Sponsorships

As part of its US Open sponsorship Lexus created a three-day virtual tennis tournament at New York City’s Rockefeller Center. Playing tennis on Nintendo’s Wii console participants vie to win the grand prize—a one-year lease on a Lexus IS F and tickets to the US Open finals.

Upscale Italian beer brand Peroni Nastro Azzurro is looking to break boundaries and challenge the traditional beer drinking market to capture the attention of stylish consumers at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week. The beer which last year entered a two-year sponsorship of the event is the official beer of Fashion Week events in New York City Miami and Los Angeles.

To engage consumers and gain awareness and trial Lever 2000 is serving up a US Open sponsorship activation that includes free group tennis lessons a sweepstakes to win five days in New York City and tickets to this year’s finals match as the grand prize. In addition an online component offers site visitors a reality tennis challenge. Activations center on the theme Raise Your Game.

Allstate Tailgates To Boost Local Ties

Allstate’s Field Goal Net program (think good hands logo catching field goals at college games) has doubled since 2005 to include 60 schools and 16 bowl games. This year the program grows again with the addition of the Allstate Good Hands Net Mobile Tour which kicked off September 8 and will make 12 stops at college football games across the country.

Alltel’s My Circle First And Ten sweepstakes gives one fan from each of 16 collegiate and professional football teams a shot at winning $100 000. One randomly chosen competitor gets to take the field along with his or her “ten” (the people they call for free based on Alltel’s signature cellular plan) to complete a pass ten yards at a time. Spiral the final pass into a giant Motorola RAZR and not only does the winner and pals get $100 000 but 20 000 more attendees get six months of free service plus a new phone for 99 cents.