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World Champion Eater Joey Chestnut Named Honorary Chairman for 2024 DIRECTV Holiday Bowl, Chief Eggnog Official
San Diego, December 12, 2024 – The 2024 DIRECTV Holiday Bowl proudly names Joey Chestnut as its “Chief Eggnog Official,” overseeing the bowl game’s second annual celebratory “eggnog dump” on the winning coach.
Chestnut will be honored during the bowl game and will serve as the Grand Marshal of the iconic Port of San Diego Holiday Bowl Parade presented by Kaiser Permanente. The DIRECTV Holiday Bowl is organized by Sports San Diego.
Chestnut is the world’s top competitive eater, holding over 50 world records for eating a wide variety of foods. He is a 16-time champion of the July 4th hot dog eating contest and holds the all-time record of 83 hot dogs eaten in 10 minutes.
“Joey Chestnut’s last name in itself is the perfect tie-in to the DIRECTV Holiday Bowl. He is known for his amazing competitive eating, and he trains for these titles like a world class athlete,” said Mark Neville, CEO of the DIRECTV Holiday Bowl and Sports San Diego.
Marking its 45th annual game, the DIRECTV Holiday Bowl kicks off on December 27 at 5 p.m. PT at Snapdragon Stadium. The game, broadcast nationally on FOX, will feature #21 Syracuse vs. Washington State.
The Honorary Chairman title, a cherished tradition, is awarded annually to individuals who have made exceptional contributions to sports and community. Past honorees include legends like Bill Walton, Randy Jones, Don Coryell, Meb Keflezighi, Jim Laslavic, and Steve Fisher.
About DIRECTV
As a leader in sports and entertainment for almost 30 years, DIRECTV provides some of the television distribution industry’s best content aggregation, service, and user satisfaction, with or without a satellite. In 2023, DIRECTV elevated the customer experience by delivering Gemini, which can integrate customers’ content from their DIRECTV service and third-party platform subscriptions onto a single one-stop, digital experience without the need to switch TV inputs. As consumer behaviors continue to change, DIRECTV is evolving its product with a sharp focus on delivering value to customers through various genre-based programming packages, including sports and lifestyle content.
About Sports San Diego
Recognizing that San Diego is a premier tourist destination, the mission of Sports San Diego, a non-profit 501c3 organization, is to generate tourism, visibility, and economic impact for the San Diego region by producing the DIRECTV Holiday Bowl, Rady Children’s Invitational, California State Games and recruiting outstanding sports events and experiences to San Diego. Since 1978, the association has generated more than $1 billion in economic benefit for the San Diego region.
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