ESPN: St Petersburg Bowl to Drop Bitcoin Branding
The 2015 edition of the St Petersburg Bowl will not be known as the Bitcoin St Petersburg Bowl, according to ESPN. A representative from the TV news source would not comment as to whether the move foretells a sponsorship change for this year's event, or if it is currently seeking a new sponsor for the 2015 bowl game. Last year's event was sponsored by bitcoin processor BitPay, which inked a three-year deal to brand the college football playoff. The spokesperson told CoinDesk: "The decision to rebrand the event to the St. Petersburg Bowl was a mutual one between both BitPay and ESPN." While....
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Weeks after the surprise announcement that it would drop bitcoin from the title of its St Petersburg Bowl, ESPN remains tight-lipped regarding its "mutual decision" with former St Petersburg Bowl sponsor BitPay to cut short its support for the event. Though somewhat cryptic in its original response, an ESPN spokesperson has confirmed that "BitPay is no longer the sponsor" for the game, and that this year's version is likely to bear the generic title the St Petersburg Bowl. BitPay, which offers bitcoin payment processing services, signed a three-year deal to provide financial support for....
Today, BitPay's Tony Gallippi posted to the BitPay blog with exciting news: "Get Read for the Bitcoin Bowl." The St. Petersburg "Bitcoin Bowl" will take place on December 26th at 8:00 PM at the sunny Tropicana Field in eponymous St. Petersburg, Florida. People around the world can now purchase pre-sale tickets for the Bitcoin Bowl at Stpetersburgbowl.com, the official website of the Bitcoin Bowl. Gallippi explained: The ticket pre-sale is exclusive to bitcoin purchases, giving the bitcoin community a two week head-start to get the best seats in the house before tickets are available....
Although pop culture outlets often associate cryptocurrency with computer geeks, Bitcoin and Dogecoin have each made inroads into the athletic community. This year, both the NBA's Sacramento Kings and the MLS's San Jose Earthquakes have announced plans to accept Bitcoin payments. For its part, Dogecoin has sponsored both the Jamaican Olympic bobsled team and NASCAR driver Josh Wise. Now, Bitcoin will make its way into a new sport-college football-via the Bitcoin St. Petersburg Bowl Bitcoin St. Petersburg Bowl to Be First College Football Game Sponsored by Cryptocurrency. While most of the....
ESPN Events has announced that Atlanta, Georgia-based BitPay will serve as the new title sponsor of the annual St. Petersburg Bowl - an NCAA-sanctioned post-season college football game that has been taking place since 2008. BitPay, renowned for its business of allowing merchants to easily accept bitcoin payments and convert them instantly to local currency, will have the game known as the Bitcoin St. Petersburg Bowl beginning with this year's game, slated to be held on the 26th of December at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida. "Our goal is to continue to move bitcoin into the....
The 'Bitcoin Bowl' agreement entered between BitPay and ESPN is probably the most important step ever for public acceptance of Bitcoin. Jeff Stone,writing in The International Business Times, reminds us that the biggest battle that Bitcoin faces is that of public acceptance. The 'Bitcoin Bowl' agreement has the potential to: "To win over a public still skeptical of digital currencies and to get some good headlines in a year marked by bad press for its falling price and bankruptcy scandals, Bitcoin promoters are turning to America's favorite pastime - football." The agreement between BitPay....