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Formula 1: entertainment at the heart of the first Las Vegas Grand Prix (USA), Saturday 18/11/2023

Advertising campaigns, dedicated activations, special liveries, capsule collections... Formula One Group, the ten teams and the sponsors involved in Formula 1 are mobilising for the inaugural Las Vegas Grand Prix, which will be held on the night of Saturday 18/11/2023 (10:00 local time, 07:00 CET). This will be the third Formula 1 Grand Prix to be held in the United States in 2023, after Austin (Texas, held since 2012) and Miami (Florida, since 2022). The 3.8 miles (6.12km), 14-turn and 50-lap Grand Prix route is designed in the "heart of downtown" on the Las Vegas Strip, will pass iconic Las Vegas casino hotels such as Caesars Palace, the Bellagio and the Venetian and is expected to cost Liberty Media, which has owned F1 since 2016, between $400m and $500m (€368.6m to €460.7m). The economic benefits for the Las Vegas region alone are expected to reach $1.5bn (€1.38bn), double the expected impact of Super Bowl LVIII (also to be held in Las Vegas on 11/02/2024). Heineken, which holds the naming rights to the race (Heineken Silver Las Vegas Grand Prix 2023) for this first edition, will broadcast a campaign on the Las Vegas Sphere, an event hall entirely covered with LED scree…

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News Tank Football: elections, appointments & departures recorded in October 2023

• Brazilian Thiago Scuro succeeds Belgian Ben Lambrecht as CEO of AS Monaco FC (Ligue 1 Uber Eats), announced the club on 02/10/2023. • Tobias Kaufmann (GER) is to become director of communications of the Deutsche Fußball Liga (DFL) from 01/01/2024, announced the German league on 05/10/2023. The current head communications at VfB Stuttgart (Bundesliga) will replace Philip Sagioglou, who left the DFL at the end of the 2022-23 season. • Song Kai was elected president of the Chinese Football Association at the 12^th Congress of the body's members, held in Beijing on 16/10/2023. • "The board of directors of Mediapro approved today, at the request of its majority shareholder (Southwind), the disassociation of Jaume Roures from the management of the group after 30 years at the helm. At the same time, they ratified Tatxo Benet, also a managing partner, in his roles as president and CEO, positions he has held for over ten years," announced the Spanish audiovisual group on 27/10/2023. Take the time to look back at some movements (elections, appointments, designations, promotions & departures) covered by News Tank Football in October 2023.

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FIFA Women's World Cup 2023

"This FIFA Women's World Cup has been truly transformational, not only in Australia and New Zealand but all over the world. In the host countries, we had almost two million spectators in the stadiums, full houses everywhere and two billion watching all over the world and not just watching their own country but watching the World Cup, because it's an event [where] I don't just watch my team. It's great sport, it's entertaining and people love it," said Gianni Infantino, president of FIFA at the body's second Women's Football Convention at the International Convention Centre in Sydney, Australia), on 18/08/2023, two days before Spain's 1-0 victory in the final versus England. Impressive popularity in the host countries, entertainment, stadium attendance, audiences around the world, revenue: the first edition of the 32-team Women's World Cup has lived up to all expectations, according to the organisers. "The Women's World Cup 2023 generated $570m (€524m), allowing it to break even," said Gianni Infantino. At the beginning of June 2023, FIFA announced that it had invested just over $500m (€460m) for this Women's World Cup, including an unprecedented sum of $152m (€140m) in grants for national member associations and participating players.

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"Nous serons prêts", répète chaque jour Tony Estanguet, président de Paris 2024. Exactement un an sépare désormais le Comité d'organisation des Jeux Olympiques et Paralympiques de Paris 2024 de l'ambitieuse et inédite cérémonie d'ouverture des JO au cours de laquelle de 140 à 170 bateaux transporteront les délégations olympiques sur la Seine, au cœur de Paris, devant "au moins 600 000 spectateurs" le vendredi 26/07/2024. Répercussions de la pandémie de Covid-19, canicule, perquisitions au siège du Comité d'organisation, interrogations sur les transports et la gestion des flux, guerre en Ukraine, émeutes urbaines… « Il n’y a pas de sujet d’alerte aujourd’hui », assure néanmoins Tony Estanguet, qui se dit "très satisfait de la manière dont les choses avancent."  Le COJOP est dans les temps en ce qui concerne son programme de partenariats domestiques. Après de longues discussions débutées en 2022, le comité a pu officialiser son sixième, et a priori dernier, partenariat premium (1er niveau) avec le groupe LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, assurant un apport estimé à 150 millions d'euros qui rapproche les organisateurs de leur objectif des 92 % du budget sponsoring bouclé d'ici au 31/12/2023. "Il aurait été beaucoup plus difficile, voire impossible, d'atteindre ce cap sans LVMH", admet Étienne Thobois, directeur général de Paris 2024. Les 14 partenaires officiels (partenariat…

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Rugby World Cup 2023: New Zealand lead on social media, Portugal have made the most progress

