LAS VEGAS — In less than 24 hours from the official announcement pinning Utah as BYU's opponent in the 2015 Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl, the annual bowl game has sold out the 38,500-seat Sam Boyd Stadium.
John Saccenti, the bowl's executive director, confirmed the sellout in a news release around noon Monday.
"After the conference championship games were finished on Saturday night, we still had a couple thousand tickets for sale online," Saccenti said. "Those went quickly on Sunday."
UNLV's Sam Boyd Stadium holds 35,500 fans for most Rebel football games and similar events in southern Nevada, but there is an option for expanded seating to bring 3,000 more fans into the venue.