5 TRENDS TO CONSIDER IN DIGITAL MARKETING IN 2020
By Sergio Millas Digital marketing is an incredibly powerful tool that cannot be ignored. Digital marketing is increasingly being recognized by many marketers as the most important tool in their toolbox and rightfully so. According to eMarketer, worldwide digital ad spending rose by 17.6% to $333.25 billion in 2019 (roughly half of [...]
Intern Report: Where are they now?
After another record-breaking NBA Summer League, the VSL team has helped over 25 current and former interns and Sports Business Classroom attendees land roles with the NBA, G League, UFC, NCAA, and Marketing Agencies. Other Notable Alumni: 1. Abby Hornacek – Fox 2. Adam Mann – Adam Mann.TV 3. Addison Mercer – DocuSign 4. Adrian [...]
Feature Friday: Heavyn Jackson
Q: What has been your journey in sports? A: I was born into the sports world. My father played basketball professionally for 17 years and has been a sports analyst since his retirement. With that being said, I ran away from playing sports myself, but after graduating college I decided to take my turn with [...]
Return Of Runnin’ Rebel Tickets For Teachers Program Announced
UNLV Athletics has announced the return of its "Tickets for Teachers" program for the upcoming 2019-20 Runnin' Rebel basketball season as a way to say "thank you" to local teachers. Working with the Clark County School District School-Community Partnership Office, the Tickets for Teachers program aims to provide two UNLV men's basketball season tickets to [...]
Summer League Co-Founders Albert Hall and Warren LeGarie Sit Down with Prominent NBA Partner, Tencent
Albert Hall and Warren LeGarie caught up with Renjun Bao, Director of Business Development for Tencent America, to discuss the evolution of the NBA Summer League and the integration of growing the game of basketball worldwide. Tencent is the NBA's largest partner outside of the United States with 490 million fans in China watching NBA [...]
Positive Experience for 11 Days of NBA Summer League via Las Vegas Review Journal
Las Vegas Review Journal's Mark Anderson writes on how 11 days of NBA Summer League has been a challenge to schedule, especially with 2 additional teams in China and Croatia, but overall has been a positive experience for everyone involved! "Like an effective politician, Warren LeGarie constantly works the crowd. He shakes more hands [...]
NBA Summer League Featured in Los Angeles Times Article
Special thanks to Arash Markazi of the Los Angeles Times on this write up about NBA Summer League featuring Warren LeGarie and Albert Hall, its history and all the special moments that take place during the event out in Las Vegas. Here's an excerpt from of the article from Arash: "LeBron James and Anthony Davis have yet [...]
How the NBA Las Vegas Summer League Became ‘America’s House Party’ 15 Years Later
In some respects, the 2004 Democratic National Convention was responsible for changing the game in politics and sports. For one, those four days at the FleetCenter (now TD Garden) in Boston provided the platform from which an unknown state senator from Illinois named Barack Obama would launch himself into the United States Senate and, eventually, [...]
Las Vegas Review Journal on Back-to-Back Sold Out Dates for 2019 NBA Summer League
Mark Anderson of Las Vegas Review Journal taps in to discuss NBA Summer League and its record breaking fan attendance to date: "Friday’s opening day of the NBA Summer League sold out last week, and now tickets for Saturday’s action are gone, too. The Summer League features all 30 NBA teams plus the Chinese and [...]
2019 NBA Summer League Tickets Available Now!
Tickets are officially NOW ON SALE for Season 15 of the MGM Resorts NBA Summer League taking place from July 5th-15th at the Thomas & Mack Center and Cox Pavilion in Las Vegas. We are excited to see all 30 NBA teams once again along with the Chinese and Croatian National Teams. President of HallPass [...]