EventMarketer Sizzle: Your Biweekly Feed of All Things Experiential
07.26.24
Sometimes, you don’t need a big idea. You just need a bigger glove. Geico treated fans at MLB All-Star Week by giving out gigantic, custom-made baseball gloves with a simple call to action—catch a ball in the comically large mitt during the game, and win a prize. More ideas and news in The Brief.
📷 Photo of the Week
 
 
Presenting sponsor of the WNBA All-Star, AT&T, made a splash at WNBA Live with its signature glowing blue motif and an LED-powered Court Challenge that let fans walk on water to shoot hoops and score prizes... Read more.
🗨️ Insight of the Week
 
“The hybrid model will always be a part of Essence Festival of Culture and having that opportunity for our digital audience to experience it as well. We packed pretty much all of our spaces out this past festival, so we’re running out of real estate. The digital space is definitely where we’ll lean into more.”
–Michael Barclay II, Executive VP-Experiential, Essence Ventures
Roundups
WNBA Live 2024 Sees Surge of Brand Activations at the All-Star Fan Festival
The WNBA has experienced a meteoric rise in popularity, and brands are jumping on the hype, showing up in record numbers to the fan fest. We round up scenes from PhoenixRead more.
Executive Q&As
Michael Barclay, Executive VP-Experiential, Recaps a Milestone Essence Fest
This year marked the 30th anniversary of Essence Festival of Culture, an annual celebration of Black culture, music and food in New Orleans. Barclay speaks on the 2024 event… Read more.
Pop-ups
On the Road to SDCC, Mountain Dew Opens a Desert Motel for ‘Borderlands’
Open for one night only, “The Mountain Dew Borderlands Motel” was straight out of the new film, taking over a local Albuquerque motel with a dystopian junkyard design… Read more.
Influencer Events
A Mercedes-Benz Culinary Series Sparks Connections with a Digital Table
The Table in L.A. brought together big names in entertainment and media to mingle and learn about Mercedes-Benz’s brand story through a tech-driven dinner experience… Read more.
Partner Content
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Art Exhibitions
Veuve Clicquot Spotlights Optimism with an ‘Emotions of the Sun’ Exhibition
Hosted in partnership with photography collective Magnum Photo, Veuve Clicquots weeklong photo exhibition immersed New Yorkers in its deep-rooted optimism philosophyRead more.
Event Contracts
News: Force Majeure Clauses and a Financial Firm’s Lawsuit Victory
It wasn’t long ago that force majeure was thought to be boilerplate language in a contract. In the wake of a court verdict, a new precedent for event contracts may have been set… Read more.
💡 ICYMI Last Week
 
📌 EM Updates
 

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