TEXAN STADIUM SPONSORSHIP

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1 TEXAN STADIUM SPONSORSHIP OVERVIEW Of Opportunities, Rights & Benefits School Year Benefiting the

2 Texan Stadium Overview Texan Stadium is without question, a central landmark in Wimberley. The stadium, which will have a brand new turf for the 2008 football season is a major focal point to many of the largest and highest profile activities that take place in the Wimberley area each year. The various levels of sponsorship available within this Sponsorship Overview will provide participating sponsors with high profile visibility to a large sports, health and recreation oriented population. It is also one of the best, high traffic, corporate identity/impression values of its kind in the Central Texas Hill Country area. The stadium seats approximately 6000 fans and on Friday nights throughout the fall, it is the central point of activity in the Wimberley Valley. The Wimberley Texans have a solid and successful football program. In 2005, Wimberley was undefeated and won the 3A State Championship. The Texans were State Quarterfinalists in 2006 and Regional Finalists in 2003, 2004 and As an always top contender in both district and regional play, Wimberley home games are a regular part of Friday night sports coverage on all major Austin area television stations. There is a high probability that sponsor signage will appear from time to time in the background of sports footage aired on these various stations for increased impression value to field sponsors. The Texans will host five home varsity games football games for the upcoming 2008 season, all of which are expected to attract between 5000 and 7500 spectators for each game. The stadium will also host five Jr. Varsity home games, five 9 th Grade home games, and four home games each for the 7 th and 8 th grade teams with upwards of 2000 to 3000 spectators in attendance at these games as well on non-friday nights. The stadium also plays host for two or three non-wimberley football play-off games each year, which draw anywhere from 4000 to 7500 spectators. There are typically upwards of 10 home soccer games each year for both boys and girls soccer attracting from 200 to 500 spectators per game. The stadium is also the site for three to four track meets annually, including either invitational or district meets each year with upwards of 400 to 500 athletes and as many or more spectators in attendance at each track meet. Many other events also take place at the stadium including Field Day events for three WISD campuses (and their parents) as well as the Wimberley Observance service for Veteran s Day held each year. The stadium is also used by various other events in the community as well as by the general population daily for walking, jogging and general field related type recreation when it is not playing host to a major event.

3 Sponsorship Overview SPONSORSHIP CATEGORIES Stadium Title Sponsor (one only, category exclusive) Multi-year sponsorship (minimum of 5 years) includes naming rights for stadium. (Interested entities should request separate Title Sponsorship information Overview) Rights Fee - Mid to high five figures annually for duration of contract, as negotiated. Gold Field Sponsor (multiple, non-category exclusive) One year agreement. Includes field signage and additional rights. Rights Fee - $950 Silver Field Sponsor (multiple, non-category exclusive) One year agreement. Includes field signage and additional rights. Rights Fee - $600

4 GOLD FIELD SPONSOR Gold Field Sponsors will be provided with the following rights: 1. Provided two (2) 4 x 10 banners with corporate logo and/or company name for prominent placement along track perimeter fence, surrounding Texan field. (placement to be determined by TECAF). Banners will remain in place for duration of the school year. Should non-school events utilizing the field and require removal of banners due to sponsor and/or event conflicts, banners will be re-hung within 72 hours after end of event. Banners will be produced and provided by TECAF to maintain continuity of banner quality. Artwork can include sponsor/company name and or logo, tag line and either web address. TECAF reserves the right to reject any artwork not deemed appropriate for desired level of quality of field sponsorship signage or promoting products or services not appropriate for school facility related exposure. (Specifics for banner art submission specifications to be supplied sponsor). 2. Provided two (2) general seating Season Passes for the 2008 Wimberley Texan football season. 3. Provided one (1) reserved parking space for use at all Wimberley Texan home varsity football games. Permit required to be displayed in vehicle to access reserved parking. 4. Included in no less than two (2) announcements recognizing sponsors with specific mention of sponsor names during each home varsity football game utilizing the field public address system for announcements. No more than four sponsors to be 5. Included in no less than one (1) announcement recognizing sponsors with specific mention of sponsor names during each home JV & Freshman football game utilizing the field public address system for announcements. No more than four sponsors to be 6. Included in no less than one (1) announcement recognizing sponsors with specific mention of sponsor names during each home varsity track meet utilizing the field public address system for announcements. No more than four sponsors to be 7. Provided four (4) VIP Sponsor Passes to special Sponsor Recognition Reception in VIP Tent to be held for one hour prior to one home, varsity football game (date of specific game for VIP reception to be determined). Gold Field Sponsorship RIGHTS FEE Nine Hundred fifty dollars ($950.00) (payable to Texan TECAF Fund) All Gold Field sponsorships are non-category exclusive. Should a Title Sponsor for Texan Stadium be secured at any time during the season and any Gold or Silver level Field Sponsor is deemed to be in conflict with the category of the Title Sponsor, TECAF reserves the right to cancel the immediately cancel sponsorship agreement of conflicting Gold or Silver Field Sponsor and refund Gold or Silver sponsorship fee on a pro-rata basis with 75% of pro-rated fee to be weighted on football season (home games) and 25% weighted on duration of sponsorship period from end of football season (last home game) to end of current school year. Cancelled sponsor will also receive an additional $100 cancellation bonus.

