LONDON 2018 ONTARIO SUMMER GAMES Sponsorship Opportunities
LONDON 2018 ONTARIO SUMMER GAMES OVERVIEW What are the Ontario Summer Games? The Ontario Summer Games is supported by the Ontario Government, through its Games Ontario program. This program delivers or supports multi-sport events, including the Ontario Winter and Summer Games for youth, the Ontario 55+ Summer and Winter Games, the Ontario ParaSport Games, the 2017 North American Indigenous Games and the 2017 Invictus Games. Supporting Ontario sporting events is part of Game ON The Ontario Government s Sport Plan, which is encouraging as many people as possible to play organized sports, helping Ontario s highperformance athletes pursue excellence and promoting increased tourism and economic development. The 2018 Ontario Summer Games were awarded to London in 2016 through a competitive bid process in partnership with Tourism London, the City of London, and Western University. When and where are the London 2018 Ontario Summer Games? The London 2018 Ontario Summer Games will be held Thursday, August 2nd to Sunday, August 5th, 2018. This is the Civic long weekend to allow more friends and family to make the trip to London to attend. The London 2018 Ontario Summer Games will feature 21 different sports hosted in over 20 venues across the city. 2 SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES London 2018 Ontario Summer Games
SPORT VENUE SPORT VENUE Archery Crumlin Sportsmen s Association Field Hockey Athletics TD Stadium Field Lacrosse Baseball Basketball Beach Volleyball Aldridge Park, Dan Pulham Field, and Labatt Park Fanshawe College Fanshawe Lake, North London Fields, Port Stanley Golf Hockey Mountain Bike Rugby Thames Valley Golf Course Boler Mountain Box Lacrosse Kinsmen Arena Sailing Fanshawe Lake Canoe Kayak Sprint Volleyball Diving Fanshawe Lake Canada Games Aquatic Centre Soccer Softball Road Cycling Table Tennis North London Athletic Fields Stronach Park TBD Triathlon TBD Who participates in the Ontario Summer Games? Over 3,500 of the province s top youth athletes aged 12-18, coaches, and officials will compete at the Ontario Summer Games. Past participants have gone on to play at the Canada Summer Games and have represented Canada internationally including the Olympics. Over 1,000 local volunteers will be recruited to support the Games. Why partner with the London 2018 Ontario Summer Games? Partnering with the London 2018 Ontario Summer Games through sponsorship will bring awareness to your brand, and allow your organization to use the London 2018 Ontario Summer Games in your marketing and promotions. This provides an exclusive opportunity to reach not only the thousands of families and supporters in attendance, but also the local London community who will be relied on as volunteers, the local and provincial sport organizations participating in the Games, the Ministry of Tourism, Culture, and Sport, and the athletes themselves, who are the next generation of consumers. It will also help to create a positive association for your brand as one who supports local, supports youth, and supports sport. Furthermore, your support will extend far beyond the Games as all revenues generated from the event will contribute towards a legacy project to improve athletic facilities in the city. This is something we re extremely proud of and look forward to your help in telling this story to our local community. London 2018 Ontario Summer Games SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES 3
SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES We understand that different organizations have different goals and we re happy to work with you to tailor a package to best fit your organization s objectives. We re also open to value-in-kind and look forward to discussing how to best work together. PARTNERSHIP CATEGORY FUNDING LEVEL PARTNER WILL RECEIVE HALL OF FAME PRESENTING SPONSOR $30,000 Full event naming rights - All signage and communications (press releases, conferences, newsletters, media, etc.) Room Roster app notification (2 daily) Speaking opportunity at Opening Ceremonies Vendor booth at Opening Ceremonies and two sport venues Item inclusion in athlete registration kits (3500) Free event sponsorship (2 sports) Medal presenter (2 sports) Featured articles on the Games website Full page ad in Games program Education session sponsorship CHAMPION SPONSOR $15,000 Room Roster app notification (1 daily) Vendor booth at Opening Ceremonies and two sport venues Item inclusion in athlete registration kits (3500) Free event sponsorship (2 sports) Medal presenter (2 sports) Education session sponsorship Featured article on the Games website Full page ad in Games program 4 SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES London 2018 Ontario Summer Games
PARTNERSHIP CATEGORY FUNDING LEVEL PARTNER WILL RECEIVE ALL-STAR SPONSOR $5,000 Free event sponsorship (1) Vendor booth at Opening Ceremonies or sport venue Medal presenter (1) Item inclusion in athlete registration kits (3500) Education session sponsorship (limited quantities) Half page ad in Games program CAPTAIN SPONSOR $2,500 Vendor booth at Opening Ceremonies or sport venue Free event sponsorship (1) Medal presenter (1) Logo in Games program PARTNER OF THE GAMES $1,000 Vendor booth at Opening Ceremony or sport venue Logo in Games program ADD-ONs *Available individually or added to a package VOLUNTEER SPONSOR $7,500 Official Volunteer Sponsor of the London 2018 Ontario Summer Games Volunteer Orientation and Post-Event Volunteer Appreciation event sponsor Logo branded Volunteer Registration site Item inclusion in volunteer registration kits (1000) Logo on all volunteer uniforms (1000) Post-event thank you email to volunteers (1) LANYARD SPONSOR $4,500 Logo branded lanyards for athletes, coaches, officials, VIPs, and volunteers (4500+) Half page ad in Games program Logo with link on website and sponsorship signage London 2018 Ontario Summer Games SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES 5
For inquiries and more information, please contact: Zanth Jarvis CHAIR, MARKETING & PROMOTIONS London 2018 Ontario Summer Games zjarvis@londontourism.ca (226) 984-8640 LONDON 2018 ONTARIO SUMMER GAMES