Second Sports Team Tenant - Akins Ford Arena

The Classic Center Authority is seeking proposals from experienced sports and entertainment professional organizations to bring a second professional sports team to play a dedicated indoor home season at Akins Ford Arena in Athens, Georgia. The selected organization will be required to sign a multi-year lease agreement and provide world-class entertainment and sporting experiences to Athens and the north Georgia region. The proposal should include information on the organization's experience, qualifications, and professional expertise, as well as its approach to marketing, sponsorship, and community engagement. • The organization should have experience in the sports industry with a tenant lease at venues of at least 3,000 and up to 8,000 in ticketed capacity. • The organization should demonstrate specific experience in developing, growing, and sustaining a team in a secondary or tertiary market, preferably in the southeastern United States. • The organization should provide names, biographical data, professional experience/credentials, and roles of the persons that would be involved in the partnership with the CCA. • The organization should provide at least 3 specific and targeted examples of other organizations which they would emulate and consider their endeavor a success if they were to be selected.