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2008 Corporate Partnership
Long Beach Armada Professional Baseball Team 4700
Deukmejian Drive Long Beach, CA 90804 Tel (562)
434-7161   Fax [phone]
www.longbeacharmada.com
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Historic Blair Field Home of the Armada Baseball
Team
Honored as one of America's best baseball
facilities by Baseball America, Historic Blair
Field will be celebrating its 50th anniversary in
2008.   Home of the Armada baseball and more
since 2005, Blair Field is also home to the Long
Beach State 49er/Dirtbags and has been host to
NCAA regional's, five area high school teams,
Nike Area Code amateur tournaments, American
Legion and Connie Mack seasons, MTV Rock and Jock
softball games, and has been the filming location
for over 200 film, TV, and commercial productions
including Desperate Housewives, Spacejam, and Mr.
Baseball.   More future major leaguers have
played games at Blair Field than any other field
in the country.
 Over 2 million has been spent to renovate the
3,238 permanent-seat facility in the past 15
years. Over 50,000 fans come to see the Armada
and over 35,000 fans come to see Long Beach State
every season at Blair. In 1966, the Chicago
Cubs held spring training and played 8 games at
Blair . For 13 years, the Los Angeles Rams used
Blair as their practice site Blair Field is
named after the 1st sports editor for the Press
Telegram, Frank Blair. Major leaguers such as
Jackie Robinson, Joe Dimaggio, Bob Lemon, Satchel
Paige, Bob Feller, Tony Gwynn, Jason Giambi,
Bobby Grich, Chase Utley, Sean Burroughs, Milton
Bradley, Jared Weaver, and Troy Tulowitski. In
1961, the Dodgers would play a game before 6,250
fans.
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About The Long Beach Armada

• The Armada is Greater Long Beach's community team
  - a community of over 500,000 residents making
  Long Beach the 35th largest city in the United
  States and 5th largest in California.  Part of
  the independent Golden Baseball League, with
  teams in California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, and
  Western Canada,  the Armada is comprised of
  former and prospective major league baseball
  players and is managed by baseball great and
  two-time All Star and World Series Champion,
  Darrell Evans.   Armada games are always filled
  with fun and excitement for the whole family both
  on and off the field.  From players who give
  their all on each and every play, to inflatable
  bounce houses and games for the kids, to fun
  promotions and great giveaways, to great food and
  friendly customer service throughout the stadium,
  Armada baseball is the best "bang for you buck"
  in Long Beach and beyond.

Former MLB slugger Jose Canseco gets ready to bat
for the Armada
The Armada plays an 88 game schedule from June to
September with 44 home games at Blair Field The
Armada were second in the Golden Baseball League
to Chico in attendance last season with an
average of over 1,800 paid attendees per game
As reported on ESPN Sportscenter, The Armada
holds the world record for longest name in
professional sports, The Long Beach Armada of Los
Angeles of California of the United States of
North America including Barrow, Alaska. The
Armada has received local, regional, and national
exposure for their unique promotions and brand of
sports entertainment. and USA Today. The Armada
are corporate partners with local, regional, and
corporate businesses such as Vons/Safeway, St.
Mary's Hospital, Verizon, Laserfiche, Anheuser
Busch, Coca Cola, Farmers and Merchants Bank,
Islands, Long Beach Press Telegram, Hollywood
Video, and many more. Four Armada players we
signed by Major League Baseball teams in 2007
Manager Darrell Evans
Armada Celebrate A Win In Long Beach
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An Opportunity for Corporate Partnership
A corporate partnership with the Long Beach
Armada means more than just advertising. 
Sponsoring the Armada is an investment in your
business and your community. The Armada provides
high impact marketing, advertising, customer
relations and promotional opportunities.      
Corporate marketing opportunities include print
advertising, signage, ticket plans, promotional
programs, internet radio and television, website,
print, and community involvement.
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Community and Fun
The Long Beach Armada players, coaches, and staff
always make an extra effort to reach out to
children and families in the Long Beach
community.   Whether it's visiting schools and
speaking to children about the importance of
reading, promoting fitness through clinics at the
ballpark, or visiting hospital patients to
brighten their day, the Armada organization
defines their success with their contributions
OFF the field.   In the past year alone, the
Armada organization has contributed to more than
350 non-profit organizations to benefit their
fundraising efforts.  
A baseball wedding with Judge Lance Ito
Kid's Fire Suit Race
Fireworks Night at Blair
Grandma Armada celebrates 92nd birthday with
Armada
Boy Scout Camp Out with Armada players
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A Marketing Opportunity

• If your business finds print an
  effective medium to image itself, then the Armada
  offer several ways to get your name and services
  in the hands of the fans!

