Skip to main content

LA Bowl ending after Saturday's game with Washington and Boise State

pBCHVlJX_400x400by: Brett McMurphy8 hours agoBrett_McMurphy

The LA Bowl will end after Saturday’s game between Washington and Boise State, sources told On3.

The bowl’s current 6-year contract concludes after this season. The bowl was created in 2020 to be played in SoFi Stadium, pairing up the Mountain West champion against the fifth selection from the Pac-12.

The bowl’s fate was ultimately decided when conference realignment gutted the Pac-12 and the league lost 10 schools to the Big Ten, Big 12 and ACC.

The bowl was scheduled to debut in 2020, but three weeks before its inaugural game, it was canceled due to COVID-19. 

In its short five-year history, the LA Bowl has had four different official names: Bucked Up LA Bowl Hosted by Gronk (2025), Art of Sport LA Bowl Hosted by Gronk (2024), Starco Brands LA Bowl Hosted by Gronk (2023) and Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl presented by Stifel (2021–2022).

Besides the LA Bowl, the Bahamas Bowl also will not continue. The Bahamas Bowl was replaced by ESPN in this season’s bowl lineup by the Xbox Bowl in Frisco, Texas.