The web site said $32,000 was spent for advertising in publications such as the Virginian-Pilot in Norfolk and the Baltimore-Sun. VisitNorfolk, a private non-profit organization that receive 80-percent of its funding from tax dollars, spent $120,000 to promote the 2015 tournament, according to. This time around, it has increased its marketing and promotion efforts as they relate to the tournament and the city. Norfolk previously hosted the tournament from 1991-93. In addition to Winston-Salem, previous conference tournaments have been held in Durham, N.C., Greensboro, N.C., Charlotte, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Tallahassee, Fla., Richmond, Va., and Raleigh, N.C. It grew to 41,182 in 2014, a 27-percent increase. That’s why we signed on for three more years.’’ I think it’s is the perfect place to continue to build our tournament. They just come out and support good basketball. “They’re used to Division I basketball, not that the other cities were not. “I thought we would have the kind of success we’ve had because the people of Norfolk and the Hampton Roads area are accustomed to good basketball,’’ MEAC Commissioner Dennis Thomas said. That has made it a win-win for the city and the MEAC while leading to a new three-year agreement that begins with this year’s tournament. The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Basketball Tournament, which tips off March 7 at the Scope Arena, and Norfolk are proving to be a good fit.Īttendance and support increased as money poured into Norfolk each year of the original three-year agreement that brought the tournament to Norfolk in 2013, following a four-year run in Winston-Salem, N.C.
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