Situation

  • Highest attended annual sporting event

  • Flat spending/rising revenue target

  • Available tickets are for less desirable sessions/ locations

Challenges

  • Maintain aura as hot ticket while selling available inventory

  • Reach/persuade new, more diverse target segments

  • Almost 1/3 of attendees come from outside the NY area

  • Extremely limited cash budget

results

Since 2007

  • Cash Spending: Flat
  • Media Value Delivered: + 55%
  • Ticket Sales Revenue: + 40%