Aspire’s Meitin shortlisted as finalist in TheStadiumBusiness Awards 2012
April 2, 2012
The nominations for TheStadiumBusiness Awards, in association with KPMG, have been announced today and The Aspire Group’s Managing Director of the United Kingdom and Europe Michael Meitin, has been shortlisted as a finalist in the Rising Star category. Now in their third year, TheStadiumBusiness Awards are the only awards to recognise a whole spectrum of…
Read MoreProactive Ticket Marketing and Sales Campaigns Impact Attendance
March 27, 2012
Eight of the top thirty collegiate athletic programs with largest attendance increase utilized The Aspire Group’s Fan Relationship Management Center (FRMC) Model According to the 2011 National College Football Attendance report published by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), athletic programs with a proactive outbound sales force are making the largest gain. Eight of the…
Read MoreThe Aspire Group Nominated for 2012 Sports Business Award
March 19, 2012
Today, publisher, Richard Weiss, and executive editor, Abraham Madkour, of the Sports Business Journal (SBJ) announced The Aspire Group as a nominee for a 2012 Sports Business Award. The award nomination is for the ‘Best in Property Consulting, Sales and Client Services.’ During the nomination period, the fastest growing division of The Aspire Group, the…
Read MoreTicket marketing, sales and service strategy for engaging fans
March 12, 2012
These days everyone is focused on increasing Fan Engagement. The questions is how can clubs better engage supporters and drive attendance and revenues. At The Aspire Group, we know that engagement starts with really listening to fans and responding to their needs. Engaging in this way takes commitment and buy-in from the entire staff and…
Read MoreBraves Join New Trend in Ticketing: Dynamic Pricing
February 15, 2012
By Tim Tucker, Atlanta Journal Constitution Over the long and winding course of a major league season, such variables as weather, pitching matchups and standings constantly alter the appeal of individual games, elevating some and diminishing others. Increasingly, teams are seeking to reflect those day-to-day variations in ticket prices. This year, at least a dozen…
Read MoreAttendance Plateau Changes Colleges’ View
January 2, 2012
By Michael Smith, Sports Business Journal Bernie Mullin, whose firm assists universities with ticket sales and marketing, says you don’t build a church for Easter. The sports equivalent is that you don’t build a stadium for your largest crowd. But after years of an unabated arms race in college football that has seen stadiums expand to massive…
Read MoreThe Aspire Group Expands West Adding Arizona State University as Ticketing Partner
December 21, 2011
ATLANTA – Arizona State University has announced a partnership with The Aspire Group to manage its athletic ticket marketing, sales and service functions. The Aspire Group will partner with Sun Devil Athletics on all facets of ticketing sales including, premium seating sales and service, season ticket renewals and new sales, group ticket sales, in-person site…
Read MoreNBA Standoff Lets Palace President Dennis Mannion Settle In
November 7, 2011
By Tom Walsh, Detroit Free Press Dennis Mannion is itching to get basketball fans back in the stands at the Palace of Auburn Hills, but he concedes that the NBA’s prolonged standoff with its players union has given him time to settle into his new job and set changes in motion. Mannion, 52, recently Los…
Read MoreThe Aspire Group Generates Three Million Dollars in New Business for Georgia Tech Athletics
September 20, 2011
ATLANTA – (September 20, 2011) – The Aspire Group is pleased to announce that the Fan Relationship Management Center (FRMC) located on campus at the Georgia Institute of Technology has generated over three million dollars in new ticket revenue and related donations for the athletic department since inception. “The Aspire Group continues to raise their standards…
Read MoreGeorgia Tech Athletics Experiences Significant Ticket Sales Growth With the Aspire Group In Year Two of Partnership
August 19, 2011
ATLANTA – Georgia Tech and The Aspire Group celebrated the two year anniversary of the first outsourcing of ticket sales in collegiate athletics this month at its Fan Relationship Management Center located on campus at Bobby Dodd Stadium. Despite common buyer objections and continuing economic stress, Aspire was able to sell just under 1.5 million dollars…
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