HOUSTON, Feb. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- BBVA (NYSE: BBVA)
(MAD: BBVA), the Official Bank of the NBA, will help tip off an
exciting NBA All-Star 2011 on Friday, Feb
18 with the 2011 BBVA NBA All-Star Celebrity Game.
This year's celebrity participants include a cast of players from
film, TV, music, and sports teaming up with NBA Legends and WNBA
players. For the seventh consecutive year, ESPN, the worldwide
leader in sports, will televise the game beginning at 4:00 p.m. PST/7:00 p.m.
EST.
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As the title partner of the 2011 BBVA NBA All-Star Celebrity
Game, the league's Official Bank will have prominent exposure
throughout Center Court during the game. Presenting the Celebrity
Game trophy to the winning team will be BBVA COO Angel Cano.
The NBA and BBVA, through its U.S. subsidiary BBVA Compass,
launched in January the TEAM. WORKS. IN SCHOOLS(SM)
initiative to refurbish schools throughout BBVA Compass' Sunbelt
footprint. As part of this program, BBVA Compass will help
refurbish Virgil Middle School
during the NBA's All-Star Day of Service. Joining the more than 50
BBVA Compass volunteers will be a number of NBA Players, NBA
Legends and WNBA players.
Earlier this year, BBVA Compass teamed up with NBA Cares on a
'TEAM. WORKS. IN SCHOOLS' initiative to refurbish Jesse Jones High School in Houston. As part of the revitalization, the
school received new paint, landscaping, and a complete renovation
of the library and technology center, including new computers,
printers, books, and other educational resources. The total
investment of the revitalization of Jesse
Jones High School by BBVA Compass exceeded $200,000. This was the first of six such projects
between BBVA Compass and partner NBA Cares. TEAM. WORKS. IN SCHOOLS
revitalization projects planned for later this year include schools
in Birmingham, Dallas/Fort Worth, Phoenix, and San Antonio.
BBVA joined the NBA in September
2010 as part of a comprehensive multiyear marketing
partnership which makes BBVA the Official Bank of the NBA, the
Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and the NBA
Development League (NBA D-League) in the
United States, Spain and
Puerto Rico.
During Spring 2011, BBVA Compass and the NBA will team up for
the BBVA Compass - NBA Mobile Tour. The mobile tour will
feature a 67-foot, 18-wheel truck that transforms into 6,000 square
feet of basketball activities. These activities include two
basketball areas, a technology area where fans can play the latest
NBA video games, and a video wall with NBA game footage and BBVA
Compass product and service information. The tour is scheduled to
be held in 10 communities within the BBVA Compass Sunbelt footprint
and will allow fans to experience an authentic NBA environment. The
communities scheduled at this time include: Albuquerque,
Birmingham, Dallas/Fort Worth, Denver, Houston, Jacksonville,
Phoenix, the Rio Grande Valley, San Antonio, and a
yet-to-be-determined California city.
About BBVA Group
BBVA is a financial services group with more than euro 557 billion in total assets, almost 48
million clients, 7,400 branches and 107,000 employees in more than
30 countries. BBVA provides its customers around the world with a
full range of financial services. The BBVA Group maintains a
leadership position in Spain,
Mexico, Latin America and the Sunbelt Region of
the United States. BBVA is also
developing strong operations in Asia, specifically in China, and has just entered the Turkish market
with the acquisition of a 24.9% stake in the Turkiye Garanti
Bankasi, the first bank of Turkey.
As of December 31, 2010, BBVA has
a market capitalization of euro 38
billion and it is listed in the main international stock
exchanges, London NYSE and Madrid, among others. BBVA reported in
2010 recurrent attributable profit of euro
4.6 billion. BBVA is one of the top leading Euro zone banks
in terms of ROE and efficiency. More information about the BBVA
Group can be found at www.bbva.com.
BBVA Compass is a Sunbelt-based financial institution that
operates 716 branches including 380 in Texas, 93 in Alabama, 65 in California, 77 in Arizona, 45 in Florida, 36 in Colorado and 20 in New Mexico. BBVA Compass is the 15th largest
U.S. commercial bank based on deposit market share. Additional
information concerning BBVA Compass can be found on our website
www.bbvacompass.com.
Editor's Note:
BBVA Compass is a trade name of Compass Bank. Compass Bank,
member FDIC.
SOURCE BBVA Compass