  {"id":142536,"date":"2021-05-27T15:09:59","date_gmt":"2021-05-28T01:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=142536"},"modified":"2021-05-27T15:30:39","modified_gmt":"2021-05-28T01:30:39","slug":"2021-hawaii-bowl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/05\/27\/2021-hawaii-bowl\/","title":{"rendered":"<abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr>\u2019s Ching Field to host 2021 <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai\u02bbi<\/span> Bowl"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/manoa-athletics-ching-field-rendering3.jpg\" alt=\"football field surrounded by grandstands\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-141714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/manoa-athletics-ching-field-rendering3.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/manoa-athletics-ching-field-rendering3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/manoa-athletics-ching-field-rendering3-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After the pandemic prompted the cancellation of the 2020 <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span> Bowl, the program announced it will return this coming football bowl season. Since Aloha Stadium will not be available for the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span> football season, the bowl game will be held at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/04\/16\/ching-athletics-complex-retrofit-advancing\/\">newly renovated Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex<\/a> on the <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa campus.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s contest will feature representatives from the Mountain West Conference versus the American Athletic Conference (<abbr>AAC<\/abbr>). <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We look forward to the 2021 <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span> Bowl and the opportunities the Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex will provide our fans to continue their holiday tradition of cheering for their favorite teams in person,&rdquo; executive director Daryl Garvin said.<\/p>\n<p>The Ching Athletics Complex will serve as the temporary home of the <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span> Bowl while the New Aloha Stadium Entertainment District is completed. The <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span> Bowl was held at Aloha Stadium every year from 2002 to 2019. The new stadium is projected to open in 2024.<\/p>\n<p><abbr>UH<\/abbr> won the last <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span> Bowl played in 2019 with a thrilling 38-34 victory.<\/p>\n<p>A Mountain West team has played in the <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span> Bowl every year since 2012. The <abbr>AAC<\/abbr> will send a representative for the third time in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span> Bowl history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span> Bowl returns after a one-year hiatus during the pandemic, this time on the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa campus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1362],"tags":[58,83,9,550],"class_list":["post-142536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletics","tag-athletics","tag-football","tag-uh-manoa","tag-manoa-athletics","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142536"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":142545,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142536\/revisions\/142545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}