Sponsorship Opportunities Available for Local Businesses
For the Evanston Grand Prix of Cycling
- Be Part of the Action!
- Support bicycle racing in Downtown Evanston
- Be seen and heard at the largest free to the public sporting event on Chicago's North Shore.
Festival/Expo Area Sponsor: $1,000
Set up your tent in the race's lively Festival Area and interact with race fans all day long. This is a great opportunity to meet the public in small groups, do product sampling or sales, and other promotional activities.
Lap Sponsor: $300
Throughout the day lap prizes are offered to the riders, traditionally known as "Primes" (pronounced preemz). The announcer will help shape the race by offering a Prime prize as an incentive for the riders to accomplish a goal of interest to the crowd, whether it be sprinting to win a lap or being the first to catch a breakaway or lap the field. Sponsor a lap of the race and be part of the action.
As a Lap Sponsor, your business or group will be highlighted during a key moment of the bike race. You will be featured in a 30-second announcement over the play-by-play PA system to over 15,000 spectators. Your sponsorship will be acknowledged when the announcer broadcasts the prime and the conditions for winning and it will be repeated after the prize has been won.
Barricade Sponsor: $250
Support the race and make your organization part of the course by sponsoring a barricade. Barricade Sponsors hang their own banner on a 8 foot barricade along the course. Need a banner? We can produce one for you (at extra cost).
Goodie Bag Insert for Volunteers or Kids' Bike Race: $150
Provide an item for the Goodie Bags for 125 race volunteers and 300 Whole Foods Market Kids' Bike Race participants. The fee covers 1 item or coupon.
Do You Want In on the Action?
- Contact Chris Mailing at 847.864.7660 x16.
Spectators Make a Day of the Event!
The race takes over downtown Evanston, local restaurants provide alfresco dining along the course, local retailers run specials and the best seat in the house is the exhibit area near the start/finish. Sponsors get great access to attendees.
Sign up today: Contact Chris Mailing 847.864.7660 x16 or click here to email.
Supporting Sponsorships
Supporting Sponsorship helps cover the ICC's "site fee," the City's costs of providing police and traffic management, and additional expenses for hosting an event of this size. In exchange for this support, supporting sponsors receive the following benefits:
Interested in being a part of this stellar event as a Supporting Sponsor?
- Contact Chris Mailing at 847.864.7660 x16.
- See sponsor benefits and details.
Details listed here are for informational purposes only. Any final sponsorship contract or proposal must be accepted in writing by the promoting organization, The Turin Bicycling Society.
“The event was gorgeous just to look at! It was the classiest affair you could have in downtown Evanston. People who came were overjoyed with what they saw. They became very enthusiastic as they watched the riders who came from around the world to race!”
- Evanston's former mayor Lorraine H. Morton
The Evanston Grand Prix
The Evanston Grand Prix is Stage 10 of the renowned Point Premium Root Beer International Cycling Classic. Known as "Super Week" the ICC consists of 17 bicycle races in 17 cities over 17 days in mid-July. "Super Week" runs concurrent with the Tour De France and attracts more than 165,000 spectators watching 5,500 competitors from 40 states and 20 foreign countries as they compete for $125,000 in prizes. The NorthShore Grand Prix is one of the premier races in series, a favorite with fans and riders alike.
photos by evanston photographic studios