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Thursday, October 22nd, 2015

SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL BUS VISITS CHARLOTTE THIS WEEK FOR EAGLES-PANTHERS

Stops Include WCNC LIVE at Bank of America Stadium, Mallard Creek High School, the 32nd Annual Barbeque Festival & Panthers in the Park at Romare Bearden Park

New Features on Sunday Night Football Bus Include Behind-the-Scenes Footage, a Replica of the Football Night in America Desk

Undefeated Panthers Host First-Place Philadelphia Eagles on NBC’s Sunday Night Football

STAMFORD, Conn. – October 22, 2015 – NBC Sports Group’s Sunday Night Football bus continues its tour this week in the Charlotte area, traveling from a Time Warner Cable Retail Store today to Panthers in the Park at Romare Bearden Park on Sunday. This season, visitors on the bus will get a behind-the-scenes look at SNF broadcasts, plus a special video commemorating Sunday Night Football’s 10th season, a replica of the Football Night in America desk, GIF photo booth, life-size “Photo Bomb” wall, and more.

Today the bus will be open to fans at a Time Warner Cable Retail Store in Charlotte, N.C., from 4 – 6 p.m. ET. The bus will then make its way to the Bank of America Stadium for a taping of WCNC LIVE* at 5 a.m. ET on Friday, Oct. 23, and will give WCNC Anchor Carolyn Bruck a ride through Charlotte. The bus will be open to fans at the Mallard Creek High School vs. AL Brown High School football game on Friday at 5 p.m. ET.

On Saturday, Oct. 24, the bus will be open to fans all day, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. ET, at the 32nd Annual Barbeque Festival in historic Uptown Lexington. The bus will be open to fans beginning at 4 p.m. ET on Sunday, Oct. 25, at Panthers in the Park at Romare Bearden Park leading up to kickoff of Sunday Night Football.

The full schedule for this week’s destinations:

Date Time (ET) Location
Thurs., Oct. 22 4 – 6 p.m. Time Warner Cable Retail Store: 316 E. Morehead St. Charlotte, NC 28202
Fri., Oct. 23 5 – 7 a.m. WCNC LIVE from SNF Bus*
Fri., Oct. 23 5 – 7 p.m. Mallard Creek High School vs. AL Brown High School Football Game: Mallard Creek High School, 3825 Johnston Oehler Rd. Charlotte, NC
Sat., Oct. 24 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. 32nd Barbecue Festival: The Barbecue Festival, set in historic Uptown Lexington, will be located on Main Street and adjoining side streets between 4th Street and 5th Avenue
Sun., Oct. 25 4 – 7:30 p.m. Panthers in the Park: Southwest corner of Romare Bearden Park (corner of S Mint St. and W Martin Luther King Jr Blvd.)

*Event not open the the public


Sunday Night Football
, television’s No. 1 primetime show, continues this Sunday, Oct. 25, featuring a matchup of division leaders this week, as the undefeated Carolina Panthers host the first-place Philadelphia Eagles from Bank of America Stadium. Coverage begins with Football Night in America – the most-watched weekly studio show in sports – at 7 p.m. ET.*Event not open to the public

ABOUT THE SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL BUS

The bus arrives in each city two to three days prior to the game, making stops at local landmarks and events before heading to the game site. Once at the stadium, the Sunday Night Football bus gives fans the opportunity to interact with America’s most-watched primetime television show with exclusive activities, memorabilia and a 55-inch monitor housing social media elements.

The inside of the bus brings fans from the field to the studio set, featuring football field decaling on the floor, a welcome reel with the SNF production team looking back on 10 years of SNF, and replica of the Football Night in America studio available for fan photos, complete with a GIF photo booth which takes a series of pictures and compiles them into a sharable GIF. From the life-size NFL players and Carrie Underwood on the outside, to the life-size “Photo Bomb” wall featuring NFL players and wall adorned with Wilson footballs representing each SNF match-up on the inside, fans have numerous opportunities to interact and share memories from the bus.

Following each Sunday night game, the stars of the game will autograph the 2015 “Players of the Game Sunday Night Football,” which is displayed on the bus alongside the football signed by the 2014 SNF players of the game. In addition, key highlights from last season’s SNF are shown on the bus’ TV, and a photo of each 2015 SNF Player of the Game will be added to the SNF schedule display on the outside of the bus each week.

THE SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL BUS BY THE NUMBERS

  • The 45 ft.-long bus is wrapped with images of NFL players, Carrie Underwood and the 2015 SNF schedule (for images, click here).
  • The SNF bus will drive more than 25,000 miles across the country through the season, and cross the country at least three times.
  • There will be 17 game day stops (for the 2015 SNF schedule, click here).
  • The bus will make multiple stops in each local market.

SOCIAL MEDIA

The Sunday Night Football bus also incorporates social media inside and out, with SNF’s Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts along with the #SNF hashtag displayed on the exterior.

Fans can digitally follow the Sunday Night Football bus at NBCSports.com/FollowSNF. The site includes an interactive map of where the bus has been, and where it’s traveling next, allowing fans to take a virtual #SNF tour. In addition, fans can also participate in a tweet contest to show their team pride and see who’s leading in Twitter mentions each week.

A dedicated producer collects photos and creates videos of the bus’ travels and the cast of characters it encounters along the way. Life on the road with the Sunday Night Football bus is featured on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, as well as aggregated on NBCSports.com/FollowSNF using #SNF.

-NBC Sports Group-