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Data Snapshot: NBA 2020-21
The Covid-19-enforced interregnum in the 2019-20 NBA season created an opportunity assuredly exploited by the league’s commercial team.
#Hockeyville 2020 (Canada) – Kraft & the NHL/NHLPA
Kraft’s Hockeyville is an annual search for the most passionate hockey community, with the winners hosting an NHL pre-season game and getting $150,000 in local rink upgrades.
#Canucks50 Mobile Scavenger Hunt – Tim Hortons & the Vancouver Canucks
To celebrate the start of the Vancouver Canucks’ 50th season in 2019-20, the team linked up with coffee and donut chain Tim Hortons as presenting partner of a pre-season scavenger hunt.
Cream Boston – Tim Hortons & the Toronto Maple Leafs
As the Toronto Maple Leafs took on the Bruins in the 2019 Stanley Cup playoffs, Tim Horton’s launched a local OOH, in-store and social campaign that reversed the name of the brand’s famous Boston Cream donut.
Hockey Tape (Shot on iPhone) – Apple & the NHL
Late July 2020 saw NHL partner Apple mark the return of hockey after its pandemic shutdown with a campaign called ‘Hockey Tape’, part of its ongoing ‘Shot On iPhone’ marketing platform.
King of the North – New Balance & the NBA
To leverage its endorsement of Kawhi Leonard during the Toronta Raptor’s journey to the 2019 NBA Finals, league footwear sponsor New Balance ran a digital outdoor campaign in Toronto and San
The Autograph/Tim’s True Story – Tim Hortons & Hockey Canada
Launched to drive awareness of Canadian coffee chain Tim Horton’s enhanced partnership with Hockey Canada, the campaign linked the brand to Canadian legend Wayne Gretzky.
FanBods – Fountain Tire & the Edmonton Oilers
At the start of the 2018-19 NHL season, employee at Edmonton-based auto service/retailer Fountain Tire painted themselves in Oilers blue-and-orange and used the images to let fans create cheers for social sharing.
72 Hours – Heineken & Formula One
For the 2018 Formula One season, Heineken activated its rights through a four-city media/influencer PR programme linking host city underground culture to F1 lifestyles.
Data Snapshot: MLB 2019
Central and venue naming rights deals in Major League Baseball.
FREE | Sponsorship in Major League Soccer, 2019
In the latest interactive data report SportBusiness Sponsorship analyses the sponsorship landscape in Major League Soccer (MLS)
The Away Game – Tim Hortons, the NHL & Hockey Canada
The Canadian coffee giant teamed up with the NHL, Hockey Canada and athlete ambassadors Sidney Crosby and Nathan MacKinnon to give the Kenya Ice Lions the experience of a lifetime.
Data Snapshot: MLS 2019
Central and club shirt deals in Major League Soccer.
Sponsorship in basketball, 2018-19
In the latest interactive monthly data report, SportBusiness Sponsorship analyses the sponsorship landscape of basketball in the US and Europe.
Sponsorship of international federations and national governing bodies
For 2017, we have researched over 800 deals, 41 sports and 11 selected markets to map out the sponsorship landscape of international federations and national governing bodies.
BMO prioritises Toronto stadium deal over shirt rights
The Bank of Montreal will pay the Canadian sports team and venue operator Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment an increased fee as naming rights partner to BMO Field, the home stadium of Major League Soccer team Toronto FC.
NHL aspirations drive Quebecor’s naming game
CANADIAN MEDIA and cable company, Quebecor Media, have bought the naming rights to the city’s arena for a 25-year period, even though it’s yet to be built.
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