With a combined total of 9.2 million followers on its 'All Blacks' accounts (Facebook, Instagram, X and TikTok), New Zealand Rugby has the most followers on social media among the 20 teams taking part in the Rugby World Cup 2023 (in France from 08/09 to 28/10/2023), as of 01/10/2023. New Zealand Rugby, whose men's team are three-time world champions (1987, 2001 and 2015), are ranked number one on all networks with the exception of X (formerly Twitter), where England are ahead of them in first place with 1.12 million followers. Overall, the Rugby Football Union (ENG) is in 2^nd place (4.84 million), well behind New Zealand but ahead of South Africa (3^rd with 3.54 million). Next come France (4^th with 3.37 million) and Ireland (5^th with 2.53 million). These five federations are the only ones to exceed the average number of followers accumulated by the 20 national teams, which stands at 1.63 million. Only 8 federations have more than one million followers on all networks combined. Of the 76 accounts listed, only 9 have more than one million followers. France Rugby, the name of the Fédération Française de Rugby's accounts, is 4^th on Facebook (883,000…

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Borussia Dortmund: "We're happy with our business model despite its limitations" (C. Cramer)

"We are happy with our business model, we are happy with our revenues (€515.4m in 2022-23, see below). It doesn't mean that we are satisfied and won't be ambitious to reach more, but for taking notice where we are from and taking notice that we have to gain all the money by ourselves, that we don't have an investor, that we don't have a government behind us, that we have the Lizenzierungsverfahren (DFL licensing procedure) in German football and high expectations regarding financial fair play, we are more than happy," said Carsten Cramer, member of the management board at Borussia Dortmund (Bundesliga), in charge of the sales, marketing and digitalisation departments, to News Tank Football on 22/11/2023. "But to be honest, that's the national German perspective in the European landscape. Of course, it's more difficult because there are so many clubs that are owned by investors, owned by governments, owned by multiple owning investors, and for sure they have more possibilities to invest, to spend higher budgets. It is something I wouldn't say we complain about, but we do have a different model which limits us," added Cramer. "If you just talked about us as a football club, you could s…

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FIFA: "Helping member associations build a stronger relationship with communities" (E. Mammadov)

"We want to discover new and innovative ways to connect, to cooperate with the fans of the member associations, and try to facilitate them to build a longer term and stronger relationship with football communities in their countries," said Elkhan Mammadov, director member associations Europe at FIFA, to News Tank Football on 07/11/2023. The Azerbaijani was in Paris on 07/11/2023 as part of a workshop organised by FIFA, which brought together 53 marketing directors from UEFA member associations. One of the highlights of the day was a presentation by Jordan Kolosey, vice president of business strategy, innovation and data operations at the San Antonio Spurs (NBA), of the American franchise's model for welcoming fans at the Frost Bank Center (San Antonio, Texas). This workshop format, offered by FIFA's member associations division based in the International Federation's Paris office (Hôtel de la Marine, Place de la Concorde), is set to be repeated on other subjects in the months and years to come, as part of the roll-out of the FIFA Forward 3.0 programme (2023-2026), with part of the funds raised for the development of football worldwide earmarked for the 211 affiliated associations. "The total amount of funds available under the Forward…

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Elkhan MAMMADOV

Director Member Associations Europe @ FIFA

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Stéphane Bazire

Head of Business Sustainability & Partnerships @ Silverstone Circuits Ltd

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StadiumGo

Sector: dedicated car-sharing solution for sporting eventsFounded: May 2019Headquarters: Toulouse (FRA)CEO: Romain Lauvergnat Main partners:• Ligue de Football Professionnel, since 2019• Olympique de Marseille (Ligue 1 Uber Eats), since 2020• Olympique Lyonnais (Ligue 1 Uber Eats)• Toulouse FC (Ligue 1 Uber Eats)• Grenoble Foot 38 (Ligue 2 BKT), since 2021• OGC Nice (Ligue 1 Uber Eats), since 2021• Stade Rennais FC (Ligue 1 Uber Eats)• Fair Play For Planet (certification), since 2021• Fondation Relais Vert (environment)• Ligue Nationale de Handball, since 2022• Ligue Nationale de Volley• Ligue Nationale de Basket• Fédération Française de Football

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Union des Clubs Européens / Union of European Clubs (UEC)

• Independent representative body "founded to improve support and advocacy for non-elite professional clubs across Europe." • Created on 24/04/2023 • Co-founders: - Dennis Gudasic (CRO) - Katarina Pijetlovic (EST), general secretary - Gareth Farrelly (IRL) • Operations Manager: William Martucci • Interim Executive Board: - Fran Canal (Osasuna, Spain) - Dennis Gudasic (NK Lokomotiva Zagreb, Croatia) - Māris Verpakovskis (FK Rīgas Futbola Skola, Latvia) - Daniel Lambert (Bohemian FC, Republic of Ireland) - Alex Muzio (Union Saint-Gilloise, Belgium) - Gil Lev (Maccabi Netanya, Israel)