{"id":36737,"date":"2015-08-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-30T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maxxis.com\/ca\/news\/maxxis-hornets-announce-partnership\/"},"modified":"2015-08-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-08-30T04:00:00","slug":"maxxis-hornets-announce-partnership","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.maxxis.com\/ca\/news\/maxxis-hornets-announce-partnership\/","title":{"rendered":"Maxxis\/Hornets Announce Partnership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> he\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nba.com\/hornets\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Charlotte Hornets\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Charlotte Hornets<\/a>\u00a0announced today that the team has reached a multi-year partnership with Maxxis International, making Maxxis the official tire of the Hornets. It marks the first time in franchise history that the Hornets have had an official partner in the tire category.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Elements of the partnership include courtside signage within\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.timewarnercablearena.com\/timewarner\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\" ime Warner Cable Arena\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> ime Warner Cable Arena<\/a>, the ability for Maxxis to utilize Hornets logos and marks, a Maxxis promotional giveaway night during an upcoming Hornets home game and hospitality elements.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAdding Maxxis as the official tire of the Hornets is a great addition to our partner lineup,\u201d said Hornets President &amp; COO Fred Whitfield. \u201cWe are thrilled to have Maxxis join our team and are delighted to make them our first official tire partner.  his addition of an international brand like Maxxis highlights the continued momentum our organization has been experiencing with corporate partners as we prepare for the start of the 2015-16 NBA season.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re excited to be partnered with a great team and a great city, and we\u2019re looking forward to coming on board with the Hornets next year,\u201d said Maxxis Marketing Manager Matt Clark. \u201cSponsorship of an exciting pro team is a great way to promote our brand, and given basketball\u2019s popularity both in the U.S. and around the world, we expect to gain even more exposure for Maxxis next year through this partnership.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> he Hornets join a Maxxis professional team partner roster that includes the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/atlanta.braves.mlb.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Atlanta Braves\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Atlanta Braves<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/baltimore.orioles.mlb.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Baltimore Orioles\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Baltimore Orioles<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/newyork.yankees.mlb.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"New York Yankees\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New York Yankees<\/a>\u00a0baseball teams and the UK\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.liverpoolfc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Liverpool Football Club\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Liverpool Football Club<\/a>.\u00a0 Maxxis also sponsors major sporting events, including the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ausopen.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Australian Open\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Australian Open<\/a>, which they will sponsor for the sixth straight year in 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":36738,"template":"","news_category":[270],"class_list":["post-36737","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news_category-corporate"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Maxxis\/Hornets Announce Partnership<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maxxis.com\/ca\/news\/maxxis-hornets-announce-partnership\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Maxxis\/Hornets Announce Partnership\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"he\u00a0Charlotte Hornets\u00a0announced today that the team has reached a multi-year partnership with Maxxis International, making Maxxis the official tire of the Hornets. 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