Sponsors & Exhibitors

Relay Worldwide transforms everyday live experiences into stories that people want to tell. A rare collaboration of sponsorship experts, creative minds and experiential marketing activators, Relay is uniquely qualified to develop innovative connections with people where they live, work and play. The global sponsorship and brand consultancy delivers uncommon solutions and exceptional results for a diverse roster of brands, including Coca-Cola, Anheuser-Busch, Sharp Electronics, PayPal, Beam Global Spirits & Wine, and properties including the IOC, FIFA, National Basketball Association, the NCAA and the Big Ten Conference. Relay (www.relayworldwide.com) is a member of the Publicis Groupe network.


 

Street & Smith’s SportsBusiness Journal is the industry’s leading weekly trade publication, providing breaking news and comprehensive reporting and analysis on sports business. With 80 reporters, editors and guest columnists, SBJ keeps its readers up to date on the latest developments in sports marketing, sponsorships, media, facilities, agents and labor, finance and more. For more information, visit www.SportsBusinessJournal.com

Street & Smith’s SportsBusiness Daily is the leading daily provider of real-time news and information for sports business executives, tracking more than 500 news sources worldwide, including newspapers, television and radio. SBD keeps its readers on top of the day’s events and ahead of the news cycle. For more information, visit www.sportsbusinessdaily.com.

Both publications are part of the Street & Smith’s Sports Group, which consists of the Street & Smith’s Conference Group, the Sports Business Resource Guide & Fact Book, NASCAR Illustrated and SceneDaily.com. Street & Smith’s is a division of American City Business Journals (ACBJ), which comprises weekly business journals across the country, BizJournals.com, Hemmings Motor News, Sporting News Magazine, Sporting News Yearbooks, Sporting News Today, Sporting News Radio Network and SportingNews.com. ACBJ is part of the Advance Publications family.

Brand Affinity Technologies (BAT) is the official online partner for the Sports Sponsorship Symposium.  BAT generates new revenue opportunities for athletes & celebrities by bringing a larger field of marketing partners and talent into the endorsement and sponsorship marketplace. Local, regional and national advertisers use BAT’s Platform to find, license, and activate the most effective talent for their campaigns, based on brand and targeting considerations. For more information, visit www.brandaffinity.net.

Getty Images is the world’s leading creator and distributor of digital content and the first place creative and marketing professionals turn to discover, purchase and manage imagery. The company’s award-winning photographers, still imagery, footage and music help customers create inspiring work, which appear every day in the world’s most influential newspapers, magazines, advertising campaigns, films, television programs, books and Web sites. Headquartered in Seattle, Wash. and serving customers in more than 100 countries, Getty Images believes in the power of imagery to drive positive change, educate, inform and entertain. Check us out at www.gettyimages.com.

The Nielsen Company is a global information and media company with leading market positions in marketing and consumer information, television and other media measurement, online intelligence, mobile measurement, trade shows and business publications (Billboard, The Hollywood Reporter, Adweek). The privately held company is active in more than 100 countries, with headquarters in New York, USA. For more information, please visit, www.nielsen.com.

 

The Fantasy Sports Association's mandate is to increase awareness of fantasy sports among sponsors and brand advertisers through conference sponsorship and consumer buying habits research. Additionally, the Fantasy Sports Association endeavors to provide information on fantasy sports in emerging markets such as international, mobile and social networking spaces. For more information about the FSA, go to: www.fantasysportsassociation.org.
 

  The Pedowitz Group is the leading provider of digital and database marketing for the sports and entertainment industry.  Clients include The Cleveland Cavaliers, Palace Sports and Entertainment, TD Garden, The Boston Bruins, The Miami Heat and The Golden State Warriors.  Sports and Entertainment clients call The Pedowitz Group to help them increase ticket sales, increase fan engagement, and increase sponsorship revenue.  The Pedowitz Group enables clients to create and execute simple to sophisticated demand generation strategies and tactics that get results.  For more information, visit www.sports.pedowitzgroup.com.

 

Image Impact, Inc.® is the leading Web-based provider of brand placement measurement and valuing within mass media programming.  Utilizing cutting-edge delivery platforms such as BrandBase® (www.brandbase.tv), clients are provided with comprehensive, verifiable brand placement evaluation and consulting analysis to take them Beyond the NumbersSM.   Image Impact is the official provider of brand placement analysis information for Major League Baseball.  Image Impact continues to provide brand placement measurement for ESPN, FOX Sports, MasterCard, Sprint, LPGA, PGA, CBS Sports, Canadian Football League, UFC/WEC, among many others.  Visit www.imageimpact.tv for more information.

