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SPORTS PUBLICITY, MARKETING & BRAND BUILDING IN A NEW AGE: WITH JOE FAVORITO
My friend Dave Siroty is a curious learner, always asking questions and seeing what’s around him. We love to talk about the cool things you can see and learn if you are willing to engage and meet new people. Case in point from Dave this week…a niche business with a big upside…or downside depending on …
It is the promoters dream to be able to utter the words “Standing Room Only,” even if, in recent years, “SRO” is more a phrase to indicate a big audience than an actual sales opportunity. Lack of standing space, fire codes, handicapped laws for open areas and poor visibility everywhere from theaters to stadia have …
Teams are constantly on the lookout for added value that their fans really crave. Yes we love swag; bobbleheads and water bottles, tshirts and towels, and the quest for added enhancements has led to all kinds of improvements in stadium food as well, but how about an enhancement that goes way beyond the traditional. Sunday …
Don Nelson used to say when your team was bad your sold your fans on two things: hype and hope. Until you were able to get the product on the court or the field back to where it would be competitive, you banked on those two areas to keep the paying customer, and the casual …
Two weeks ago I was lucky to host a panel on “The Future” at the National Sports Forum’s first-ever New York event, with NFL CMO Dawn Hudson, Jon Tuck from NASCAR and David Lehanski from the NHL. While most of the topics revolved around futurist ideas; gaming, VR/AR, fan experience, home experience, brand activation etc., …
With the NFL season here, Tanner Simkins spent some time talking the finance side of football with two industry leaders, Brian Friedman Chief Financial Officer, New York Jets and Adam Raiken Vice President Finance, MetLife Stadium. Full Cout Press: For those looking to get into sport finance – What experiences fundamentally drove your careers? Brian …
It used to be a rite of summer as the local NFL team headed off to some far-off college for several weeks of hardnosed, secretive out of the way training camp that as conducted without distractions. Fans had to travel to find you, media was restricted, and the business of football went on its merry …
The snow and ice have fallen; the last fans have left Secaucus Junction; the security perimeter is down and the toboggan is gone from Times Square. So when the dust, or ice, settles, who really won the Super Bowl, other than the Seahawks, the broadcasters and those who were able to cash in on the …
As we reach pre-Super Bowl weekend the debate rages on as to why a cold weather game vs. the warm weather locations, and it could this game ever happen again? After all, some say, it’s being played between two teams from thousands of miles away, local fans can’t get tickets, it will clog restaurants and …
“You always need an Avis to play someone’s Hertz,” was a line the late Jay Larkin often used when talking about how Showtime built its boxing business and kept the sport uber-competitive against the matchmaking of HBO. The rivalries and the storylines and the competition he believed, were key to grow the sport. Parity and …
