AVP Partnership Analysis...
Monday, June 16, 2008 at 11:30PM
Brian Gainor in Partnership Ideas
Cuervo%20Musical%20Chairs.jpgThis afternoon I took a deep dive look at the AVP tour to gain a better understanding for the sponsorship landscape (who was partnering with the AVP tour and how they were activating). I was very impressed by the overall layout of the AVP tour and its solid support of corporate partnerships. From an outsider's view, the tour looks to have a solid foundation in place (growing from six (6) events to twenty (20) and zero (0) sponors to twenty (20) under the helm of Gabby Roe) with a good grasp of the sponsorship realm (a very cluttered environment but in a homogeneous yellow fashion).

 

The AVP recently shifted from a centralized ownership model to one in which local promoters take on event ownership and risk. That business model has attracted the likes of the San Francisco Giants, Hicks Sports Marketing, the Miami Heat, and Nets Sports and Entertainment as local promoters (Sports Business Journal 3.3.2008).

AVP%20Activation2.jpgWho is the AVP fan? (Source: AVP.com)

(Source: AVP.com)

The AVP's corporate partnerships include (listed in order of overall presence):

Other local partnerships have included: Georgia Power, Time Warner Cable, Ocean Minded, Game Stop, Cushman Wakefield, and Bally Fitness

For a collection of pictures from the 2008 AVP tour, check out the Activation Gallery.

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