 

The List provides online access to over 105,000 marketing, sponsorship and media contacts for 50,000 brands. Partnered with Nielsen Media, The List connects subscribers to both sides of the brand. Known for depth, quality and accuracy, The List is manually confirmed by phone (emails, direct dials, contact locations) every 120 days. Quickly and confidently reach the sport sponsorship decision makers you seek through The List.  For more info, visit www.thelistinc.com.

The leading provider of high-quality, large-format, full-color banner solutions, Britten, Inc. has been a trusted partner of some of the worlds’ best-known and most discerning companies, helping them gain international brand visibility and credibility for more than 20 years. At our 185,000-square-foot facilities in Traverse City, Michigan and Wyoming, more than 170 experienced professionals continue to drive the cutting edge in banner design, production and installation. Our unrivaled capabilities, culture of innovation and unmatched commitment to customer satisfaction put us at the forefront of our industry and make Britten the smart choice of businesses of all sizes. To learn more, visit www.brittenbanners.com or call 1-800-426-9496.

 Exhibitors

  Txtstation is a leading mobile marketing company specializing in sports and entertainment. We allow broadcasters, event owners, sponsors and general media to communicate with viewers or fans directly through mobile phones, internet, and landlines phones in real time and in high definition.  Txtstation creates one to one 'real time' dialog with consumers at specific times and places such as sports events, concerts and live or pre recorded broadcast.   Call Michael Falato, the VP of Sales, at 512-535-5381 or email him at michael@txtstation.com.  

  • Create new revenues
  • Open a personal 1:1 dialogue with fans and consumers
  • Activate brands

Advertising Database delivers 10,000+ top-spending brands across 60+ business categories and 50 states, plus 96,000+ brand / agency decision-makers’ names, titles, addresses, phones, faxes, and emails - perhaps the most complete roster of day-to-day brand-level executives obtainable. Thousands of brands contain media and promotional spending criteria: when they plan, where and how much they spend, and which media and events catch their attention. Amazing search features; available in database software and web formats. For more information, please visit www.addataexpress.com.
 

  Inside Lacrosse is the premier media outlet for the sport of lacrosse, covering print (Inside Lacrosse Magazine, Face-Off Yearbook), online (InsideLacrosse.com, LacrosseForums.com, NLLInsider.com, Wingszone.com/nllmb), video (InsideLacrosse.tv and “Inside Lacrosse on ESPN”) and events (Konica Minolta Face-Off Classic, Konica Minolta Big City Classic, Smartlink Day of Rivals). IL is the online lacrosse partner of ESPN.com.

The New York Islanders Hockey Club, established in 1972, is Long Island's only major professional sports franchise. The Team is the last major sports franchise to win four championships in succession — 1980-1983. Looking ahead, with a core of home grown players such as first round draft picks Kyle Okposo, Josh Bailey and 2009 Number 1 Pick John Tavares, the future is bright. In the Spring of 2010, the Team plans to break ground on the Lighthouse, its new arena — part of the transformation of the 150-acre Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum site into a mixed residential and commercial center, featuring a variety of housing, retail, shopping, athletic and entertainment venues. For more information on the lighthouse, please visit www.lighthouseli.com.

CheeringFans™ is an integrated sports marketing platform which includes an "eco-friendly” Patent Pending premium for fans. The premium, acts as an activation vehicle for sponsors and teams to connect with & capture attendees information using JagTags™, customized micro and mobile websites, text messaging, e-mail, etc. for future 1:1 marketing. Our measurement of success is our data driven analysis & reporting. For more information, visit www.thecheeringfan.com. 

BRANDedTRAYs are high quality food and beverage holders displaying the sponsor’s message at all concession stands in stadiums, race tracks, arenas, etc. The trays are a perfect delivery system for special offers, coupons and mobile initiatives to reinforce and activate the sponsor’s advertising. Tray sponsorships offer the brand a dominant presence throughout the venue. Visit us at www.brandedtray.com for more information.

XCO SportsLink is a software company that creates smart phone applications specifically for the sports industry. Designed for use by teams, venues, athletes, and advertisers, XCO Springboard is a content management solution that allows organizations to “connect” to fans during events and throughout the year leveraging dynamic new or existing content.