History
A new bowl game based at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina was established in 2002; its owner is Raycom Sports. It was sponsored by Continental Tire as the Continental Tire Bowl from 2002 to 2004, and by Meineke as the Meineke Car Care Bowl from 2005 to 2010. In December 2010, Charlotte-based department store chain Belk acquired the title sponsorship, to begin in 2011 and continue for three years.
From 2006-09 the bowl had the #6 choice of teams in the Atlantic Coast Conference. In 2006, the bowl game reached a one-year agreement with the US Naval Academy. Navy qualified for a bowl game, and accepted an invitation from the bowl on November 6, 2006. It currently has a pick of at or around #5 in the ACC. From 2007 through 2013 bowl will select team in the Big East Conference.
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