New Baltimore Grand Prix team to discuss plans

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: May 16, 2012
Tags: andretti sports marketing, Baltimore City Council President Bernard C. “Jack” Young, Baltimore Grand Prix, Baltimore Racing Development, board of estimates, downforce racing, j.p. grant, labor day weekend, michael andretti, race on llc, sponsorships, ticket sales

The new team behind the Baltimore Grand Prix will discuss plans to bring the racing event back to the city’s streets. Michael Andretti, the former racer and president of Andretti Sports Marketing, and J.P. Grant of Race On LLC will share details about the Labor Day weekend racing event on Wednesday, including ticket sales, sponsorship [...]

Ravens’ sponsors’ payoffs come in different ways

BY: Maria Zilberman
POSTED: January 19, 2012
Tags: advance-the document specialists, baltimore ravens, business deal, derrick heggans, document management, Edward A. Burchell Jr., jeff diamond, jeff elkin, M&T Bank, M&T Bank Stadium, mark motes, medstar health, medstar sports healt, nfl properties, partner, propane, randy thompson, Ravens, ray rice, Retail, revenue, smyth jewelers, sponsorships, thompson gas

Partnering with the Baltimore Ravens means looking beyond the bottom line. When it comes to dollars and cents, it’s hard for a company to precisely measure how much business comes from aligning with Baltimore’s gridiron giants. While a sponsorship can cost more than the dollars it returns, that doesn’t stop businesses from wanting to hitch [...]

Laslo Boyd: Grand Prix offers city a chance to shine

BY: Laslo Boyd
POSTED: July 18, 2011
Tags: Baltimore, Business, Grand Prix, Inner Harbor, Laslo Boyd, maryland, sponsorships, Tourism

There’s a big event in Baltimore in early September and it’s not the mayoral primary. Many observers believe that the only suspense about that election is who will finish second to Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and how big her margin of victory will be. On Labor Day weekend, however, Baltimore will host a series of racing events [...]

Sponsorships slow for events like Grand Prix, Artscape

BY: Rachel Bernstein
POSTED: March 6, 2011
Tags: Artscape, Baltimore, Baltimore Grand Prix, Baltimore Racing Development, blake goldsmith, jay davidson, sponsorships, war of 1812

Blake Goldsmith, CEO of Extraordinary Events

Baltimore will have an eventful summer, but the money to pay for it is slow in coming. The Baltimore Grand Prix, Artscape and the War of 1812 bicentennial celebration are among some of the events looking for sponsorships. But organizers for all three say they have been having some trouble getting businesses and nonprofits to [...]