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.
Lucite deal toy celebrating the acquisition of McLean, Virginia-based Fitness Connection, which operates health clubs in North Carolina, Texas, and Nevada. The acquirer, LNK Partners, is a private equity firm headquartered in White Plains, New York.
Job: 4AJS00G
Lucite deal toy commemorating the purchase by Dubai-based sports investment fund FidelisWorld of a minority interest in Tecnology Frontiers (Techfront). Techfront provides in-stadium services for events such as the English Premeir League and F1 racing.
Job: 4AEK03A
Custom Lucite recognizing the acquisition of Basic-Fit, a chain of gyms across The Netherlands, Belgium, Spain and France. Basic-Fit was purchased by 3i, a private equity group based in London.
Job: 4LSMO3A
Financial tombstone recognizing the sale of a controlling interest in the Sacramento Kings. The sale of NBA team was made to a California-based group led by TIBCO chairman Vivek Ranadive.
Job: 4AVMOIQ
Custom Lucite award presented at the annual Peg Barnard Invitational, hosted by Stanford University.
Lucite tombstone marking the acquisition by the Riverside Company of Tokyo-based bicycle retail chain Y. International. A private equity firm based in New York City, Riverside was advised in the transaction by Nihon M&A center, with financing provided by Tokyo Star Bank.
(4AEB02V)The “Foxie Awards”, custom Lucite awards designed to recognize employees at Fox Sports
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.
