FanSaves

Digital Sponsorship & Advertising

The Oval utilizes a number of online digital real estate options for our sponsors and advertisers. With the introduction of FanSaves (Digital Coupon App), our portfolio of options has increased with trackable data. Find out what digital options may be right for you.

What is the digital advantage?

Advertising and sponsorship covers a vast spectrum. However, if data and metrics is what you need, the Oval offer three key areas where we can track vast consumer data and provide that to you.

The benefits of digital engagement at the Olympic Oval.

  • Exact metrics
  • Consumer data
  • Site visits
     

Sport and sport facilities deserves the same societal role as literature, performing arts, sculpture, cinema, and other expressions of human culture, skill, and creativity. Like many arts, sports have rules and expectations that their most creative and memorable practitioners find ways to bend or move in a new direction. Sport may be enjoyed directly—even if you are an amateur—and viewed as a spectator when one wants to watch an expert performance. Sport can especially provide collective joy, civic pride and even elements of transcendence that the finest art aspires to.

The Olympic Oval works tirelessly to provide a dynamic, innovative culture that promotes and celebrates participation and excellence. It is a values-based and principle-driven culture. It is not perfect. Sport is going through a necessary and transformative time right now—and for the better.

Communities are in desperate need of facilities that are easily accessible. Most people don’t think of public skating as fitness, but they see the effects— cognitive improvement, joint and muscle health, weight loss, stress management and mental wellness. As health and well-being become more important, the Oval is working tirelessly to be a place where anyone can come and enjoy the many health benefits of skating and running. Thousands come every year, and we hope to be a place where thousands more can discover skating and running in a welcoming, diverse, inclusive and safe environment. Organizations partnering with the Oval can have positive associations—an effective tool for showcasing the value of an organization and its impact on a community. Furthermore, it increases brand equity, consumer perception, and value. Brand equity directly impacts sales volume and a company’s profitability as consumers gravitate toward products and services with great reputations.

Total Foot Traffic

  • 510,000 guests, athletes, spectators, UCalgary staff, faculty and students

Geography

  • Calgary: 54%, Bedroom Communities: 25%, within Alberta: 8%, within Canada: 11%, and international: 2%

Calgary Breakdown

  • NW: 65% | SW: 20% | NE: 10% | SE: 5%

Age

  • <18: 12%, 18-24: 25%, 25-34: 15%, 35-44: 17%, 45-54: 17%

Income

  • Median Household: $98,000

Education

  • No Diploma: 8% | High School Dioploma: 25% | Apprenticeship: 10% | College Diploma: 17% | University Degree: 40%

Social Media

  • Instagram: 2,926 followers | Twitter: 3,038 followers | Facebook: 3,900 followers | YouTube Subscribers: 3,350

Website

  • 551,710 page views (an increase of 40% from 2022)
  • 134,387 new visitors

FanSaves

FanSaves is a free digital couponing platform that connects fans with deals from the Olympic Oval. The Oval will launch on July 1st. Join our digital coupon book!

Digital Coupons

  1. Guests simply download the app.
  2. Follow the Olympic Oval.
  3. Browse deals from our partners.
  4. Redeem deals.

No catch. No fees. No strings attached.

Download the FanSaves App

Rates

  • $2,000 per year
  • $1,500 per year for a 3-year deal

Sponsor Activation

  • Sponsors have the ability to change out discounts or coupons as often as they like.
  • The Oval will provide the sponsors with metrics and date at the end of each season.

With FanSaves, it's a huge opportunity for us to leverage our brand, offer discounts, and at the end of the day, get "bums in seats" in our restaurants. All we had to do was sign up.

OEB

OEB Breakfast University District

Save-on-Foods

Save-on-Foods

OEB Breakfast

OEB Breakfast

Indy Fuel

Indy Fuel

Website

The Oval offers two key areas on our website for sponsor engagement. The Recreational Public Skating page averages 90,000 clicks per year and our Competitions Calendar receives over 60,000 clicsk per year. Sponsors can choose to place a banner ad on either page.

Web Banners

1. Banners measure 1500x600 pixels.
2. Banners can include two buttons.
3. Ads can be changed as frequently as requested.
 

Rates

  • $750 per year for the Recreational Public Skating Page
  • $500 per year for the Competition Calendar
  • Other pages are available upon request*

Sponsor Activation

  • Sponsors have the ability to change the ad as often as they like.

During Skate with Santa, we were able to showcase many of our new products and it was a great way to engage an entirely new audience.

KIND® Snacks

KIND® Snacks

Skate With Santa

Skate With Santa

Holiday Market & Skate

Holiday Market & Skate

Pride & Glide

Pride & Glide

Streaming Ad Placement

The Oval hosts about 25 competitions per year on our YouTube channel. 

Competitions

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Competition Schedule

The Olympic Oval is proud to host eight special recreational public skating events during the 2024/2025 season.

Aug., 2024

Beat the Heat 
Recreational Skating Special Event
*Date, time, and details coming soon.


Aug. 26, 2024

Pride & Glide
In celebration of Calgary Pride, the Oval hosts its annual Pride Skate. Show your Pride on the most Fabulous Ice in the World™
*Details coming soon.


Oct. 30, 2024

Oval After Dark
The one night of the year when the ice will scare you to death. It's one chilling night.
*Details coming soon.


Oct. 27, 2024

Halloween Family Skate
This skate is spooky fun for the whole family. Interactivity and dressing up is all part of the fun on the Scariest Ice in the World.
*Details coming soon.


Nov., 2024

Holiday Market & Skate
Our 2nd annual event is the perfect time to get all your holiday shopping done (with over 70 UCalgary vendors) and then go skating all afternoon!
*Date, time, and details coming soon.


Dec., 2024

Skate With Santa
Santa has been coming to the Oval for over 37 years. It's one of our most popular skates. Join Jolly Saint Nick for the year's most festive skate.
*Date, time, and details coming soon.


Jan. 20, 2025

Blue Monday
Recreational Skating Special Event
*Details coming soon.


Feb. 17, 2025

Family Day Skate
Recreational Skating Special Event
*Details coming soon.


March, 2025

Spring Fever Skate
Recreational Skating Special Event
*Date, time, and details coming soon.