LVCVA Board Approves Six-Figure Sponsorship Deals For NHL, UFC, Mountain West Conference Basketball Tourney Events During Today’s Meeting
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By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer
Las Vegas’ public tourism agency board gave the green light to three sports-related sponsorship deals at it monthly board meeting this morning.
The biggest sponsorship cost for the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) is $500,000 for the National Hockey League, which is holding its annual draft event at The Sphere Las Vegas June 28 and 29. The NHL Draft will be the first sports event held at The Sphere, which opened in 2023. UFC is planning a fight show event later this year.
The Las Vegas Events organization is sponsoring the Mountain West Conference college basketball tournament at Thomas & Mack Center for $300,000. Las Vegas Events, a non-profit events arm of the LVCVA, is also spending $500,000 to sponsor the Pac-12 hoops tourney at T-Mobile Arena and $300,000 for the West Coast Conference championships at Orleans Arena.
The LVCVA board also approved a $250,000 sponsorship to Las Vegas-based UFC for its annual International Fight Week event in June.
The three sponsorship deals totaled $1,050,000
The LVCVA board meets the second Tuesday of each month at its board meeting room at 3150 Paradise Road.
