Flight welcomes aboard new corporate members to the Flight Partners Club

Published on October 18, 2002 under NBA G League (G League)
Huntsville Flight News Release


HUNTSVILLE, Ala., October 18, 2002 – The Huntsville Flight today announced it has reached agreements with over 50 local businesses, expanding the existing Flight sponsorship roster. New local partnerships include quick service and family restaurants, financial institutions, printers, graphic designers, media outlets, wireless providers, healthcare providers and insurance agencies. Additional companies are expected to join prior to the Huntsville Flight 2002-2003 regular season. The Huntsville Flight regular season tips-off on the road in Roanoke, Virginia where the Flight will do battle with the Dazzle, Friday, November 15, 2002. The Flight's home opener is scheduled for Thursday, November 21, 7:30 p.m. at the Von Braun Center.

Flight Team President Kellie Elliott commented that the new alliance with local partners elevates the Flight's presence in the Tennessee Valley. "We are pleased with our current roster of local businesses," said Elliott. "The opportunity to strengthen our relationship with local business community is a major component to our success."

Local packages feature various elements, including Von Braun Center fixed and courtside rotational signage, program advertisements, hospitality, season ticket packages and "Flight Community Connection" amenities. The "Flight Community Connection" umbrella includes the NBDL/Huntsville Flight Read to Achieve program, Jumpball Clinics, School Days events, Prep Sportsmanship Awards, Heroes Among Us and Girls Take Flight programs.

Huntsville Flight national, regional and local partners and their respective levels:

HALL OF FAME (12) – Clear Channel Radio Huntsville (102.1 WDRM Country, 106.1 WTAK Classic Rock, 92/94 WXQ Oldies, WBHP); Reebok, Spalding, HealthSouth, U.S. Airways, Budweiser, Sprite, U.S. Army and MBNA Visa.

CHAMPIONSHIP (13) - Checkers Drive-In Restaurants, Tara Graphics, Corr Wireless, WHDF TV UPN 15, The Huntsville Times, 103.1 WEUP Radio, WZDX & WAVB TV 54 Fox/WB, Menasha Packaging, Signs By Tomorrow, Graphic Publishing, WHNT TV Channel 19 (CBS), Horizon Communications, WAAY TV 31 (ABC), WRSA Lite 96.9

MVP (6)– Schlotzsky's Deli, Who are Gary and Jeff?/AFLAC, Knology Cable, The Hunnington Apartments, Chili's, Arby's Restaurants.

ALL-STAR (21) – Boeing, NASA, Basketball Association of Madison, Greenhills Grille, Sister Gooch, Winning Edge Sporting Goods, AUSA, AAAA, Off Campus Bookstore #2, US Air Force, Supreme Beverage, Regions Bank, Boys Scouts of Northern Alabama, Girl Scouts of Alabama, Winning Edge Sporting Goods, Traffic Jams, Riveria Fitness Centers, Tumblebeez, Lockheed Martin, Teledyne Brown, and Tents & Trails.

The NBDL, the NBA's minor league includes the Fayetteville Patriots (N.C.), North Charleston Lowgators (S.C.), Huntsville Flight (Ala.), Mobile Revelers (Ala.), Roanoke Dazzle (Va.), Columbus Riverdragons (Ga.), Greenville Groove (S.C.), and Asheville Altitude (N.C.). The league offers players the opportunity to develop their talent in a highly competitive atmosphere under the NBA's umbrella. Seventeen NBDL players and three coaches have moved up to the NBA since the start of the NBDL's inaugural season. Designed to help grow the sport of basketball both domestically and internationally, the NBDL serves as a source of on-court talent for the NBA's 29 teams and as a diverse human resources pool for the NBA and its teams by training employees in management, operations, public relations, sales and marketing positions in each NBDL city.

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