WAA Hospitality Desk open in the hotel lobby. Stop by to pick up your tour name badge, souvenir, and additional tour information. Light refreshments will be available from noon to 4:30 p.m.

Tampa Marriott Water Street hotel check-in.

Meet Sports and Entertainment Travel (SET) staff in the hotel lobby to board motorcoach transportation to the tour welcome reception and ReliaQuest Bowl Game Parade in Ybor City.

Depart for Zydeco Brew Werks in Ybor City. 

Welcome to Tampa! Enjoy heavy appetizers and drinks with fellow WAA travelers at the tour welcome reception while enjoying the ReliaQuest Bowl Game Parade with performances by the Wisconsin and LSU Marching Bands from the venue’s balcony. 

Official Badger Bowl Tour participants are invited to an exclusive Wisconsin athletics event with Director of Athletics Chris McIntosh ’04, MS’19 to celebrate the Badgers’ 22nd consecutive bowl appearance! This event is at the tour hotel in the Terrace Room. 

For guests who would like to attend both the Wisconsin athletics event and the tour welcome reception, a motorcoach shuttle will be running on the following schedule between the Marriott and Ybor City after the initial departure at 4:45 p.m. 

The motor coach will depart the Marriott on the hour and Zydeco on the half hour. The final return from Zydeco to the Marriott will be 10 p.m. You are welcome to return on an earlier shuttle.

ReliaQuest Bowl Game Parade in Ybor City. Enjoy the festive floats and spirited marching band performances.

ReliaQuest Bowl Game Big Storm Brewing Pep Rally. Guests are welcome to leave Zydeco to attend the pep rally. Big Storm is a 0.2 mile walk from Zydeco. 

Big Storm Brewing Tap Room – 1600 E. Seventh Avenue, #2
Zydeco Brew Werks – 1902 E. Seventh Avenue

Final motor coach shuttle departs Zydeco for the Marriott. If you choose to stay later in Ybor City, transportation back to the hotel will be on your own. 

Cheers to the New Year with a champagne toast in the Terrace Room. Happy New Year!

Breakfast buffet available at Waterside Grill. Bring your breakfast vouchers to present to the restaurant staff.

WAA Hospitality Desk open in the hotel lobby.

Meet SET staff in the hotel lobby to board motorcoach transportation to the BADGER HUDDLE®.

IMPORTANT: Raymond James Stadium enforces a NO BAG POLICY. Guests are permitted to bring in only one clutch purse no larger than 4.5” by 6.5”.

Depart the Marriott for the BADGER HUDDLE®.

A Game Day map will be provided.

Arrive at the BADGER HUDDLE® at the Bucs VIP Tailgate Pavilion.

Enjoy a breakfast buffet featuring Wisconsin favorites, beer, wine, seltzer, breakfast cocktails, and soft drinks. The tailgate includes musical entertainment, special appearances by Wisconsin athletics’ personalities and Bucky Badger, and performances by the UW Marching Band and Spirit Squad.

Walk to Raymond James Stadium (an approximately 0.4 mile walk).

Wisconsin vs. LSU

SET staff will be outside the stadium to direct you to the motorcoaches in lot 8.

Depart for Marriott

At your leisure

Breakfast buffet available at Waterside Grill. Bring your breakfast vouchers to present to the restaurant staff.

Hotel check-out. Have a safe trip home!