Fenway Sports Management Announces Your Call Football as the Title Sponsor of the Fenway Gridiron Series
Fenway Gridiron Series Presented by Your Call Football Features Marquee College Football Matchups Featuring New England’s Premier College Football Programs Including BC, UConn, Dartmouth, Brown, Maine and UMass; Tickets to Fenway Gridiron Series Presented by Your Call Football Available Now at redsox.com/gridiron
Boston, MA – Fenway Sports Management today announced that Your Call Football, an interactive technology company that puts fans in control of live games, has acquired the title sponsorship of the Fenway Gridiron Series, a special series of college football games featuring New England Division I programs to be played at Fenway Park this November. Tickets for the Fenway Gridiron Series presented by Your Call Football are available now at redsox.com/gridiron. The Your Call Football platform will not have any in-game activation during the Fenway Gridiron Series.
Newton-based Your Call Football puts fans in control of live games, transforming spectator sports into interactive, social and competitive experiences. Your Call Football is upgrading the sports and gaming industries by offering gamers and football fans the chance to control a live sporting event and compete on their play-calling skills. Using patent-pending technology, fans will control on-the-field action with real-time voting on coach-selected plays executed by professional players on Your Call Football teams to rack up points and compete for cash prizes. Fans attending the Fenway Gridiron Series games will get an exclusive first look at the future of sports and gaming with demos of the Your Call Football technology and fan experience at Fenway Park. Your Call Football will officially launch in 2018 with its own coaches, players and live broadcasted games.
“We are thrilled to partner with an innovative company in Your Call Football as the title sponsor of the Fenway Gridiron Series,” said Mark Lev, Managing Director of Fenway Sports Management. “Fenway Park has a rich history with football and we are pleased to partner with a company that is helping to bring the sport into the future. Fans attending the college football matchups will enjoy getting an exclusive first-hand look at the technology behind Your Call Football ahead of its debut in 2018.”
The Fenway Gridiron Series presented by Your Call Football will feature marquee matchups of New England’s premier college football programs. The University of Connecticut will host Boston College on Saturday, November 18. On Friday, November 10, Brown University hosts Dartmouth College in a matchup between two New England Ivy League schools. The following day, Saturday, November 11, the University of Massachusetts will host the University of Maine. Game times for all three matchups in the Fenway Gridiron Series will be announced at a later date.
Fenway Park has a long history of hosting football dating back to its opening in 1912. The ballpark was commonly transformed into the gridiron for high school and college football games throughout the early 20th Century and was home to the Boston Patriots from 1963-68. In November 2015, football returned to Fenway Park for the first time since 1968 when Notre Dame hosted Boston College. 2015 also featured a series of Massachusetts high school football rivalries playing traditional Thanksgiving games at Fenway Park.
“The Fenway Gridiron Series is the ideal setting to launch YCF’s play-calling app,” said Julie Meringer, President of Your Call, Inc. “Not only are we working with Fenway Sports Management, a well-established leader in the sports marketing industry, but this sponsorship is helping us connect with sporting fans who will be early adopters of our new sports and gaming experience.”
To learn more about Your Call Football, please visit www.yourcallfootball.com. For more information and to purchase tickets for the Fenway Gridiron Series presented by Your Call Football, please visit redsox.com/gridiron.
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About Fenway Sports Management (FSM)
Fenway Sports Management (FSM) is a global sports marketing firm that specializes in partnership sales, consulting, and the creation of unique and memorable events and experiences.
A wholly owned subsidiary of Fenway Sports Group, FSM is a part of an elite family of properties that includes some of the most storied names and venues in all of sports including the Boston Red Sox, Liverpool Football Club, New England Sports Network and Roush Fenway Racing. For further information visit Fenway Sports Management.
About Your Call Inc.
Based in Newton, Mass., Your Call Inc. puts fans in control of live games, transforming spectator sports into interactive, social and competitive experiences, a concept originated by industry luminary George F. Colony in 2013. Privately held, the company’s leadership team is comprised of executives from the technology, digital and sports industries. Your Call Inc.’s proprietary, patented-pending technology will deliver a fan-controlled, live sports experience, Your Call Football, in 2018. For more information, visit www.yourcallfootball.com.
Media Contacts
Keith Gainsboro, Elevate Communications: 617-895-7905, kgainsboro@elevatecom.com
Julie Meringer, President, Your Call, Inc.: 617-893-5255, pr@yourcallinc.com