5 SILVER FIELD SPONSOR Silver Field Sponsors will be provided with the following rights: 1. Provided one (1) 4 x 10 banner with corporate logo and/or company name for prominent placement along track perimeter fence, surrounding Texan field. (placement to be determined by TECAF). Banner will remain in place for duration of the school year. Should non-school events utilizing the field and require removal of banner due to sponsor and/or event conflicts, banner will be re-hung within 72 hours after end of event. Banner will be produced and provided by TECAF to maintain continuity of banner quality. Artwork can include sponsor/company name and or logo, tag line and either web address. TECAF reserves the right to reject any artwork not deemed appropriate for desired level of quality of field sponsorship signage or promoting products or services not appropriate for school facility related exposure. (Specifics for banner art submission specifications to be supplied sponsor). 2. Provided one (1) general seating Season Pass for the 2008 Wimberley Texan football season. 3. Provided one (1) reserved parking space for use at all Wimberley Texan home varsity football games. Permit required to be displayed in vehicle to access reserved parking. 4. Included in no less than one (1) announcements recognizing sponsors with specific mention of sponsor names during each home varsity football game utilizing the field public address system for announcements. No more than four sponsors to be 5. Included in no less than one (1) announcement recognizing sponsors with specific mention of sponsor names during each home JV & Freshman football game utilizing the field public address system for announcements. No more than four sponsors to be 6. Included in no less than one (1) announcement recognizing sponsors with specific mention of sponsor names during each home varsity track meet utilizing the field public address system for announcements. No more than four sponsors to be 7. Provided four (4) VIP Sponsor Passes to special Sponsor Recognition Reception in VIP Tent to be held for one hour prior to one home, varsity football game (date of specific game for VIP reception to be determined). Silver Field Sponsorship RIGHTS FEE Six Hundred dollars ($600.00) (payable to Texan TECAF Fund) All Silver Field sponsorships are non-category exclusive. Should a Title Sponsor for Texan Stadium be secured at any time during the season and any Gold or Silver level Field Sponsor is deemed to be in conflict with the category of the Title Sponsor, TECAF reserves the right to cancel the immediately cancel sponsorship agreement of conflicting Gold or Silver Field Sponsor and refund Gold or Silver sponsorship fee on a pro-rata basis with 75% of pro-rated fee to be weighted on football season (home games) and 25% weighted on duration of sponsorship period from end of football season (last home game) to end of current school year. Cancelled sponsor will also receive an additional $100 cancellation bonus.

6 TEXAN STADIUM FIELD SPONSORSHIP ATTACHMENT A Advertising Specifications for Texan TECAF Fund banners and promotional materials In order to create professional printed material for banners affiliated with Texan TECAF Fund events and projects, please provide your files, graphics and logos according to the below specs; Please provide all logos and graphics as vector files if possible. If this is not possible then provide high resolution.pdf or tiff files. Please do send not a graphic generated for a web site. (no.gif files) If sending.jpg files please make sure your settings are set at high or maximum quality and at a size that is appropriate for the area it needs to fill, - i.e. if your logo is going on a banner the file needs to be larger (approx. 4" to 12"). A 1 inch logo can not enlarge to 4 feet unless it is a vector graphic. If sending information and text please send in a Word document as a Word for Mac or as an which can be copied and converted into graphic software. Our designer uses a Mac computer and is able to except files created in InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop. Field banners will be 4 high by 10 wide. Company logo and name/copy placement will be designed to take optimum advantage of the 4 x 10 layout format. Be sure to specify what color background (i.e. PMS color) you want for your banner. White background will be used if color not specified. Keep in mind that contrast is important in distance (billboard) type advertising. art, copy information and any art specific questions to: modesign@verizon.net Please be sure to put: Stadium Field Sponsor banner art in the subject line of Thank you!

