Football Program Ad Sales Begin

PEMBROKE – Athletic department officials at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke announced Friday morning that advertisement sales, including player salutes, for the 2011 UNCP Football Game Day Program are now open. A number of options are available for local and corporate businesses, as well as well-wishers for the program and individual student-athletes.

UNCP welcomed more than 17,500 fans (3,504/game) to Grace P. Johnson Stadium in 2010, including a program-best 6,429 fans for its season-opening contest against Fayetteville State. The program boasts an average attendance of more than 3,500 fans in each of the last four seasons.

The Braves will play six home games in 2011, including three-straight home tilts in the month of September. Region rival Wingate visits Grace P. Johnson Stadium on September 17, with Winston-Salem State making the short trip to Pembroke on November 5.

Full page black & white advertisements are $750, half-page ads are $500 and ¼-page (business card) advertisements are $250. The full page, half page and business card advertisements are open to program well-wishers, as well as for student-athlete salutations.

For more information on advertising in the UNCP Football Game Day program, please contact Brian Russo at (910) 775-4339.