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RazorGator Experiences Offers Exclusive Hospitality Packages for NCAA Men's Final Four

For Immediate Release

Monday, February 19, 2007
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Julie Reynolds

RazorGator Experiences

310/481-3438

Julie.Reynolds@razorgator.com

Olivia Dupuis

Goodman Media International, Inc.

212/576-2700, x 250

odupuis@goodmanmedia.com

Gail Dent

NCAA Associate Director of Public and Media Relations

317/917-6117

gdent@ncaa.org


Group Hospitality Packages Give NCAA ® March Madness ® Fans VIP Experience

LOS ANGELES, CA., (February 19, 2007) – RazorGator Experiences, the leading full-service event experience company in the sports and entertainment markets, announced today they will serve as The National Collegiate Athletic Association’s (NCAA®) official hospitality provider for the NCAA Men’s Final Four.

“RazorGator Experiences is honored to be working with the NCAA on one of the most exciting events in the world of college sports,” says David Lord, president of RazorGator Experiences. “Each year, the NCAA Tournament draws groups and individual sports fans from across the country.  We look forward to providing an exceptional Men’s Final Four experience that goes above and beyond expectations.”

As the Official Hospitality Provider for the NCAA Men’s Final Four, RazorGator Experiences will deliver hospitality and hotel packages to fans, corporations, and other groups and organizations. These exclusive and customized services include a game ticket, hotel accommodations, ground transport to and from the game, 24/7 concierge services, and full-service pre-game hospitality events. All NCAA hospitality packages are backed by RazorGator Experiences’ 100% satisfaction guaranteed policy and Five-Star Customer Service Program

“The NCAA agreement with RazorGator Experiences is a strategic step by the NCAA to reaffirm and elevate our commitment to our fan base, our membership and the many organizations that want an official Men’s Final Four experience,” said Greg Shaheen, NCAA senior vice-president for basketball and business strategies. “Through this relationship, we look to provide a full array of officially sanctioned services and opportunities that are of the highest quality in a convenient, uncompromised and customer-friendly manner.”

Official Hospitality Provider

As a result of this official relationship, groups and individual fans will now experience the Men’s Final Four in an entirely new way at Club F4™, the only NCAA-sanctioned fan hospitality program. This exciting sports environment will be home to the organization’s all-inclusive three-hour, pre-game celebration.  Club F4 will offer purchasers a choice of two unique hospitality experiences, both of which can be customized to include game tickets, hotel accommodations and transportation and more.

The Fan Experience provides avid hoops fans with fast and easy access to the game. Featuring high-energy entertainment and interactive basketball activities, a delicious pre-game menu, cash bar, a Men’s Final Four merchandise area, The Fan Experience is a welcome retreat for all NCAA fans. Guests can also watch broadcast coverage on multiple plasma screen televisions, compete in a Three Corner Slam Dunk competition and share their own greatest sports moments and stories in this exciting hospitality environment.

For fans craving a more exclusive level of hospitality, The Elite Experience is this year’s shared hospitality environment that takes the March Madness experience to the next level.  Located next to the Georgia Dome in the Conference Center at the Georgia World Congress Center, The Elite Experience is designed with the corporate group in mind. Guests will enjoy a private hospitality entrance, a sports lounge with live entertainment, meet and greets with NCAA basketball legends, upscale food stations, open bar, and broadcast coverage on multiple plasma screen televisions. Elite guests will have full access to The Fan Experience and the option to upgrade to a private venue for groups of 50 or more, offering upscale décor, buffets and corporate branding.

About RazorGator Experiences

RazorGator Experiences, a division of RazorGator Interactive Group, is the leading event experience company in the sports and entertainment markets. RazorGator Experiences offers Hard-To-Getsm tickets, corporate and fan travel packages, corporate hospitality experiences, ticket exchanges and Web-based platform programs to corporations, professional sports teams, consumers and suppliers. RazorGator Interactive Group, which operates RazorGator Experiences and RazorGator, is a venture-backed, privately-held company headquartered in Los Angeles, California with offices in Phoenix, Atlanta, and India. Visit www.razorgatorexperiences.com or call 800.591.9198.

About the NCAA

The NCAA is a membership-led nonprofit association of colleges and universities committed supporting academic and athletics opportunities for more than 380,000 student-athletes at more than 1,000 member colleges and universities. Each year, more than 49,000 student-athletes compete in NCAA Championships in Division I, II and III sports. Visit www.ncaa.org for more details about the Association, its goals and members and corporate partnerships that help support programs for student-athletes. The NCAA is proud to have the following elite companies as official Corporate Champions Cingular, Coca-Cola and Pontiac—and the following elite companies as official Corporate Partners, DiGiorno, Enterprise, The Hartford, Lowe’s and State Farm.


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