Toronto seeks college football bowl game

TORONTO — A plan to bid for a college football bowl game here next year won support Thursday from a committee of the Toronto Council.

A U.S.-based group, Sports World Interactive, wants to stage a game between teams from the Big East and Mid-America conferences at SkyDome in December 2005.

The economic development and parks committee, hearing that the game could pump $20 million into the local economy, endorsed the bid and will send a representative to an NCAA meeting in April.

_Associated Press