Holiday Bowl attendees encouraged to take trolley

UNION-TRIBUNE

5:02 p.m. December 26, 2007

MISSION VALLEY – Football fans who would rather not battle traffic on the way to the Pacific Life Holiday Bowl Thursday can take advantage of extra trolley service to Qualcomm Stadium.
Special Green Line service will operate between the Convention Center area and Santee, through Old Town, Mission Valley, and Qualcomm Stadium. The special Green Line trains will begin service at 8 a.m. Thursday for passengers headed to the Big Bay Balloon Parade on Harbor Drive Thursday morning.

Beginning about 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Blue Line trains will continue past Old Town and operate through to Qualcomm Stadium, which will make things easier for football fans boarding in the South Bay or downtown San Diego.
And on New Year's Eve, revelers can get home safely courtesy of the Metropolitan Transit System, which will provide free rides on trolleys and buses after 6 p.m. Dec. 31.

MTS also will provide “Night Owl” service on the trolley and bus routes 7, 11 and 901 on New Year's Eve.

More information is available at www.sdmts.com, or by calling 511.

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