Potato Bowl USA
Week at a Glance
Tentative 2012 Schedule of Events
Monday, September 3rd
Hugo’s Potato Bowl Pete Hidden Madallion Contest begins!
Tuesday, September 4th
Hugo’s Potato Bowl Golf Scramble – Open to anyone, call 218-773-3633 to register
Time: Registration: 12:00 noon
Tee Time: 1:00 PM
Location: Valley Golf Course, East Grand Forks, MN
Fees: $95 entry fee includes: green fees, cart, dinner, Potato Bowl gift, & golf prizes
Wednesday, September 5th
Chip Giveaway – Columbia Mall
Thursday, September 6th
Baked Potato Bar, served 11 AM – 1 PM (all Hugo’s locations)
Chip Giveaway – Frandsen Bank & Trust (all bank locations)
French Fry Feed and Fireworks
Time: 4:30 PM – dusk
Location: University Park & Memorial Stadium
- World’s Largest French Feed courtesy the J.R. Simplot Co.
- Food & Soda Stands
- Large, Inflatable Games
- Live Music
- Meet the Sioux Athletes
- Potato Picking Contest (for children)
- French Fry Eating Contest
- Fireworks Display sponsored by Rydell Auto Center at Memorial Stadium
- Potato Giveaway – Black Gold Farms will give a coupon valued at $2.50 for potatoes at any Hugo’s location to the first 500 families to enter the gates at Memorial Stadium
- Kids will get a free glow stick while supplies last, also courtesy of Black Gold Farms!
Friday, September 7th
Sioux Booster Luncheon – Noon – Alerus Center
Baked Potato Bar, served 11 AM – 1 PM (all Hugo’s locations)
Hugo’s Potato Bowl 8K Run & Tater Tot Trot – Begins in Riverside Park in Grand Forks. Registration begins at 4 PM. 8K entry fee is $18 before Sept. 7th ($20 after Sept. 7th) and $8 for Tater Tot Trot before Sept. 7th ($10 after Sept. 7th). Registration forms are available on this website by clicking here or call 218-773-3633 after July 1, 2012.
Saturday, September 8th
GF Rotary Club Pancake Breakfast – 7:30 AM to 10:30 AM at Grand Forks Central High School
Sons of Norway Potato Pancake Breakfast – 7:30 AM t0 1:00 PM at 1401 9th Avenue South in Grand Forks.
Jaycees Potato Bowl Parade – 10:30 AM – The route starts behind the YMCA and goes to Demers Avenue and heads east over the river into East Grand Forks, MN and then continues to 4th Street NW and ends in the Riverwalk Centre parking lot.
Tailgating Party & NPPGA Potato Associates Baked Potato Bar – 2:00 PM at the Alerus Center in Grand Forks.
47th Annual Potato Bowl Footbal Game – North Dakota vs Portland State – Kick off is at 6 PM at the Alerus Center in Grand Forks.