7 For Additional Information To secure your sponsorship of Texan Stadium For the school year Or Contact Wendell Payton: Or Carl Owens: P.O. Box 1993, Wimberley, TX 78676

8 TEXAN STADIUM - GOLD FIELD SPONSORSHIP AGREEMENT This agreement is between (sponsoring company/entity) and the Texan TECAF Fund, Inc. (TECAF). TECAF will provide the following rights & exposure items the undersigned company/entity as pertains to GOLD Field sponsorship of Texan Stadium as outlined below: 1. Provided two (2) 4 x 10 banners with corporate logo and/or company name for prominent placement along track perimeter fence, surrounding Texan field. (placement to be determined by TECAF). Banners will remain in place for duration of the school year. Should non-school events utilizing the field and require removal of banners due to sponsor and/or event conflicts, banners will be re-hung within 72 hours after end of event. Banners will be produced and provided by TECAF to maintain continuity of banner quality. Artwork can include sponsor/company name and/or logo, tag line and web address. TECAF reserves the right to reject any artwork not deemed appropriate for desired level of quality of field sponsorship signage or promoting products or services not appropriate for school facility related exposure. (Specifics for banner art submission are attached as Attachment A as part of this agreement). Proof of final banner layout will be provided for final approval by sponsor prior to ordering banner/s. 2. Provided two (2) general seating Season Passes for the 2008 Wimberley Texan football season. 3. Provided one (1) reserved parking space for use at all Wimberley Texan home varsity football games. Permit required to be displayed in vehicle to access reserved parking. 4. Included in no less than two (2) announcements recognizing sponsors with specific mention of sponsor names during each home varsity football game utilizing the field public address system for announcements. No more than four sponsors to be recognized at a time during each individual announcement. 5. Included in no less than one (1) announcement recognizing sponsors with specific mention of sponsor names during each home JV & Freshman football game utilizing the field public address system for announcements. No more than four sponsors to be 6. Included in no less than one (1) announcement recognizing sponsors with specific mention of sponsor names during each home varsity track meet utilizing the field public address system for announcements. No more than four sponsors to be recognized at a time during each individual announcement. 7. Provided four (4) VIP Sponsor Passes to special Sponsor Recognition Reception in VIP Tent to be held for one hour prior to one home, varsity football game (date of specific game for VIP reception to be determined). ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS - All Gold Field sponsorships are non-category exclusive. Should a Title Sponsor for Texan Stadium be secured at any time during the season and any Gold or Silver level Field Sponsor is deemed to be in conflict with the category of the Title Sponsor, TECAF reserves the right to immediately cancel the sponsorship agreement of conflicting Gold or Silver Field Sponsor and refund Gold or Silver sponsorship fee on a pro-rata basis, based on the date of cancellation, with 75% of pro-rated fee to be weighted on football season (home games) and 25% weighted on duration of sponsorship period from end of football season (last home game) to end of current school year. Cancelled sponsor will also receive an additional $100 cancellation bonus added to and refunded sponsorship fees Should cancelled sponsor wish to have the banner/s that have been produced as part of this agreement returned as part of their return fee, the amount deducted from the returned fee will be 50% of TECAF s banner production cost. Duration of sponsorship if for the WISD regular (non-summer) school year and run from time of contract date through end of last day of school year. There is no discount offered for sponsorships started after start of the school year. There are no partial refunds for any game cancellations that may, for whatever reason, take place once the school year has begun. In return for the above Gold Sponsor level rights and exposure, Sponsor will pay a Rights Fee of Nine-hundred and fifty dollars ($950), payable to the Texan TECAF Fund. The undersigned agrees to the above listed conditions and understands the art and information submission requirements for banners, as explained in Attachment A. Sponsor Signature Date Phone Name of Sponsor Address City Zip TECAF Signature Date (will be completed & a copy returned) Mail completed agreement, with check to: Texan TECAF Fund, PO Box 1993, Wimberley, TX Or deliver agreement and check to either: Wendell Payton or Carl Owens

