With most leading football clubs throughout the world now playing in all seater stadiums it is unlikely that we will see record breaking attendances at football matches throughout the world.
In Europe FC Barcelona has the biggest football stadium and can hold 99,345 spectators although it is getting extended and will hold another 10000 people in the not too distant future. Barcelona doesn’t always sell out and in 2015 had an average of 77,000.
Britain’s Andy Murray and USA’s Serena Williams won the Men’s and Ladies finals at Wimbledon this year, giving Murray his second Wimbledon title and Williams her sixth and record equalling twenty second Grand Slam title.
If you missed out on Wimbledon this year we have though just released our Debenture and hospitality prices for 2017. See our brief descriptions alongside each with videos to help explain them.
With the huge transfer fees getting paid by some top teams, European clubs are getting richer and richer each year. This is predominantly due to the increase in TV money and the fact that a lot of clubs are tying up commercial partnerships with countries and companies from outside Europe. As you will have noticed, many clubs now go on pre and post season tours outside the continent looking to capitalise on a commercial basis.
Due to the lovely British summer weather we have experienced over the past five days this year Wimbledon will be played on the middle Sunday for the first time since 2004.
Wimbledon, the most famous tennis tournament in the world, starts on Monday at the All England Club and Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic are both odds on favourites to win the singles’ titles. If they do it will be Williams’ seventh title and Djokovic’s fourth.
Leicester City, the 5000-1 outsiders back in August, were crowned Premier League Champions last weekend and in the end won the league quite comfortably.
According to the bookmakers there was more chance of David Cameron becoming the next Aston Villa than there was of Leicester winning the league. At the start of the season Chelsea were the odds on favourites to win the league again at the beginning of the season but they ended up mid table and sacked Jose Mourinho whilst second favourites Man City only just managed to cling on to a Champions League place.
There are an array of sporting events to take your clients to in the summer ranging from the Men’s Final at Wimbledon to watching the rowing at Henley.
There is no “best” event as it is all down to the individual and their preference, some people might find a day watching cricket at Lords enthralling whilst to others it would be the most boring day of their summer.
Please see below a list of some of the major events taking place this summer with the factors to take into consideration.
The Wimbledon tennis championships is the biggest tennis tournament in the world and takes place each year at the end of June / beginning of July.
It is one of the most popular corporate events during the year and we often get asked when is the best day to take clients to Wimbledon. In order to make your decision easier we have listed a couple of points below to take into consideration.
The NFL returns to London this year with three games, two at Wembley and one at Twickenham. The first game is at Wembley between the Indianapolis Colts and Jacksonville Jaguars on 2nd October, then on the 23rd New York Giants take on Los Angeles Rams at Twickenham Stadium and then on 30th October the Washington Redskins take on the Cincinnati Bengals.
When people think of corporate hospitality the first events that tend to come to people’s minds are Six Nations rugby, Wimbledon and the cricket. All of which are great events to entertain your clients but are companies missing a trick by not considering music based events as a form of corporate hospitality?