Fancloud.com to take North America by Storm—Allows Sports Fans to Connect Like Never Before

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Los Angeles, California, United States of America (Free-Press-Release.com) January 16, 2012 -- Los Angeles, Calif.—January 12, 2012—Fancloud.com, a site that connects fans at games with fans at home while making sports conversations a social event, today announced the official site launch, and the start of its 43-city tour across North America.

During the six-month tour, Fancloud co-founders Terence Gelke, Bryan Shaw and Ben Bjurstrom will travel 15,000 miles in a van wrapped in Fancloud logos—attending more than 100 sporting events, hosting tailgating parties and meeting with fans. The founders will also meet with professional teams to discuss partnership opportunities and introduce Fancloud as a bar solution—enabling the establishments to stream Fancloud.com—to sports bar owners. Throughout the tour, Fancloud will be hosting numerous tailgating and sports bar events as part of its mission to connect directly with fans while inviting them to experience Fancloud. Sports fans can keep up-to-date on the tour events through the Fancloud.com website.

Fancloud features sports news, commentary and conversation along with live updates from more than 2,000 professional sports writers. Messages are aggregated into a fan cloud where users can see the latest happenings in sports, share information and interact with industry professionals.

Fancloud was the brainchild of sports fans, designed for sports fans and came about when the founders surprisingly found themselves in the media spotlight while at a Suns-Knicks game in Phoenix in January 2011. During the game, they sparked trade rumors by wearing Carmelo Anthony Knicks jerseys ahead of the actual trade taking place. In that moment, the idea for Fancloud was born and a beta site launched in November 20011, followed by a $215,000 investment in the company.

Free Ticket Giveaways to Fancloud Users
Part of the Fancloud experience includes free ticket giveaways to early users of the site through Fancloud’s strategic partnership with ASC Tickets. Users of Fancloud will win tickets simply by spending time on the site and interacting. Fancloud plans to give away a minimum of 5,000 tickets its first year.

“Fancloud came about because Ben, Bryan and I have always been obsessed with sports information but could never find something organized that filled the void,” said CEO and co-founder, Terence Gelke. “We are thrilled that we have been able to step in and fill that void while providing fans with the ultimate opportunity to be part of an innovative, sports-themed, social event.”

Tour Dates
Jan 12 - San Francisco
Jan 12 - Warriors game in Oakland; Fan Event (Oakland)
Jan 14 - 49ers playoff game in SF; tailgating fan event; Cal Berkeley tailgating fan event
Jan 14 - Cal vs. Utah college basketball game
Jan 15 – Hosted sports bar event – location TBA
Jan 17 - Meeting with the Golden State Warriors; attending San Jose Sharks Game
Jan 18 - Meeting with the Sacramento Kings; attending game; tailgating fan event, Oakland
Jan 19 - Meeting with the Oakland Raiders
Jan 20 - Drive to Eugene, Oregon

Jan 21 - Oregon vs. UCLA college basketball game; tailgating event, Eugene, OR
Jan 22 – Hosted sports bar fan event (Eugene); drive to Portland
Jan 23 - Portland Trailblazers game; Trailblazers tailgating fan event
Jan 24- Drive to Seattle; meet with teams; Oilers vs. Canucks tailgating fan event (Vancouver)
Jan 25 – Hosted sports bar event (Seattle)
Jan 26 - Drive to Utah
Jan 27 - Attending Sundance Film Festival in the morning
Jan 28 - Utah Jazz basketball game; Jazz/Kings tailgating fan event (Salt Lake City)
Jan 29 - Drive to Phoenix, meet with teams

Jan 30 - Phoenix Suns basketball game; hosted sports bar or tailgating fan event (Phoenix)
Feb 1 - Drive back to Los Angeles
Feb 1-14 - Attending LA sporting events
Feb 15-Feb 28 - Leg 2 - San Antonio, Houston, Dallas, Oklahoma City, New Orleans, and Orlando for the NBA All Star game weekend)

About Fancloud
Founded in February, 20011 and created by avid sports enthusiasts, Fancloud.com provides sports fans with the latest, rawest sports information and content from more than 2,000 sportswriters and allows fans at games to connect with fans at home. For more information, visit www.fancloud.com.

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