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Sport Industry Awards shortlist 2021

Across 14 categories, teams, leagues, brands, media and agencies were recognised for using innovation and creativity during the greatest period of challenge and uncertainty in our industry’s history. Two Circles clients recognised for their industry-leading work with fans, partners and across their communities included AC Milan, Ascot, ATP Tour, British Cycling, Chelsea FC, ECB, The … Continued

European Tour, Ryder Cup Europe and Two Circles create Tour Consumer Experiences

Tour Consumer Experiences will combine the European Tour and Ryder Cup Europe’s knowledge of creating world-class golf experiences with Two Circles’ extensive insight around sports fan behaviours and technology-driven sales and marketing capabilities. The new venture will manage sales and marketing of all ticketing and premium experiences for the next three European editions of the … Continued

Boxing thriving as Gen Z seeks star stories – US sports fan research

Through an analysis of anonymised sports fan behaviour data and a comprehensive national-representative survey1, The Future of Sports Fandom is an annual study of how each generation’s relationship with sports is developing. The full analysis was released today at an event attended virtually by sports decision-makers across the United States. You can watch the full event, … Continued

Visibility key to UK women’s sport breaking £1bn

The projections were released today by the Women’s Sport Trust as part of Closing the Visibility Gap, the most comprehensive study into the commercial drivers of women’s sport in the UK. Two Circles was commissioned by the Women’s Sports Trust to undertake the research and analysis. Closing the Visibility Gap found that existing interest in women’s sport … Continued

Former Barclays Director Sandhu joins Two Circles as CFO

Sandhu (pictured) has a 20-year career in finance that includes roles at Goldman Sachs, executing M&A and financing transactions for FTSE 100 companies, and Barclays, where as a Director he led private equity investments for the bank’s investment arm, holding board positions at several portfolio companies. He will be responsible for driving Two Circles’ overall … Continued

Two Circles acquires Sports Ink

Since December 2012, Sports Ink has used innovative pricing and revenue planning to generate over 30 million ticket and hospitality sales worth in excess of $2 billion for major events including the 2016 Olympic Games, 2017 IAAF World Championships, and 2015 and 2019 Rugby World Cups. Under the terms of the acquisition, Sports Ink founder … Continued

UK sports attendances fall to 15.7m in 2020

The vast majority of 2020 attendances (15.5m) came between January 1 and March 15, before government restrictions were first introduced. This period saw the Premier League attract attendances of 3.9m across 89 fixtures and 252,000 fans attend the four-day Cheltenham Festival. With up to 4,000 fans currently able to attend events in ‘low-risk’ areas, December … Continued

Two Circles acquires TRM Partners

TRM was founded by former Manchester United commercial executives Harry Horsley and Leo Thompson as a pioneering, premium white-label sales resource and over the last six years has been responsible for landmark sports sponsorship deals including Yokohama’s record five-year partnership with Chelsea FC, and Visa and Pepsi’s ground-breaking UEFA women’s football partnerships. Since Covid-19 hit … Continued

Two Circles to support France 2023 in record-breaking ticketing strategy

Working in partnership with France 2023, Two Circles will help France 2023 achieve its ambitions of selling a record-breaking 2.6m tickets and generating up to €373m in ticketing revenue by designing and delivering a three-year, end-to-end marketing campaign for the tournament’s biggest international market. Two Circles uses data to grow direct relationships between sports and … Continued

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