determined that the Sugar Bowl Committee will be unable to hold the Nokia Sugar Bowl Classic in the Superdome this year. The January 2, 2006 Sugar Bowl has been moved from the Louisiana Superdome to the Georgia Dome in Atlanta.
Born in the depths of the depression, the Allstate Sugar Bowl has survived many difficulties and today ranks as one of the most uniquely successful amateur athletic achievements in the history of American sports.
Behind the Sugar Bowl is a story of community spirit and initiative that has been instrumental in spreading the name and fame of New Orleans worldwide. Colonel James M. Thompson, publisher of the New Orleans Item, and Sports Editor Fred Digby, first presented the idea of a New Year's Day football classic in New Orleans in 1927. Further, the charter provided that there shall be no private profits and any surplus above the required operation expenses or reserve fund must be devoted to "charitable, religious or educational purposes."
The Sugar Bowl, which celebrates its 71st year, is comprised of more than 100 men and women volunteer members whose sole purpose is to sponsor and promote amateur sporting events as well as to foster revenue to spark economic growth in the city of New Orleans and the state.
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