Game Day

04/04/2025

⚾ Baseball season is in full swing! Opening Day is the thing Cincinnati does best. It's over the top, generationally beloved, and a memory-making machine.

But what if we could quantify it?

Every year, people ask about the economic impact of Opening Day, and now we want to help draw a clearer picture. The Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber's Center for Research and Data needs your help to do just that.

Please answer and share this survey so we can prove just how much Opening Day means to Cincinnati's bottom Iine!

Take the survey at https://wwwsurveymonkey.com/r/2L75WCV or scan the QR code.

04/02/2025

Friends and colleagues celebrated Rich Walburg Day 2025 on April 1 at The Holy Grail Tavern and Grille! A special guest at the event was this year's winner of the Rich Walburg Scholarship, Anna Weidner, and her parents, Caroline and John Weidner.

Along with celebrating the life and legacy of Rich, the event was a fundraiser for the scholarship. Holy Grail donated a percentage of all buckets of beer sold, with "Be Kind" shirts from Cincy Shirts available for sale, with all proceeds going to the scholarship fund.

Because of everyone's generosity, we raised more than $500 for the Rich Walburg Scholarship Fund at University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music - CCM.

Donations to the scholarship can be made online at https://dayofgiving.uc.edu, please put "Rich Walburg" in the memo line.

03/26/2025

Join us to celebrate the man, the myth, the legend at
Rich Walburg Day 2025 on April 1 at The Holy Grail Tavern and Grille, 4–7 p.m. at The Banks.

Along with food, drinks, and a custom yacht rock playlist, we'll have "Be Kind" shirts from Cincy Shirts available for sale, with all proceeds going to the Rich Walburg Scholarship Fund at University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music - CCM.

Bring cash to buy shirts, koozies, and make donations!

03/08/2025

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02/14/2025

❤️ Happy Valentine's Day!

It may be dreary and cold, but rest assured Spring is on the way! Thay's why we made some special hyacinth deliveries to help brighten things up for clients and friends.

02/07/2025

📺 Do you watch the big game just for the commercials?

Game Day's Jackie Reau and Kelly Andrews Snyder from the Cincinnati Business Courier offered FOX19 a sneak preview of their favorite ads, filled with humor, big stars, and nostalgia, that you'll see this Sunday,.

01/18/2025

🏈 ☘️ 🔴 The College Football Playoff National Championship is this Monday! Are you rooting for Notre Dame or Ohio State?

Get ready for the game with insight from Betsy Ross. She sat down with Shannon Scovel, assistant professor of Sports Communication at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and Dr. Nicole Kraft from OSU to discuss college football, the playoff system, and everything about the championship game.

Listen at https://open.spotify.com/episode/1o6k2J0X7P4jk8Z7tXn0Yj?si=5TjJ_v6tSua0CJaEd1sdCw&nd=1&dlsi=ef57cee19819472a.

01/16/2025

Busy day with some real GameChangers!

This morning, Kathrine Nero sat down with Rickell Howard Smith, CEO of YWCA Greater Cincinnati and Barbara Turner, CEO of BT Rise, for a fireside chat for this year's cohort of Queen City Game Changers.

This women’s leadership program, supported by Queen City Championship, includes leaders from top local companies, entrepreneurial organizations, and chambers of commerce in Greater Cincinnati.

Participants take part in an eight-month curriculum with hands-on learning and mentorship provided by executive coaches, along with connections with Cincinnati-based senior executives and entrepreneurial leaders.

01/07/2025

A new white paper from Sports Events & Tourism Association, with expert insight shared by Jackie Reau, looks at "Unlocking the Value of Earned Media: The Sports ETA Earned Media Calculator as a Game-Changing KPI for the Sports Events & Tourism Industry."

The sports events tourism industry is expanding rapidly, with destinations competing to host events of all sizes. While traditional metrics like visitor spending and hotel occupancy remain essential, earned media offers a powerful, untapped opportunity to measure the broader impact of sports events.

Download the white paper at https://bit.ly/4h82mrJ.

The Sports ETA Earned Media Calculator as a Game-Changing KPI for the Sports Events & Tourism Industry

12/30/2024

🥂 Cheers to 2024!

We had a great year – working with incredible clients, supporting amazing organizations, and celebrating with our team.

We are excited for all the possibilities in 2025!

12/24/2024

Happy holidays from the Game Day team!

12/13/2024

🥂 The Game Day crew – Jackie Reau and Betsy Ross, along with Megan Ann, Shae Huth, Kathrine Nero, Tasha Pinelo Photography, and Tricia Suit – jumped at the chance to celebrate the holiday season with some our friends from morning TV and radio!

Many thanks to Vintage on Race for a delicious lunch and to everyone who joined the fun – our hosts Bridget Rock and Randi Rico WLWT, plus Nicole Aponte, Ken Baker TV, Jen Dalton Local 12 News, Sheila Gray Local 12 News, Cameron Hardin, Payton Marshall, and Dan Wells Wxix.

11/28/2024

“Gratitude is riches. Complaint is poverty.“
– Doris Day

(Spoken like a true Cincinnatian.)

We are grateful to be part of an amazing community of clients and partners who work hard to make the city we love shine a little brighter every day!

11/04/2024

🎉 Congratulations to Game Day CEO Jackie Reau the honorary chair for the Dress for Success Cincinnati 25th anniversary Fashion Show!

On Friday evening, hundreds of supporters gathered at Cincinnati Museum Center for the fashion show, raffle, and silent auction. The event raised more than $426,000 for this incredible organization dedicated to empowering women.

📷 Tasha Pinelo Photography

10/02/2024

We did it!

We conquered the CancerFree KIDS 100 Mile Challenge! Team Game Day walked over 600 miles throughout September, raising $1,566 to fund childhood cancer research.
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Thank YOU for joining us and supporting our efforts!

For more info and to donate, click over to CancerFree KIDS' page.

09/18/2024

Congratulations to our own Betsy Ross who was inducted into the
Greater Cincinnati Society of Professional Journalists Hall of Fame recognizing legendary sports anchors in Cincinnati. Betsy joined a number of her fellow sports anchors including Ken Broo, Dennis Janson, John Popovich and George Vogel.

09/11/2024

On this day of remembrance, we are reflecting on how honored we were to be part of the Cincinnati 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb hosted by Cintas Corporationt to support the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation on Saturday, Sept. 7.

More than 600 participants raised over $100,000 at this poignant and inspirational program held at TQL Stadium.