Crystal deal toy commemorating an $80 million construction loan to finance Surfhouse Asbury Park (New Jersey), a 226-unit multifamily development. (24AKL005)
Transactions recognized below include ones involving the NFL, NBA, NHL, and MLS. The Corporate Presence has also designed custom awards for ESPN, Bally Sports, and the LPGA.
Crystal deal toy commemorating an $80 million construction loan to finance Surfhouse Asbury Park (New Jersey), a 226-unit multifamily development. (24AKL005)
Custom crystal commemorating the 2023 season of Aston Villa Football Club. The team competes in England’s elite football (soccer) Premier League. (23AKL222)
Crystal deal toy marking a rights issue and listing on the Copenhagen Nasdaq exchange by Asetek. The Danish computer company produces a simulated racing steering wheel. (23LJW065)
Custom crystal commemorating Proscripts Pharmacy serving as the official sports medicine provider to the 2023 World Series champion Texas Rangers. (23AKL424)
Crystal deal toy commemorating the acquisition of PharmaSmart, a Rochester, New York-based provider of healthcare screening kiosks. The acquirer was Canadian private equity firm CPS Capital. (23AKL282)
Custom crystal financial tombstone marking the sale of the canvas shoe brand Keds, including the Pro-Keds sneaker line. The acquiring firm was Columbus-based Designer Brands. (23AKL094)
Lucite deal toy marking a capital raise by Catapult, an Australian provider of wearable sports performance technology.
Bowling pin-themed crystal deal toy celebrating the merger of ISOS Acquisition Corp. (a SPAC), and Bowlero. Bowlero is the world’s largest operator of bowling centers.
(22AKL100)In the galleries beginning on this page, you’ll find over 90 images of deal toys and financial tombstones related to the sports industry, and to sports on the professional, college, and recreational levels. You’ll see transactions involving a number of highly recognizable leagues, teams, and companies in this space. These include organizations as varied as the Danish Superliga, the Ultimate Fighting Championships (UFC), and the National Hockey League. Also represented are individual professional teams such as the Los Angeles Dodgers, Utah Jazz, Columbus Crew, Houston Rockets, Sacramento Kings, and Denver Broncos.
But you’ll also see in these galleries deal toys involving less familiar transactions and names. These might include, for instance, the sale of Spanish golf resort; a capital raising for an Australian provider of wearable sports performance-tracking technology (used by teams ranging from Real Madrid to the Buffalo Bills); Series B funding for a Los Angeles-based eSports company; and the recapitalization of a chain of physical therapy and fitness clinics.
You’ll also find a number of recognition gifts and awards recognizing sports-related milestones and achievements. These include a commemorative marking the 150th anniversary of Princeton Football, and athletic achievement awards for other colleges such as University of California, Berkeley, and Stanford. You’ll also see prestigious annual honors such as ESPN’s Espy Awards (including the Muhammad Ali Humanitarian Award), and the National Football League Commissioner’s Awards.
Other milestones commemorated in these galleries include the successful negotiation of a collective bargaining agreement for a professional sports league, the formation of a joint-venture sports network, and the Super Bowl victory of the Philadelphia Eagles.
Finally, you’ll notice among the tombstone designs included here some transactions that do not relate to the sports industry but still have sports themes. These include a cricket-themed tombstone involving an Indian payments firm, a ping pong-themed deal toy involving London-area pubs, and a hockey rink-inspired design commemorating a real estate partnership involving U.S. and Canadian firms.