THE NAVIGATOR NEWSPAPER
PLAY BALL! MAGAZINE
Cooperative Print, Internet, and TV
Advertising  Every season, The Armada place over
100,000 worth of print advertising in various
local newspapers, magazines, and other
publications.   In 2008, the Armada plans to
expand to television and internet advertising and
programming as well.  From half and full page ads
to flyer inserts to local cable shows and
advertising, the Armada provides their business
partners the opportunity to be seen by thousand
of media readers and viewers.   Corporate
partners of the Armada can take advantage of
CO-OP advertising and have their logos and
information prominently displayed in Armada
advertisements throughout the Greater Long Beach
area.  
In 2008, the Long Beach Armada Professional
Baseball Team is set to celebrate Blair Fields
50th anniversary. To help celebrate, The Armada
will be printing its own newspaper titled, The
Navigator. Stories and photos will cover the
Armada, The Long Beach State 49er/Dirtbags, the
Dodgers, the Angels, and other baseball
organizations in and around the Long Beach
area.  Through a partnership with local
newspapers that cover a 7 mile radius of Blair
Field, copies of The Navigator will be
distributed to 100,000 homes and businesses in
and around Long Beach as well as 5,000 additional
copies to be sent via email to newsletter
subscriber The Armada will print 4-6 issues of
The Navigator beginning with the January 2008
issue and continuing through August
2008. Businesses can advertise their products
and/or services in The Navigator at a fraction of
customary media prices.
The Armada full-color fanzine and game program
will be available at businesses throughout Long
Beach and during every home game at Blair
Field. Play Ball features photos, stories, a
center-section scorecard, season schedule, games
and prizes, and a pictorial roster including
thumbnail bios of Armada players. Play Ball is
popular with Armada fans attending the games at
Blair Field and that means excellent frequency
for your print ad!
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TICKET BACK
A panel on the back of each Armada game ticket
is an excellent vehicle for coupons and tracking
the success of the promotion. The Armada expect
to sell at least 60,000 tickets in 2008, and with
three ticket back panels available, your business
can make at least 20,000 impressions and drive
traffic for an extremely economical price.
TICKET ENVELOPE
Distributed to fans purchasing tickets at Blair
Field and the teams ticket office, the print ad
on the Armada ticket envelope is a sure
eye-catcher!
POCKET SCHEDULE PANEL
IN GAME PROMOTIONS
Build-A-Burger Relay Pizza Frisbee
Toss Hardball Bingo Sumo Wrestling Dizzy Bat
Race Water Balloon Toss And Many More!!!

• A pocket schedule is something every
  Armada fan has to have! Available at the Armada
  corporate office, Blair Field Box Office, dozens
  of Long Beach businesses, and distributed prior
  to the season at schools, Little Leagues,
  churches, and community events, the Armada pocket
  schedule (and all the ads contained in it) will
  be looked at over and over by thousands of people
  throughout the Greater Long Beach Area.

GIVEAWAYS
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 Magnet Schedules Bobble Heads Baseball
Cards Team Poster Any customizable corporate
product
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2008 Corporate Partnership Opportunities for
Community and Promotional Events
P.A.R.K Program (Title Sponsor) The Armada
will be bringing back this popular philanthropic
program that allows local business to make a
difference in the lives of Long Beach youth.
P.A.R.K. stands for Partners of Armada
Recognizing Kids and rewards successful and
qualifying youth in local organizations such as
Boys and Girls Clubs of Long Beach, Department of
Parks, Recreation, and Marine's summer camp and
youth programs, YMCA, and Police Athletic League,
to name a few, with free tickets to an Armada
game. When a business purchases a sponsorship
and/or ticket plan of over 2,500, the Armada
will donate the 100 free ticket vouchers to a
youth organization in that business' name. The
contributing business partner will have their
name displayed on a Donor's Banner on the Blair
Field concourse all season long. Title sponsors
will be prominently displayed on top of the
banner. Hometown Legends and Heroes Baseball
Card Promotion (Title Sponsor) The Armada will
honor hometown heroes both on and off the field
with a series of collector baseball cards that
will include legendary baseball players that have
graced the diamond of Blair Field in the past 50
years. In addition, the Armada will make special
collector baseball cards of real local heroes
that will be nominated by the public and voted on
by a select committee. Local residents will be
able to receive ballots through advertisements in
the Armada's Navigator newspaper, Playball
program, local media, and online at
www.longbeacharmada.com. Awareness/Appreciation
Games (Title and Matching Sponsor) As with
previous seasons, the Armada plan to host several
games in honor and in recognition of important
causes that are close to home and close to the
heart. Portions of ticket sales, live auctions,
and other fundraising will be donated to specific
charities who assist in these causes. Strikeouts
for Troops Military Appreciation Day (Armada
donates money for every strikeout thrown in the
game to Military relief, Pink Diamond Breast
Cancer Awareness Day (proceeds donated to Breast
Cancer research), Bark In The Park Animal
Awareness Day (dogs allowed to come to watch the
game while donations are made to local animal
shelters), and a host of other events are
currently being planned for the 2008 season.