Sponsorship & Advertising Opportunities

• Your promoted information and image on selected social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram) with accounts for SRWC, Fitness Wellness, Adventure Center, Ice Arena & Club Hockey.
• Provides exposure to over 10,000 combined followers with over 170,000 Facebook impressions, over 1 million Twitter impressions and over 70,000 Instagram impressions.

• Your name/logo, a link to your website and a 100-character message on our website which has over 390,000 annual unique page views.

• You will be provided with one table and two chairs placed in the high traffic area of either the SRWC mall or the lobby of the Ice Arena.
• Specific days and times can be arranged to provide you the maximum exposure during high traffic times.

Policies

• University departments, student organizations, community businesses and organizations may reserve a marketing table on an hourly basis in the mall based on pricing listed below.
• Marketing table rental includes 1 table and 2 chairs.
• Requests must be made 72 hours (3 days) in advance.
• A member of the sponsoring group must be present at the table at all times.

• Place your ad on one or more of our 13 digital screens which are a focal point across all Recreational Services facilities.
• Pricing based on number of screens and length of time.

GUIDELINES

• Each ad sent by an organization can be displayed for a maximum of two weeks at no cost
• Sponsor ads can be displayed until the end of the contracted sponsorship
• A maximum of 15 ads can be displayed at once per screen
• Ads will be displayed on a first come, first serve basis
• All ads should be in a jpg. or png. format (All other file types are not compatible with our software, and will therefore not be accepted)
• For optimal viewing, ads should be sized 1600 x 900 px
• To make your reservation or for further questions, please contact Jim Kraus, Senior Assistant Director, Guest Services and Marketing at (330) 672-0465 or email jkraus8@kent.edu.

• Place your display banner stand in high traffic area of either the SRWC mall or the lobby of the Ice Arena
• This placement provides high visibility to a wide range of patrons.

• Add your company information on a scoreboard display panel at the SRWC or the Ice Arena.
• SRWC has 4 scoreboards (Sports Arena - 3, Multipurpose Gym - 1) that create exposure to every person that use the courts for basketball, volleyball, and more.
• The main ice rink has one large scoreboard that is highly visible to every person that visits the arena for hockey games, skating competitions, public skating events and more.

• Your name/logo, a link to your website and a 100-character message included in our monthly member email (approximately over 2,700 members, 50% open rate).

• Your 24” X 36” poster placed on specified bulletin board(s) in selected facilities (SRWC, Ice Arena).
• Pricing based on number of posters, locations and length of time.

• Your name/logo placed on the annual Intramural Sports Champion t-shirt (approximately 2,000).

• Your name/logo and information placed on a dasher board sticker (8’ long segments x 3’ tall) in the main rink and/or the rec rink provides high visibility to all visitors of the ice arena representing a wide range of demographic targets.
• Events include hockey games (two ACHA University Club Sports Hockey teams, 7 local high schools, Ohio High School Athletic Association State Hockey playoffs), Kent State Figure Skating Club competitions and public skating sessions.

• Your 3‘ x 5’ banner placed on a fence (Allerton Sports Complex, Student Recreation Fields) which provides high visibility to participants in intramural sports games, community leagues and private rentals.

• Your 30-second announcement included in the game script announced during the starting lineup, intermission, in-game, and/or throughout the whole game.

• Place your products directly in the hands of the audience you want to reach through sampling distribution opportunities.
• Can be included in Marketing Table sponsorship or by itself.

• Sponsor any of our 2,500 programs/classes offered every semester which reach a wide variety of demographics in our program areas:
  • Adventure Center
  • Aquatics
  • Club Sports
  • Fitness and Wellness
  • Ice Arena
  • Intramural Sports
  • Kent State of Well-being
  • Special Events
• Specific packages are developed from these items and based on program and level of sponsorship.