BitPay Becomes New St. Petersburg Bowl Game Title Sponsor
ESPN Events has announced that Atlanta, Georgia-based BitPay will serve as the new title sponsor of the annual St. Petersburg Bowl - an NCAA-sanctioned post-season college football game that has been taking place since 2008. BitPay, renowned for its business of allowing merchants to easily accept bitcoin payments and convert them instantly to local currency, will have the game known as the Bitcoin St. Petersburg Bowl beginning with this year's game, slated to be held on the 26th of December at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida. "Our goal is to continue to move bitcoin into the....
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Merchant bitcoin payments processor BitPay has announced that it will sponsor the St. Petersburg Bowl, an annual college postseason football game sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), through 2016. This year's game will kick off at Tropicana Field, home of Major League Baseball's Tampa Bay Rays, on 26th December under a new name. The bowl was previously sponsored by chain restaurant Beef 'O' Brady's and USB provider magicJack. Thanks to BitPay sponsorship, however, the bowl will now be known as the Bitcoin St. Petersburg Bowl. BitPay hopes the sponsorship will....
Yes, it's true. In the midst of the most exciting time of the year in college football, bitcoin is making its mark. What was previously called the Beef O' Brady's Bowl, will now be known as the Bitcoin St. Petersburg Bowl for the next three years. BitPay, one of the largest bitcoin payment service providers will serve as the title sponsor of the NCAA Football game, which will take place at Tropicana Field, the home of the Tampa Bay Rays. BitPay has been very successful since its founding in 2009, and with over 33,000 merchants, the company is playing a pivotal role in the mainstream....