MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 18, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, StubHub, the
world's largest event marketplace, announced that it has drafted
Maria Menounos, Emmy winner, radio
host and football fan, as "honorary quarterback" to call the plays
for the StubHub "Playbook." The "Playbook" will be released in a
series of tips and videos through game day, designed to give fans
everything they need to make it to NFL's biggest game and to the
biggest pre-game fan event of the week "StubHub Live: Field House,"
a complimentary event for StubHub Super Bowl ticket buyers.
StubHub also announced plans to release a new augmented reality
feature on the StubHub iOS App next week for Super Bowl ticket
buyers. "Immersive view" will provide a 3D, augmented reality view
of the entire game venue including seats, parking and StubHub
ticket pickup as well as surrounding points of interest to really
experience the venue and plan this bucket-list experience before
even stepping foot in the Twin
Cities.
"As we embark on the 10th year of our pre-game fan
event, this year known as StubHub Live: Field House, we are proud
to take our best-in-class ticketing experience to a new level by
offering the 'Playbook,'" said Justin
Finn, head of event marketing for StubHub. "With the
'Playbook,' the help of super-fan Maria
Menounos and a soon-to-be-released, immersive app feature,
we're arming fans with all the tools and knowledge they need ahead
of time to enjoy and make the most of the big day. Creating
insider experiences at premier live events gives customers
something extra with their ticket purchase, which is what separates
StubHub from other brands."
For the 10th year in a row, StubHub's Field House
will offer every StubHub Super Bowl ticket buyer a free, exclusive,
pre-game tailgating experience as they pick up their game ticket
and get excited for the game. Hosted at Target Field, the
event will offer an energetic, dual-field experience for the true
sports fan, with premium ballpark food and drink, oversized
tailgating games from beer pong to cornhole, and meet and greets
and football toss with dozens of current and past football greats
including Jim Kelly, Joe Greene, Jerome
Bettis, and Randall
Cunningham. The event will also feature team-specific locker
rooms for exclusive photo ops and will be the live broadcast
location for the Jim Rome pre-game radio broadcast.
Giving attendees everything they'll need to know to tackle all
the action in Minneapolis, at the
Field House and the game, StubHub released its first
video in its "Playbook" series today, featuring quarterback
and diehard football fan Maria
Menounos. Maria's insider tips include all the weekend
essentials to pack, how to get game-day ready by painting the
perfect "game face," and how to throw the perfect spiral.
"I've been attending football games for as long as I can
remember and this will be my 15th Super Bowl - there is
nothing more thrilling in the world of sports than this event,"
said Maria Menounos, football fan,
television host and StubHub honorary quarterback. "StubHub
puts on one of the most epic fan events and makes it so easy to get
your ticket so I'm excited to work with them to offer tips to fans
preparing for the game and then experience it myself with them in
Minneapolis."
An Emmy winner, Maria is host of SIRIUS XM's "Conversations
with Maria Menounos," CEO of
AfterBuzz and two-time The New York Times Best-selling
author of the acclaimed book The EveryGirl's Guide to Life.
Free and exclusive to StubHub buyers, Field House kicks off
first thing in the morning on Super Sunday and goes until kickoff.
Ticket pickup for fans that purchased Super Bowl tickets on StubHub
will also take place at this location on the same day.
For more information on Field House, visit
http://www.stubhub.com/ultimatepregame.
To access photos and videos from Maria's Playbook, click
here.
About StubHub
At StubHub, our mission is simple: help fans find fun. We connect
fans with their favorite teams, shows and artists and introduce
them to the ones they'll love next. As the largest ticket
marketplace in the world, we enable fans to buy and sell tickets to
tens of thousands of events, whenever they want, through our
desktop and mobile experiences, including our StubHub app for
iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Android. Offering a superior fan
experience at its core, StubHub reinvented the ticket resale market
in 2000 and continues to lead it through innovation. Our industry
firsts include the introduction of the first ticketing application,
the first interactive seat mapping tool and the first live
entertainment rewards program, Fan Rewards™. Our business partners
include more than 130 properties in MLB, NBA, NHL, MLS and NCAA,
plus AEG, AXS and Spectra Ticketing & Fan Engagement. With the
acquisition of Ticketbis in August
2016, throughout the world, StubHub provides the total
end-to-end event going experience. StubHub is an eBay company
(NASDAQ: EBAY). For more information on StubHub, visit
StubHub.com or follow @StubHub on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram
or YouTube.com/StubHub.
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