CoSIDA Convention To Hold First-Ever Exhibitor Reception Function in San Antonio
Twenty-eight sponsors plus 27 exhibitors will host the first-ever "Exhibitors Reception" at this year's CoSIDA Convention in San Antonio, Texas. This new event to the Convention slate was developed by the organization's Board of Directors to bring emphasis to the overall importance and role of the Convention’s exhibitors. The event is scheduled from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 23rd, at the Marriott Rivercenter.
“We are looking forward to hosting the first-ever exhibitor reception in San Antonio,” said 2008-09 CoSIDA President Nick Joos. “The exhibit expo allows our members to interact with companies from all over America, and we believe this reception will strengthen the relationship between our attendees and exhibitors.”
Five primary sponsors along with 23 contributing sponsors are providing for a combined professional and social event that will enable convention attendees to visit with 27 exhibitors.
The Primary Sponsors include the Heisman Trophy, the FedEx Orange Bowl, the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl/Insight Bowl, USA Hockey, and Yahoo!Sports.com/Rivals.
The Contributing Sponsors include the American Football Coaches Association, the Atlantic Coast Conference, the Atlantic-10 Conference, the BIG EAST Conference, the Big 12 Conference, the Big Sky Conference, College Pressbox.com, Conference USA, Disney Sports, Football Bowl Association, Football Writers Association of America, and the Horizon League.
The other Contributing Sponsors are the Lott Trophy, the Mid-American Conference, the Missouri Valley Conference, MyTEAMBOOK.net, the National Association of Basketball Coaches, the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame, Replay Photos, the Southeastern Conference, the Sun Belt Conference, The Sporting News, and the Wuerffel Trophy.
The Convention Exhibitors include corporate partners ICS-SIDEARM, DigiPixArt, College Fanz™ Sports Network, FOX Sports Interactive, ASAP Sports, Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award, and Sports Systems. The other Exhibitors are Allstate; Collegiate Directories; Custom Color; Daktronics; InStadium Solutions; Kelly Press; Miller Printing and Litho; MultiAd Solutions; MVP Sports Media Training; Pack Network, LLC; Populous, Presto Sports; Pursuant; Stat Crew Software; SIDHelp; Sound Director Inc.; Sport Productions; Stretch Internet; Summit Athletic Media; and Tennant Printing
Additional information on the exhibitors will be forthcoming.