Media & Advertising

Reach. Engage.
Fill your inventory.

Connect your destination with the nation's most active network of sports event organizers. Stop tracking impressions — start tracking rooms booked, events won, and leads generated.

800+
Active event organizers
35K+
Unique event leads generated
1.3M+
Content views per year
100+
Sports & event types
How event organizers engage with Playeasy

One platform.
Three ways organizers rely on us.

Every advertising product below maps to how event organizers actually engage with Playeasy — from top-of-funnel awareness to bottom-of-funnel bookings.

01
Host destination research & selection
Playeasy is the #1 platform organizers turn to when they have a host need — from the first search all the way to the final decision.
02
Event experiences
We stay engaged with organizers throughout every event, not just once a year during an RFP — activating destination experiences continuously.
03
Storytelling & marketing
Playeasy is the largest digital stage in the industry — giving destinations a way to tell their own story through our podcast and platform content.
A destination isn't just buying reach on Playeasy — they're buying a role in all three of these engagement points at once. That's what makes the products below a connected system, not a menu of disconnected ads.
The Playeasy advantage

Why destinations advertise
on Playeasy.

The most targeted network in sports tourism — spanning awareness to conversion, where planners are actively making host city decisions right now.

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Priority visibility when planners are booking
Your destination appears first when planners are actively sourcing hosts and submitting RFPs — not after they've already made a decision.
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Built-in trust with decision-makers
Thousands of sports event organizers use Playeasy every day. They trust our recommendations and engage with the destinations we feature.
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Proven ROI with transparent data
Track every click, view, hotel referral, and partner interaction. Real-time analytics to show your stakeholders exactly what your investment generated.
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Content people actually engage with
Your story blends into content planners are already exploring — real storytelling, not a banner they've learned to scroll past.
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Exclusive reach, limited inventory
Only a handful of advertising placements are available at a time to ensure your campaign stands out. No noise. No overlap.
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The only metric that matters
We measure what fills your hotels — leads generated, events booked, and room nights driven. Not impressions. Not clicks. Rooms.
339K+
Unique users annually
3.6K+
Verified 1st-party event organizers
232K+
Organic visitors from Google

Reach, storytelling, and targeted placement — every offering maps to how event organizers actually engage with Playeasy, from top-of-funnel awareness to bottom-of-funnel bookings.

Top of funnel awareness
Destination Podcast Spotlight

Your own episode.
Your story. Your stage.

Introduce your destination and your story to the industry's most popular podcast. A full episode of The Playeasy Warmup dedicated to your destination, hosted by Kerri Shields and distributed across every major podcast platform — a direct connection to an event organizer who can act on it.

You keep 2 fully produced clips, get a dedicated email send to our organizer list, and a sponsored episode with an event organizer of your choice — plus a personal introduction to that organizer once the campaign wraps.

Full podcast episode recording with host Kerri Shields
Dedicated email send to our organizer list
2 clips shared across social — yours to keep
Spotlight article with written summary + video
A sponsored episode with an event organizer of your choice
Personal introduction & connection to that organizer
Evergreen content — one campaign, ongoing reach
Kerri Shields
The Playeasy Warmup
Destination Podcast Spotlight
Your Episode
How [Your Destination] became the go-to for sports tourism
with your team, hosted by Kerri Shields
22:1447:30
Reaches 3,600+ organizers
✂️ 2 clips produced — yours to keep and share
📬 Dedicated email send to our organizer list
🤝 Personal intro to your chosen organizer
Bottom of funnel targeting
Open Venue Inventory

Match your open dates
to the right events.

Send us your open venues and dates. We build a target list and distribute it to the specific event organizers who can fill that window — then connect you directly with every interested lead.

For example: multiple basketball venues with open times can be grouped together into one targeted send. A baseball venue and a hockey venue would need to go out as two separate targeted sends, since they reach different organizer audiences.

You submit open venues & dates, we build the target list
Direct distribution to organizers who can host in that window
Warm connection to every interested lead
Multiple basketball venues, same open window = one send
A baseball venue + a hockey venue = two separate sends
Success metric: leads generated & rooms filled, not impressions
Open Inventory — Live Matching
Your open venue submission
Submitted Nov 1 · 3 open windows
Convention center — Jan 18–21
Capacity: 6,000 · Room block available
Sports complex — Feb 7–9
8 courts available · 400+ rooms
3 active matches found
USA Volleyball — Regional Qualifier
1,200 athletes · Jan dates · 350 room blocks needed
USTA Junior Championships
800 athletes · Feb dates · 200 room blocks needed
Midwest Wrestling Invitational
600 athletes · Jan–Feb · 150 room blocks needed
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Estimated room block value: 700+ room nights from this month's matches
Platform Profile Boosting
Featured Platform Listings

Always on. Always
in front of planners.

Top placement across Playeasy marketplaces and RFP tools to keep your destination active and visible — exactly where event organizers go when they're actively choosing a host city. Priority placement in the AI RFP assistant. Featured in the monthly Highlight Reel email.

Top of homepage, marketplaces & RFP tools
Priority in AI RFP assistant results
Featured in Highlight Reel email (monthly)
Enhanced leaderboard visibility
Social media exposure across Playeasy channels
Your destination — top placement
Playeasy Destination Marketplace
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Your Destination
Featured · Top match
Boosted
Another Destination
Standard placement
Another Destination
AI RFP Assistant
Priority result
First shown when organizers source
Highlight Reel
Monthly email
3,600+ organizer inboxes
Leaderboard
Top 10 trending
Enhanced visibility rank
Duration
1 or 6 months
Outbound Email Blast
Dedicated Email
A client-written HTML email, blasted solo to 3,600+ verified event organizers and decision-makers — no other advertisers in the send.
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Short-Form Storytelling
Featured Post
Client-written short-form content, pinned to the Playeasy newsfeed and shared via newsletter and social — low-lift, always-on visibility.
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In-person Visibility
Innovators Summit Sponsorship
Get in front of Playeasy's network in person — a live, already-engaged room of DMO leaders and event organizers. Higher tiers add stage time, dedicated sessions & registrations.
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Bundle & Save

Combine any of the products above into a custom multi-product package and save on the price per offering. The more of the funnel you cover — awareness, targeting, placement, and in-person — the better the rate on each piece.

Advertising & Operations
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Ready to fill your inventory

The industry's premier awareness play
to its most precise bottom-of-funnel targeting.

Join the destinations using Playeasy advertising to connect with event organizers at the exact moment they're choosing their next host city.