FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sponsors return to Chevron Houston Marathon Race Weekend
DICK's Sporting Goods Signs with HMC; 2016 We Are Houston Program Announced
HOUSTON (January 6, 2016) - The Houston Marathon Committee announced on
Wednesday the return of sponsors Chevron, Aramco, ABB, Memorial Hermann,
H-E-B and Bank of Texas to the January 15-17, 2016 Chevron Houston Marathon
Race Weekend.
Chevron is celebrating their 11th year as the title sponsor of the Chevron
Houston Marathon, while Aramco returns for the 12th year as sponsor of the
Aramco Houston Half Marathon. Bank of Texas and H-E-B return for their 15th
and 16th years, respectively, while ABB and Memorial Hermann mark their
eighth and tenth years, respectively, with the Houston Marathon.
"On behalf of the Houston Marathon Committee, we thank all sponsors and the
We Are Houston partners for their commitment to our annual event" said
Steven Karpas, HMC's Managing Director, Business Development & Marketing.
"Through their support, the Chevron Houston Marathon race weekend of events
will produce over $50 million of economic impact and raise over $2.5
million for charity, while showcasing the City of Houston to an
international audience."
"2016 will mark the eleventh year that Houston's largest single-day
sporting event will carry our name," said Joni Baird, Chevron Houston
Public Affairs Manager. "It's an important and inspirational event that
raises money for many great causes, and we are proud to continue our
sponsorship of the Chevron Houston Marathon."
New to the Houston Marathon Committee's sponsorship base, DICK's Sporting
Goods will host the Runner's Lounge at the 2016 Memorial Hermann IRONMAN
Sports Medicine Institute EXPO. In addition, DICK's Sporting Goods will
host a pre-race Stretching Zone in the George R. Brown Convention Center on
Sunday, January 17th and a post-race Stretching Zone at the We Are Houston
RunFest on Discovery Green following the ABB 5K on Saturday, January 16th
and the Chevron Houston Marathon and Aramco Houston Half Marathon on
Sunday, January 17th.
Also announced were the 15 corporations who will participate in the fifth
edition of the We Are Houston program. The 2016 We Are Houston corporations
include Chevron, Aramco, ABB, Bank of Texas, Boxer Properties, Halliburton,
Harris County Houston Sports Authority, H-E-B, Houstonfirst, King &
Spalding, Memorial Hermann, Palletized Trucking, Precision Drilling, Silver
Eagle Distributors and Waste Management.
For more information on the 2016 Chevron Houston Marathon, Aramco Houston
Half Marathon and ABB 5K, please visit www.chevronhoustonmarathon.com.
About the Houston Marathon Committee, Inc.
Established in 1972, the Houston Marathon Committee, Inc. (HMC), a Running
USA Founding Member, annually organizes the nation's premier winter
marathon, half-marathon, and 5K. Over 250,000 participants, volunteers and
spectators make Chevron Houston Marathon Race Day the largest single-day
sporting event in Houston. Race Weekend generates over $50 million in
economic impact for the region annually. In 2015, the Run for a Reason
Charity Program raised $2.5 million and the HMC retained Gold Certification
from the Council of Responsible Sport and was awarded the AIMS Green Award
for industry-leading sustainability initiatives. Host to 16 U.S. Half
Marathon Championships since 2005 and the 1992 women's Olympic Trials
Marathon, the HMC conducted the nationally-televised 2012 U.S. Olympic
Trials Marathon, which featured men and women competing on the same course
simultaneously for the first time, vying for the chance to represent Team
USA at the 2012 Olympic Games.
For more information, visit www.chevronhoustonmarathon.com or call
713.957.3453.
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