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Northeastern Huskies and Aspire To Extend Partnership
May 16, 2023
ATLANTA, GA – Northeastern University and The Aspire Group (Aspire), recently acquired by Playfly Sports, have agreed to a partnership extension. In 2018, Aspire established a Fan Relationship Management Center (FRMC) on Northeastern’s Boston campus to drive sales across all ticketed sports and generate donations to the Howlin’ Huskies Fund. Since the FRMC’s inception, it has produced $1.6 million in revenue, with fiscal year 2023 sales trending towards a 15% increase over 2022 results.
Aspire and Northeastern have driven significant revenue increases across all Huskies teams year-over-year. The Strategy, Analytics, and Marketing (SAM) team at Aspire has also provided Northeastern athletics with its award-winning ticket pricing expertise, optimizing the Huskies ice hockey ticket inventory to maximize revenue and attendance.
“Our relationship with Aspire has allowed us to provide our fans with a first-class experience, and we’re thrilled to have the opportunity to extend this partnership,” said Director of Athletics and Recreation Jim Madigan. “We look forward to continuing our work with Sean Allison and his team moving into the future.”
“We are excited to extend our relationship with Northeastern Athletics,” said Manager of Sales and Service at Northeastern FRMC, Sean Allison. “We would like to thank Jim Madigan and the whole department for their continued trust in our FRMC to serve and grow the Huskies fanbase. We are committed to building the best fan experience for our passionate supporters.”
About Northeastern University Athletics
Northeastern Athletics, a department featuring 17 sports programs that compete in the Colonial Athletic Association, Hockey East and Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges, strives to provide a distinctive student-athlete experience and competitive excellence which unleashes and energizes networks of engagement and pride. Located in Boston, MA, Northeastern has captured 29 regular season and conference tournament titles in the last six years.
The Aspire Group, a Playfly Sports Company
The Aspire Group, a Playfly Sports Company, is an award winning sports and entertainment marketing firm, named as a top employer in the industry by both Forbes and Front Office Sports. Globally recognized for innovative consulting, ticket sales, and partnership services, Aspire created the outsourced ticket sales niche, revolutionizing with its first Fan Relationship Management Center (FRMC) at Georgia Tech in 2009. Over the past 15 years, more than 300 collegiate and professional sports properties have trusted Aspire to drive revenue, attendance, and enterprise-value growth through the combination of strategic consulting and research, sales and service training, and best-in-industry fan relationship management.
For more information about The Aspire Group visit: www.theaspiregroupinc.com and follow us on Twitter @theaspire_group
For project and partnership inquiries, contact A.J. Smith at aj.smith@theaspiregroupinc.com or Joe Kronander at joe.kronander@theaspiregroupinc.com