9 TEXAN STADIUM - SILVER FIELD SPONSORSHIP AGREEMENT This agreement is between (sponsoring company/entity) and the Texan TECAF Fund, Inc. (TECAF). TECAF will provide the following rights & exposure items the undersigned company/entity as pertains to SILVER Field sponsorship of Texan Stadium as outlined below: 1. Provided one (1) 4 x 10 banner with corporate logo and/or company name for prominent placement along track perimeter fence, surrounding Texan field. (placement to be determined by TECAF). Banner will remain in place for duration of the school year. Should non-school events utilizing the field and require removal of banner due to sponsor and/or event conflicts, banner will be re-hung within 72 hours after end of event. Banner will be produced and provided by TECAF to maintain continuity of banner quality. Artwork can include sponsor/company name and/or logo, tag line and web address. TECAF reserves the right to reject any artwork not deemed appropriate for desired level of quality of field sponsorship signage or promoting products or services not appropriate for school facility related exposure. (Specifics for banner art submission are attached as Attachment A as part of this agreement). Proof of final banner layout will be provided for final approval by sponsor prior to ordering banner/s. 2. Provided one (1) general seating Season Passes for the 2008 Wimberley Texan football season. 3. Provided one (1) reserved parking space for use at all Wimberley Texan home varsity football games. Permit required to be displayed in vehicle to access reserved parking. 4. Included in no less than one (1) announcements recognizing sponsors with specific mention of sponsor names during each home varsity football game utilizing the field public address system for announcements. No more than four sponsors to be recognized at a time during each individual announcement. 5. Included in no less than one (1) announcement recognizing sponsors with specific mention of sponsor names during each home JV & Freshman football game utilizing the field public address system for announcements. No more than four sponsors to be 6. Included in no less than one (1) announcement recognizing sponsors with specific mention of sponsor names during each home varsity track meet utilizing the field public address system for announcements. No more than four sponsors to be recognized at a time during each individual announcement. 7. Provided four (4) VIP Sponsor Passes to special Sponsor Recognition Reception in VIP Tent to be held for one hour prior to one home, varsity football game (date of specific game for VIP reception to be determined). ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS - All Silver Field sponsorships are non-category exclusive. Should a Title Sponsor for Texan Stadium be secured at any time during the season and any Gold or Silver level Field Sponsor is deemed to be in conflict with the category of the Title Sponsor, TECAF reserves the right to immediately cancel the sponsorship agreement of conflicting Gold or Silver Field Sponsor and refund Gold or Silver sponsorship fee on a pro-rata basis, based on the date of cancellation, with 75% of pro-rated fee to be weighted on football season (home games) and 25% weighted on duration of sponsorship period from end of football season (last home game) to end of current school year. Cancelled sponsor will also receive an additional $100 cancellation bonus added to and refunded sponsorship fees Should cancelled sponsor wish to have the banner/s that have been produced as part of this agreement returned as part of their return fee, the amount deducted from the returned fee will be 50% of TECAF s banner production cost. Duration of sponsorship if for the WISD regular (non-summer) school year and run from time of contract date through end of last day of school year. There is no discount offered for sponsorships started after start of the school year. There are no partial refunds for any game cancellations that may, for whatever reason, take place once the school year has begun. In return for the above Silver Sponsor level rights and exposure, Sponsor will pay a Rights Fee Six Hundred dollars ($600), payable to the Texan TECAF Fund. The undersigned agrees to the above listed conditions and understands the art and information submission requirements for banners, as explained in Attachment A. Sponsor Signature Date Phone Name of Sponsor Address City Zip TECAF Signature Date (will be completed & a copy returned) Mail completed agreement, with check to: Texan TECAF Fund, PO Box 1993, Wimberley, TX Or deliver agreement and check to either: Wendell Payton or Carl Owens