Programme Two Thousand Twenty One

PROGRAMME

T W O T H O U S A N D T W E N T Y O N E

Become an NBL Championship Franchise Partner

The Otago Nuggets ﬁrst played in the National Basketball League in 1990. During this memorable era their home games sold out with over 3,000 fans packing the Dunedin Stadium to watch players such as Jerome Fitchett, Glen Denham and Leonard King, these players all became part of our region’s proud sporting history.

The Otago Nuggets went onto make ﬁve playoffs during the 1990s, including three trips to the semi-ﬁnals. These were exciting times for basketball in our region.

to withdraw from the league at the end of the 2014 season. The team missed the next ﬁve seasons due to the franchise’s ﬁnancial position … before a small group of passionate and determined supporters formed a working group, which enabled the Otago Nuggets to gain provisional entry into the 2021 NBL season. Otago was back in the NBL!

The hype of the 1990s wavered as the Otago Nuggets went through an inevitable rebuilding phase in the early 2000s, but they successfully returned to the playoffs in 2013 when former Otago Nuggets and Tall Black Mark Dickel returned to Dunedin and suited up for his team again. Unfortunately, due to the high costs of participating in the NBL, the Otago Nuggets had to make the difficult decision Phenomenal leadership
The Otago Nuggets went on to make history by winning their first ever National Basketball League championship in a season that was regarded by many as the most difficult season to win. The perfect ending to a fairy tale we could not have scripted better! through Kenny and head coach Brent Matehaere were key to our success, with the chemistry and team culture of the Otago Nuggets often talked about during the season... resulting in our off-court success flowing into our on-court success.

The Otago Nuggets are the 2020 NBL Champions, and just like any fairy tale there were many moments of pure magic along the way. The 2020 NBL season was initially limited to a pre-season tournament to be held in April.

However, due to COVID-19 the NBL’s management were forced to reformat the season and asked teams to live and play in Auckland over a six week period. A player

We could not have asked for a better opportunity to promote our franchise’s new brand and to develop our local players and coaching staff. The fairy tale continued when we were given the ﬁrst draft pick and secured the services of Tall Black Jordan Ngatai, who was a last-minute entry into the draft. Things became more exciting when we drafted fellow Tall Black and point guard Jarrod Kenny. Kenny is an amazing leader, both on and off the court, and he proved to be instrumental in guiding our young team.

Coach of the Year

Brent Mataehaere

draft system was also introduced to ensure player talent was spread evenly across all teams.

There have not been many silver-linings during the global pandemic, but the reformatted 2020 season was the start of a fairy tale for the Otago Nuggets. Due to the unavailability of a number of franchises the Otago Nuggets were invited to take one of the vacant places. The decision to accept this invitation was very easy!

Finals MVP

Jordan Hunt

Defensive
Player of the Year
League All Star 5

Jordan Ngatai
Jarrod Kenny

GOALS

Our franchise is fortunate to have passionate, committed and talented people involved in every area of our business, from our Board Members through to our coaching staff. We are strongly focused on the future and we are driven by the achieving the following goals:

MODEL

We have learnt valuable lessons from the past, and we have used these to create a robust business model that we believe will ensure the franchise’s ﬁnancial sustainability.

Maintaining ﬁnancial independence from Basketball Otago, while allowing both entities to work together to facilitate and grow basketball in our region is important. We are conﬁdent our business model will produce this

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To provide exciting and

entertaining basketball for fans of all ages to enjoy. desired outcome.

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To be franchise leaders in

all asspects of our business, from administration to our on-court performance.

CAMPAIGN

their Otago Nuggets play
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To put a competitive team on the court each season.

We are now looking forward

To establish and maintain a team culture that

to 2021 when we will get the opportunity to defend our national title in a ‘normal’ NBL season.

at home, we expect the upcoming season to be as equally enjoyable as 2020 as our franchise grows and develops a competitive team for our fans to follow and our partners to support. encourages professionalism and social responsibility.

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To provide opportunities

and pathways for our local players, coaches, referees and administrators.
It will be the ﬁrst time in six years that Otago fans will have the chance to watch

Now is deﬁnitely an exciting time to be involved in basketball, basketball in New Zealand continues to grow at a rapid rate.

PACKAGES

More and more opportunities are opening up for our players, helped by the success of Kiwi NBA player Steven Adams, as well as the international success of our Tall Blacks and Tall Ferns, and the NZ Breakers’ participation in the

the country while exposing commercial brands to a large and engaged audience. for partners to be part of our exciting future and become part of basketball history in the making.

Principal Partner

• Naming Rights

Major Partners Elite Partners

We would love you to come on this journey with us as we look

Ofﬁcial Partners

Australian NBL.

Add Ons

Our players are also starting to be recognised around the world with growing overseas interest in our league.

• Brand exposure with signage • Corporate boxes & tables • Ticket packages

Founding Members

Interest from fans and

• Premium, Gold, Silver

commercial sponsors is also continuing to grow and televised coverage of every NBL game on Sky Sport is bringing basketball into the homes of fans across

PARTNER

• $10,000+gst

• Brand on playing singlets

PARTNER

• Negotiable

(4 positions available)

With Naming Rights

• Social media & website advertising

• Add Ons Available

Turn over for additional options

• Brand on playing singlets
& apparel

• Media advertising on all collateral

PARTNER

• Social media advertising • Website advertising

• $5,000+gst

• Brand on playing shorts
• Player promotional use

(3 positions available)

PARTNER

• $1,000+gst

• Brand on courtside signage

(18 positions available, sign provided by partner)

ONS

Prices based on all 9 home games, excludes playoffs

MEMBERS

Courtside Signage

Season Car Park

• 6 x Digital TV Arc Signs

$2,000+gst each

• $200+gst each (34 spaces available)

Premium Member

Membership Details

• 18 x Corﬂute TV Arc Signs

• We have limited numbers available for each option

$1,000+gst each (provided by partner)

$5000

Ticket Packages

• Gold Seated Area

• $30 Adult, $20 Child

10 x Premium Season Tickets for 5 years

Value $12,000

Corporate Boxes

• Memberships continue for a period of ﬁve years and include a number of beneﬁts, but most importantly will be the baseline support needed to

re-establish momentum behind the Dunedin based Nuggets

• 4 Suites Available
• Silver Seated Area

$2,000+gst each (non-catered)

• Maximum of 12 guests

• Catered $3,600+gst (paid by partner)

• Bronze Seated Area

Gold Member

Corporate Tables

• 10 x 8 Seated Tables Available

• 9 x 4 Seated Tables Available

$2000

• West Stand Area

• $10 Students

• By becoming a Foundation Member you are contributing to the core of what is required to support a campaign annually for the team

• Season Passes

Value $4,800

• Gold Area $240 Adult, $160 Child • Silver Area $160 Adult, $80 Child • Bronze Area $80 Adult, $40 Child,
Student $80

• Over the next 12 months it is anticipated that the

foundation group will grow to the maximum number (50). Once you join the foundation there is no obligation beyond your initial founding donation and you are free to enjoy the beneﬁts and hopefully the success of the Nuggets for the years ahead

Decals on Floor

Silver Member

• 3 On Court Decals
• Season Family Pass ^{(2 Adults, 2 Children)}

Gold Seated Area $720

(2 x shooting circles, 1 x centre circle)

$1000

• $2,000+gst each

Value $2,400

Silver Seated Area $432

Bronze Seated Area $216

(10% discount over individual Season Passes)

• 6 Lower Hoop Decals ^{(padded area)}