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Range Sports has acquired Impact Sports + Entertainment for an undisclosed amount and created a new hospitality and experience division called Range Access. For 20 years, Impact leaders Jim Zissler, Alan Bohm, Jason Zinna, and Rich Williams have created unique experiences for fans, Fortune 500 companies, and high-net-worth individuals at the Super Bowl, the Olympics, the Masters, and throughout the United States. We have provided. For example, the Open Tennis Championships will be combined with Range Sports’ access to celebrity and athletic talent (clients include Bradley Cooper, Halle Berry and Jack Harlow) to create highly competitive custom VIP experience spaces. It will bring in a new breeze. Seven Impact employees will join Range Access. Impact’s four co-heads will run the new division, reporting to Range Sports co-presidents Will Funk (former WarnerMedia vice president for 20 years) and Greg Luckman.
Range Sports was founded two years ago and is part of the larger four-year-old Range Media Partners. Range Media Partners was founded by about a dozen influential Hollywood agents, including CAA (where Luckman worked for nine years), and is backed by the Mets. Owner Steve Cohen. Range Sports focuses primarily on talent agency, with clients including NFL quarterback Brock Purdy (one of about 30 NFL clients) and Olympian Gabby Thomas. Range Sports also advises clients on media, content distribution and brand partnerships, as evidenced by recent jersey patch deals with the Pelicans and kit sponsorship with Gotham FC. The acquisition of Impact is the latest (fifth) acquisition by Range Sports. This added NFL, Olympic and golf talent agencies and offices, as well as media rights advisory capabilities through hiring and acquisitions.
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The Impact quartet first participated in the launch of Inside Sports & Entertainment Group in 2004, which was later acquired by CAA Sports in 2014 to create CAA Premium Experiences. In 2019, they formed Impact and became independent. Range Access provides ticketing, hospitality, and travel packages focused on sporting events, arranges talent appearances, and provides consulting on all related initiatives. Example: Impact (now Range Access) partners with Madison Square Garden, where Impact gets brand exposure on the air and in the arena, while MSG uses Impact’s services to reach top clients, sponsors, and players at the Masters and Kentucky. You can host broadcast partners. Derby. Since 2017, Impact has also provided special hospitality opportunities for MSG clients during college basketball events.
Range Access’s entry into the premium experience space further increases competition in the industry niche. On Location and Quint are the main players in this space, and Elevate Experiences was formed through Elevate’s acquisition of Zinc, another recent entrant focused on corporate hospitality.
