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Fanatics Fest '25
Fanatics
United States
2025
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Entrant Company
Fanatics
Entry Type
Product/Service
Launch Country
United States
Program
Clio Sports 2025
Medium Type
Professional
Medium
Experience/Activation
Category
Use of Athlete/Talent/Influencer
Fanatics Fest is the Lollapalooza of sports, bringing 125,000 rabid sports fans to NYC for a three-day festival. This gives fans the chance to see some of their favorite athletes in person. But athlete and fan meet and greets happen every day. We wanted to make these encounters feel special to the people at the fest. And use them to create content worthy of going viral with the millions of fans who’d be following along online. So we created more than 50 unique experiences around the athletes & celebrities in attendance to give fans a glimpse of their sports heroes they rarely, if ever, get. Fans didn’t just meet Gronk. They met 20 Gronks. And tried to figure out who the real one was. Fans didn’t just meet Dennis Rodman. They met Keegan Michael Key doing an impression of Dennis Rodman while meeting Dennis Rodman himself. Fans didn’t just meet Wemby. They played him in a 100 vs 1 game of Chess. And 50 fans even got to take on 50 athletes in an olympic style competition with $2,000,000 on the line. And it wasn’t just rewarding for fans on the ground. Fans watching online ate the content up. We posted 805 pieces of content featuring talent. Generated 525 million impressions. Made 134 social posts with a million or more views. And a post featuring WWE icon John Cena taking part in one of our stunts became the single most viewed piece of content in the history of the brand.
Credits
Client
Fanatics
New York
Client
Fanatics Fest
New York
League
WWE
Stamford
League
National Basketball Association
New York
League
FIFA
Zurich
League
UFC
Las Vegas
League
National Football League
New York
League
Major League Baseball
New York
League
National Hockey League
New York
Production Company
OBB Media
Los Angeles
Chief Executive Officer
Michael Rubin
Fanatics
Chief Strategy & Growth Officer
Tucker Kain
Fanatics
Chief Executive Officer
Lance Fensterman
Fanatics Events
EVP Communications
Meier Raivich
Fanatics
SVP
Michael Armstrong
Fanatics Events
Head of Strategy
Scott Fisher
Fanatics Events
Director
Jackie Boswick
Fanatics Events
Fanatics Events
Cody DeBacker
Fanatics Events
Fanatics Events
Jess Miller
Fanatics Events
VP Creative Director
Adam Lock
Fanatics
Managing Director
Lindsay Faulkner
Fanatics
Creative Director
Todd Bradley
Fanatics
Creative Director
Harry Barron
Fanatics
Producer
Adam Hughes
Fanatics
Project Manager
Asia Brown
Fanatics
Account Executive
Olivia Mittleman
Fanatics
Designer
Joe Chong
Fanatics
Cinematographer
Jack Radutzky
Fanatics
Copywriter
Kamri Goff
Fanatics
Copywriter
Brandon Davis
Fanatics
Designer
Alejandro Mendez
Fanatics
Account Executive
Mason McIlwee
Fanatics
Creator
Josh Owings
VaynerMedia
Cinematographer
Gabriel Clermont
VaynerMedia
Community Manager
Dante Richmond
VaynerMedia
Associate Director, Analytics
Abby Wolanin
VaynerMedia
VP Public Relations
Brandon Williams
Fanatics
Fanatics Events
Lauren DeMaio
Fanatics Events
Fanatics Events
EJ Laratta
Fanatics Events
Fanatics Events
Ryan Will
Fanatics Events
Fanatics Events
Danielle Vastola
Fanatics Events
Fanatics Events
Paulina Giusti
Fanatics Events
Fanatics Events
Rich Askintowicz
Fanatics Events
Fanatics Events
Keri Spina
Fanatics Events
Fanatics Events
Skip Haile
Fanatics Events
Fanatics Events
Mike Izzi
Fanatics Events
Fanatics Events
Carley Fort
Fanatics Events
Fanatics Events
Brett Hartstein
Fanatics Events
Fanatics Events
Anthony Hardie
Fanatics Events
Fanatics Events
Morgan Bock
Fanatics Events
Fanatics Events
Michelle Manning
Fanatics Events
Fanatics Events
Kelsey Foley
Fanatics Events
Fanatics Events
Kendall McCormick
Fanatics Events
Fanatics Events
Dani Chaum
Fanatics Events
Fanatics Events
Drew Schiffer
Fanatics Events
Fanatics Events
Tessa Foley
Fanatics Events
Fanatics Events
Zach Lefkowitz
Fanatics Events
Fanatics Events
Thomas Steel
Fanatics Events
Fanatics Events
Fred Nelthrope
Fanatics Events
Creative Lead
Alex Subers
Fanatics
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