{"id":45975,"date":"2017-08-29T03:47:05","date_gmt":"2017-08-29T07:47:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utnews.utoledo.edu\/?p=45975"},"modified":"2017-08-28T15:06:18","modified_gmt":"2017-08-28T19:06:18","slug":"football-opening-night-to-feature-fireworks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/08_29_2017\/football-opening-night-to-feature-fireworks","title":{"rendered":"Football opening night to feature fireworks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Toledo announced its home-opening football contest vs.\u00a0Elon Thursday, Aug. 31, will feature a halftime fireworks show, courtesy of area auto dealerships that are part of the Rockets&#8217; Car Coaches Program.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The home opener is a celebration of a new season, so we want to kick it off with a spectacular fireworks display that will light up the Glass Bowl,&#8221; said Dave Nottke, deputy director of athletics. &#8220;We would like to express our sincerest thanks to all of our Rocket Car Coaches who have made this special fireworks presentation possible.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/?attachment_id=46032\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-46032\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Rockets-fireworks-pic.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"361\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-46032\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Rockets-fireworks-pic.jpg 540w, https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Rockets-fireworks-pic-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a>The\u00a0Elon game will be the first opportunity for fans to see the Rockets, preseason favorites to win the 2017 Mid-American Conference Championship. Game time is 7 p.m. in the Glass Bowl.<\/p>\n<p>Season tickets begin at $80 and are available at the UT Athletic Ticket Office, <a href=\"http:\/\/utrockets.com\/sports\/2015\/3\/17\/GEN_2014010139.aspx\">online here<\/a>, or by calling 419.530.GOLD (4653). Tickets are half-off for UT employees and retirees, and UT students are admitted free to home games with ID.<\/p>\n<p>Fireworks for the home opener have been made possible thanks to the generosity of Ballas Buick GMC; Brondes Ford Toledo; Brondes Ford Maumee; Brown Automotive Group; Bobby Jorgensen&#8217;s Kistler Ford; Charlie\u2019s Dodge Chrysler Jeep Ram; Grogan&#8217;s Towne Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram; Perrysburg Auto Mall; Yark Automotive Group; and the White Family Dealerships \u2014\u00a0Dave White Chevrolet, Jim White Toyota and Lexus of Toledo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let there be fireworks! Check out the halftime spectacular at the home-opener when UT plays Elon Thursday, Aug. 31, at 7 p.m. in the Glass Bowl.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56,5],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45975"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45975"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45975\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46033,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45975\/revisions\/46033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}