We need your help! The Lansing Derby Vixens are a not-for-profit LLC, which means that no one affiliated with the league in any way makes a single penny from their involvement. In fact, skaters and referees actually pay dues to participate!
An enterprise like this simply can’t exist without the generous support of partners within the community! Your financial and in-kind support will help keep this league viable and ensure that Lansing roller derby is around for years to come!
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So what YOU get out of the deal? Well, consider the following:
1. Roller derby is the fastest growing sports in the nation. There are currently more than 1,000 leagues, up from just 150 in 2005.*
2. There are more than 25 teams in Michigan alone.
3. Modern roller derby has little in common with the professional wrestling-style spectacle of the 1970s and 80s. Today’s roller derby is a real full contact sport overseen by a governing body with strict rules for skater safety.
4. That said, playfulness still remains, making women’s flat-track roller derby a unique sport with personality and a family-friendly fun atmosphere.
5. The Lansing Derby Vixens have been featured in many of Lansing’s most prominent media outlets, including the Lansing State Journal, WLNS, Fox-47, Lansing NOISE, Lansing Capital Gains, Greater Lansing Women’s Lifestyle Magazine, The State News, WILS, TalkLansing.net and more.
6. The Lansing Derby Vixens have more than 5,000 fans on Facebook — that’s more than some nationally-ranked teams!
7. Last summer, an unadvertised scrimmage between the Vixens and the Jack Town Rollers (Jackson, MI) drew 500 fans to Edru in Holt.
8. Derby fans have spending power. Nearly a third (31%) of fans, have a household income of at least $75,000 per year. Avid fans earn an average household income of over $65,000 per year.*
9. Two thirds of all fans know the businesses that support their local derby league, and nearly 90 percent hold a favorable opinion of these businesses. Over 60 percent have patronized businesses that sponsor their local league.*
10. Hardcore derby fans make even more of an effort to support sponsoring businesses—84 percent know who the sponsors are and almost 80 percent have patronized those businesses.*
So, you see, becoming a sponsor or advertising partner can go a long way in getting your business’s name in front of people who are ready to support you!
Want to know more? Contact Rob “Hi-Death” Sumbler at sponsorship@lansingderbyvixens.com.
*Statistics provided by the Women’s Flat Track Derby Association.