Sponsorship/Advertising/Corporate Hospitality

Join in a Grand Celebration of American History and Tap into a Real Marketing Machine

• Gather clients, prospects, members, and employees to celebrate America
• Support education initiatives in the community
• Contribute effortlessly to a range of worthy community causes
• Gain recognition for your brand with thousands of family oriented spectators
  

Accomplish all this and much more by participating in Victory Days 2008. Victory Days is a new and exciting 3-day event, October 3-5, 2008. The mission is to honor and preserve the memory of the America of World War II. This education-focused event will include a variety of features and attractions--many taking the form of a living museum. Visitors will find themselves immersed in the history of a time aptly described as The Greatest Generation.

Custom Designed Packages
You can assemble a unique package that aligns with your marketing, communications, and community involvement goals. Please take a few minutes to check the elements that would serve you best and then we will provide you with the relevant details and develop a truly customized proposal. Your participation package can focus on Hospitality, Programs for Schools, Ticket Give-A-Ways, or even pure Marketing and Media Exposure. You get to decide!

School Program Sponsor
Friday, October 3 has been designated “School Day” and Victory Days will be hosting school-age children from several counties. Participate as a School Program Sponsor by designating a portion of your sponsorship investment for offsetting the costs of general admission tickets, refreshments, and special on-site programming for school-age children. Feel free to designate a specific school you may already be associated with or allow us to designate your contribution as needed.

Ticket Sales Outlet
Enjoy considerable traffic to your stores as an advance ticket outlet. Your company name will be mentioned in our promotional spots in the weeks leading up to the event. We will be selecting outlets that will add Victory Days promotions to their own advertising plans as well. Cross promotions will provide us all an exponential return on our advertising investment.

Inclusion in Media Buys
If it’s media exposure, you crave then by all means, let us know. The higher the level of sponsorship-the more exposure you receive in our extensive promotional campaign. We will be investing over $50,000 in TV, Radio and other forms of promotion. Combined with the bonus coverage we receive, due to our not-for-profit status, you can expect a solid return on investment. Our Title Sponsor receives the ultimate exposure with naming rights to our event.

Association Rights
As an event sponsor, we encourage the use of Victory Days logo and promotional tags inside your own marketing and communications programs. If you already do a fair amount of outbound communication with customers and prospects, you will enjoy an exponential return by associating your organization with the excitement of our event. Acquire the ultimate in association by becoming the Title Sponsor.

Advertising-Souvenir Program
Advertising takes on a whole new value when it’s included in our 1940’s era souvenir program. The official event program will be content rich and presented in authentic period style. Our in-house designers will stylize your ad for inclusion in this collector quality publication. See rate card for rates, mechanical requirements, and positions available

Website
All sponsors will receive quality exposure on the official Victory Days Website. We will be relating stories about sponsor involvement, their parallel stories from the 1940’s timeline and interesting facts about the impact that these businesses and industries have had on the American way of life. Thousands of unique visitors are expected each and every month and many will visit regularly to see what new attractions or information has been added. We will be generating considerable traffic for our site through advance ticket promotions.

Banner Placements
With all of the traffic expected during the event, on-field banner placements can make a strong statement for your brand. Official sponsors will receive premium placements.

Exhibit Space
Acquire space on the grounds during the 3-day event to promote your organization and products to event visitors. If engagement-level opportunities such as sampling, branding, and registering are part of your marketing mix, presence at this event is sure to generate results.

Live Radio Commercials
From the time the gates open on Friday morning until the gates close on Sunday afternoon we will be running a live 1940’s vintage radio program. Period programming, news casts, and your commercials will run continuously throughout each day. Your ad spots will have excellent placement in this content rich programming.

Host a Private Chalet
Invite the important people in your life to gather with you on the grounds of Victory Days and let our museum quality attractions entertain and amaze your guests. A private chalet will be set to the size you specify, making a great venue for hosting employee outings, client appreciation, and reunion events.

Ticket Packages-General Admission
Be a hero and buy Victory Days tickets in bulk, then gift them to customers, prospects, and employees. General
admission tickets are an alternative to hosting guests in a private chalet. You can even specify that a ticket donation be made directly, in your name, to our pre-approved list of deserving children’s groups such as Boys and Girls Clubs. Volume discounts available.

Volunteer Involvement
There are many opportunities before, during, and after the event for people to volunteer individually or as a group. Plan to bring your group together for a day of fun and community involvement. Work together, play together, provide hospitality in your own private chalet, and bask in the glory of a day well spent with the special people in your life.

Hangar Dinner & Dance
A limited number of tickets are available to our exclusive 1940’s style entertainment events. Both events serve as unique fundraisers combining entertainment and good works. Friday night’s event presents as a gourmet dinner, dance with live entertainment and a silent auction. The Saturday night entertainment event will be set as a Hollywood-style canteen with live entertainment and dancing and food and beverage will be available for sale.

Mission-Critical Supplier
Gain exposure for your organization and become a proud Supplier Sponsor of Victory Days by donating mission critical products and services. With your assistance, we will apply a market value to the donated goods and services and provide you with the sponsor benefits that best match your business goals.

Sponsorship Consultation
We will consult with your organization to identify ways for you to activate your participation for maximum impact and return on investment. Together we will look for opportunities to cross-market with other sponsors and advertisers and get you included in our own public relations efforts. Victory Days will attract significant earned media and you will be part of the excitement.

Rank Has its Privileges
Maximize your benefits for participation! In exchange for your sponsorship dollars, you are entitled to a
unique set of benefits that are only available to our Primary Sponsors. Your level of investment determines
the allocation of these unique benefits. Primary Sponsors are also entitled to significant discounts on many of
the activation elements such as ticket packages and hospitality.

Title Sponsor $100,000-$150,000 President, Franklin D. Roosevelt Our most exclusive package provides naming rights to the 2008 Victory Days event and leading presence in over $1million in advertising and promotional inventory. There is potential for product exclusivity and first right of refusal for key engagement opportunities. Multi-year deals are available.	$50,000 General, George C. Marshall Sponsors in this category enjoy inclusion in over $1 Million in advertising and promotional inventory, a significant on-field presence, and potential for category exclusivity. Package includes rights to buy activation elements as a substantial discount.
$25,000 General, Dwight D. Eisenhower Sponsors in this category enjoy inclusion in significant portion of our promotional outreach, a solid on-field presence, and potential for category exclusivity. Package includes rights to buy activation elements such as ticket and hospitality packages at a substantial discount.	$10,000 George C. Patton Achieve extensive brand recognition for your organization by sponsoring attractions on the show grounds. Align yourself with elements that match your corporate initiatives such as education, youth, transportation, art, and history. Package includes discounts on ticket packages and hospitality options.

Contact Greg Dupuis for more information at 317-524-1482 or GregD@VictoryDays.org

Click here for the Advertising Rate sheet (pdf)