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Sports Business Awards

Best in Sports Event and Experiential Marketing

Photo by: ENGINE SHOP


Engine Shop


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Growth infused all of Engine Shop’s work, creating the Bud Light Down South Tailgate Tour and the Budweiser Country Club at the Battle at Bristol, and creating and managing Mercedes-Benz activation platforms in tennis, golf and football.


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GMR Marketing


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Engaging with the biggest events on the sports calendar, GMR managed events and hospitality for more than a dozen sponsor clients at the 2016 Rio Games, including Procter & Gamble, Visa and Cisco, and retrofitted Houston’s House of Blues into a multilevel NFL House for Super Bowl LI.


Photo by: THE MARKETING ARM


The Marketing Arm


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Mobilizing fans, The Marketing Arm executed more than 1,000 events in men’s and women’s college athletics around Nissan’s Diehard Fan Experience, assisted State Farm in its Roadhouse tailgate activation in the NFL, and drove experiences for AT&T across multiple properties.


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Wasserman


STYLE 
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Fueled by technology and innovation, Wasserman created the Microsoft Creator’s Lab — where fans customized helmets, jerseys, footballs and cleats using Surface products — at NFL Experience for Super Bowl LI, and managed the inaugural Dew NBA 3X Tour across six U.S. cities.


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WME-IMG


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At the NFL draft in Chicago, WME-IMG executed activations for Visa, DirecTV and Courtyard by Marriott, and launched ELeague in partnership with Turner Broadcasting, with more than 60 live event activations hosting more than 28,000 esports fans.

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