2008 MIT Open Ballroom Dance Competition
2008 Sponsors
Sponsorship Details
Contact our fundraising team if you are interested in sponsoring our competitions or read below for more information.
Competition Details
The 2008 MIT Open Ballroom Dance Competition will take place on April 19 & 20, 2008.
The competition venue is located on the MIT campus in Cambridge, MA.
The MIT Open attracts almost 1000 competitors and an estimated 2000 spectators from over 60 colleges from New England,
New York, Maryland, DC, Michigan, and other areas.
Numerous spectators watch both days of the competition and cheer on their favorite dancers.
A special attraction this year is a showcase by Riccardo Cocchi and Yulia Zagorouitchenko.
More information about the MIT Ballroom Dance Team
can be found at the Team's website.
Sponsorship Options
The following sections detail the various pre-priced advertisements. If you wish to discuss alternate arrangements, please e-mail our fundraising team.
Printed Program
The printed program is a free 8.5 x 11 booklet handed out to all competitors and spectators at the event.
- $70 — Quarter Page Advertisement
- $130 — Half Page Advertisement
- $250 — Full Page Advertisement
Named Events
For the following prices you can "name" an event at the MIT Open. Named events will be listed with the sponsors name in the printed program, on the long-term results pages, where possible in the photo/video library, and announced verballed at the competition. If you wish to be on-hand to award the first place award for the event, just let us know!
- $1000 — Professional Show by Riccardo Cocchi and Yulia Zagorouitchenko
- $500 — Any Championship Event (Standard, Latin, Smooth, Rhythm)
- $250 — Any Pre-Championship Event (Standard, Latin)
- $250 — Any Advanced Event (Smooth, rhythm)
Sponsorship
Sponsors are offered spaces for web banners. Banners must not spawn pop-ups, must not include any audio. Simple, non-Flash and not-flashing, animations are allowed. No adult or questionable contents. Images are limited to 20-30K. Banners will be at the bottom of all of the pages onthe competition website.
- 2007 MIT Comp Full Banner — $250 (400x100: Full Banner)
- 2007 MIT Comp Side Bar Large Banner — $175 (200x100: Large Banner)
- 2007 MIT Comp Side Bar Small Banner — $100 (90x90: Small Banner)
- 2007 MIT Comp Side Bar Link — $50 (80x30: Square Button)
There is also possibility of having banners on the results page:
- 2007 MIT Comp Results Page Banner — $200 (468x60: Full Banner)
- 2007 MIT Comp Results Page Banner — $100 (234x60: Half Banner)
Please visit the Competition Home Page to see the page layout and banner placements.
The competition home page receives in average about 100-200 visitors
per day during the two months before and the month after the competition, and 10-20 visitors per day
for the rest of the year.
The side bar is visible on every competition page view and so has close to 200-300 visitors per day along
the same usage pattern as the home page.
The results pages peak right after the competition (April 21-28) with about 700 hits per day in that week
and then tapers off to a few hundred hits per week for the rest of the year, with another
surge about this time next year.
Other Advertisement
We can included your logo on the bottom of any advertisement used for the competition (posters, slides shown at campus movies, etc). Additionally we have limited space for large banners at the competition, hanging along the front of the head table. Dimensions for the banner are roughly 54" by 36".
- $250 — Competition Advertisements
- $200 — Head Table Banner
Vendor Space
We can provide you with space in the Rockwell Cage, where the competition takes place, to set up a booth.
- $250 — One-Day Booth Display
- $400 — Two-Day Booth Display
Corporate Sponsorship or Donations
Please contact the fundraising team to discuss any alternatives. We greatly appreciate your support!
Advertisement Submission and Payment
Checks should be made payable to “MIT Ballroom Dance Team” and
must be received no later than March 27, 2008
though earlier is better if you are selecting web/poster advertisements. Print
ready JPEG's, GIF's, or PNG's may be sent as attachments to
fundraising team. Checks
should be mailed to:
MIT Ballroom Dance Team
Att: Ron Hoffmann
MIT Room W92-189
77 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02139
(573)308-2203
