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Company Profile
The Championship Club is owned and operated by DowEvents, LLC. DowEvents is a fully integrated sports marketing and promotion company specializing in corporate hospitality, tactical marketing programs and general consulting. The principals of the company have been involved in sports marketing for over 55 years combined.
Principals:
Don Dow, President
Don began his sports marketing career early after his collegiate football days at the University of Washington. Drafted by the Seattle Seahawks and cut the same year, he began his career with Bob Walsh & Associates in Seattle, Washington. During his employment with Bob Walsh & Associates, he sold sponsorships and managed the 1984 NCAA Final Four. Following this he spent the next year as a team member of the 1984-1985 Super Bowl champion San Francisco Forty-Niners. He then went back to Seattle and was involved in many major sporting events including the NBA All-Star Game, NCAA West Regionals and the 1990 Goodwill Games as Director of Marketing.
Don currently resides in Southern Oregon with his family. He is an active member of the community.
Through Don's relationships and associations he has developed a strong capability to deliver unique access to major sporting events. Out of this has come annual participation in top-level corporate hospitality programs at such events as the Masters, Super Bowl, US Open, Ryder Cup, Olympics and others. As Director of Sales and Marketing at the 1990 Goodwill Games, he authored a sponsorship and marketing plan that generated over $30 million in revenue. He was Assistant Executive Director of five host committees in Seattle, WA, for the Final Four, NBA Allstar Game, Republican National Convention Bid, World Cup Soccer, US Track & Field Championships and Tournament Director of the 1987 NCAA West Regionals.
Richard Cecil, Partner
Dick has literally seen and done most of what is available in the sports world. A consultant to World's Cup, Olympics, Goodwill Games and many events, teams and leagues, he began his career with the then Milwaukee Braves. As Vice-President, of the Braves he moves the team from Wisconsin to Atlanta, Georgia where it is today. He still maintains a relationship with the Braves as President of Braves Productions, Inc.
Dick is currently living in the Atlanta, Georgia area. He brings a wealth of relationships to DowEvents and is a key component in the growth and direction of the company.
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