Golfsmith renews participation in the 49ersExperience Sponsorship Program of the San Francisco 49ers

Oct. 11, 2010 - PRLog -- Accelar, the Proud Provider of the 49ersExperience online game day packages and 49ersExpress Transportation Service of the San Francisco 49ers, announced today that Golfsmith, the largest golf and tennis retailer in the US with more than 70 stores nation-wide, has joined the 49ersExperience Sponsorship Program and has entered into a partnership with Accelar to promote football, golf and tennis packages to sports fans.

Centered on the idea of creating location-based communities for sports fans, Accelar successfully launched 2009 President’s Cup Golf Experience packages and San Francisco 49ersExperience packages with Golfsmith as a sponsor in 2009. Golfsmith has renewed its participation in the 49ersExperience sponsorship for the 2010 season:

•   49ersExperience Location Sponsor: Golfsmith is now the Product Sponsor of the 49ersExperience San Carlos location and has offered its San Carlos retail store (1125 Industrial Road) as the community meeting point for the 49ers fans.
•   49ersExperience Product Sponsor: All 49ers fans who purchase 49ersExperience packages, which include game day tickets, tailgate party tickets and round trip transportation from 20 Bay Area locations to Candlestick Park and various other amenities, will now also get $10 Cash Card when they buy their packages at www.49ersExperience.com.

“We are proud of our affiliation with the San Francisco 49ers – www.49ers.com - and with the 49ersExperience package offerings and offering our San Carlos store as the meeting point for San Francisco 49ers fans, said Stephanie Dolch, Golfsmith’s Regional Sales & Marketing Representative. We are excited about our participation in the 49ersExperience program and for the cross-promotional opportunities it presents in reaching the 49ers fans who are also Golf and Tennis fans. GO NINERS!!”.

“We are delighted to have Golfsmith as our partner for the 2009 President’s Cup Golf Tournament and now for the 49ersExperience program,” said Cory Schwaderer, Accelar’s Director of Business Development. “Our partnership with Golfsmith reflects our approach to enhancing the game day experience for the 49ers and sports fans by offering them a pleasant, warm and hospitable environment of Golfsmith’s store as their meeting point / venue and Golfsmith’s Cash Card Reward to further add value to their game day experience and package.”

49ersExperience:

49ersExperience – www.49ersExperience.com – is the Official game day package booking site of San Francisco 49ers and for 49ersExpress, the official transportation service of San Francisco 49ers. It is one of many vertical pre-packaged portal delivered by Accelar as part of its broader Game Day Experience initiative, designed to deliver to sports teams and their fans their own self-organizing community / portal and personalized and customized Game Day experience for the sports teams.

About Golfsmith:

Golfsmith International Holdings, Inc. , is a 42-year-old specialty retailer of golf and tennis equipment, apparel and accessories. The company operates as an integrated multi-channel retailer, offering its guests the convenience of shopping in more than 76 stores across the United States, through its Internet site and from its assortment of catalogs. Golfsmith offers an extensive product selection that features premier branded merchandise, as well as its proprietary products, clubmaking components and pre-owned clubs. Visit www.Golfsmith.com.

About Accelar:

Accelar, Silicon Valley based Web-2.0 company, specializes in building, marketing and launching E-Commerce web portals for the Group Travel Services industry. The company has developed Accelarate, a comprehensive Group Travel Services and On-line Booking platform, which provides dynamic packaging of travel components to meet the needs of Group Travel Planner.  The company has built and delivered a variety of widgets for on-line booking, reservation and order fulfillment for the Ground Transportation segment, and a variety of websites and portals – www.2009PresidentsCup.com, www.49ersExperience.com, www.RenoTahoeSkiTrips.com – and online motor coach charters (www.MyCharterBus.com), tours (www.MyTourBus.com), and trips (www.MyTripTiks.com) booking portals as well as Motor Coach operator websites built on the Accelarate platform. For more information visit: www.accelarinc.com.