Corporate Partnerships
Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium opened in September of 2002 and is Suffolk County's largest outdoor facility. The stadium holds 8,136 fans for athletic events and over 13,000 for community events. The facility features a state-of-the-art 40' x 50' scoreboard with a 16' x 21' jumbotron screen.
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ABOUT SEAWOLVES CORPORATE PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
The Seawolves can provide the opportunity to grow and enhance the image of your business. While many of our corporate partnership packages include interaction with Stony Brook's growing fan base, you can also capitalize on the success on the playing fields and courts, in the classroom and the community by associating yourself with the Seawolves. Consider how quickly the Seawolves are rising on the Division I ladder:
- Media coverage of Stony Brook football, basketball and lacrosse has been valued at over $10 million since the move to Division I in 1999. The Seawolves have seen time on ESPN, MSG, Fox Sports, Newsday, USA Today, The New York Times and many others.
- Over 200,000 fans have come to see the Seawolves at Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium, the SBU Sports Complex and at Seawolves Field over the last three seasons. Attendance at basketball and football games has risen by 150% since 1999.
- Showing a commitment to its student-athletes and winning, the Seawolves increase in raising scholarship dollars has increased 450% in the past five years. In 1998, Stony Brook began its annual
- Providing Athletes With Scholarships (P.A.W.S) Campaign by raising $154,000. In 2002, the Seawolves raised over $700,000. Expectations are that the Seawolves will raise over $1 million annually in the near future.
- Balancing the rigors of a full class schedule, a sport that now runs year-round and other community-based activities is something Stony Brook student-athletes have great success in doing. Over 35% of student-athletes have posted a grade-point average of 3.0 or better.
PARTNERSHIP FOR ANY COPORATE BUDGET
Stony Brook's beloved mascot - Wolfie (far right) - and the gang ham it up at the annual Mascot Night inside the SBU Sports Complex.
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The Seawolves can produce a package for any business budget with excellent, consistent service. The single items below can be packaged in order to gain broader exposure.
- Scoreboard signage in the SBU Sports Complex, Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium and Pritchard Gym.
- Radio advertising on WLIE-AM Island Talk 540
- Television Advertising
- Game Sponsorship
- Community Outreach programs
- Naming Opportunities
- Game Program Advertising
- Season posters for football and basketball, ticket backs and schedule card advertising.
- Public address announcements
- Jumbotron Screen commercial advertising on 40' x 50' scoreboard in Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium.
- Scoreboard advertising panels
- Tournament sponsorship
- Public address announcements
WHERE PARTNERSHIP MONEY GOES
All money raised through corporate partnerships goes to the athletic scholarship fund, helping to bring top-notch student-athletes to the Seawolves.
