Cavaliers and FILO kick off the 2015-2016 NBA season

After a trip to the NBA Finals last year, the Cleveland Cavaliers are looking to start the 2015-2016 season with a bang, and what better way to do that than to help the fans from all over Ohio become engaged with the team. FILO was asked to help the Cavs on a tour around The Buckeye State to kick off the preseason. While each stop was unique, every event featured the Cavaliers cheerleaders and the Cavs Scream Team, their street dancing group.

On October 5th, the team hosted a scrimmage at Quicken Loans Arena. Before it started, a kids clinic was hosted on a full-sized court outside the arena, set-up and managed by FILO.

Two days later, the Cavaliers hosted the Atlanta Hawks at the Cintas Center, the home of the Xavier University Musketeers, in Cincinnati, OH. A half-court was set up with 3 hoops, along with other activities, including 4 Pop-A-Shots and player cutouts. FILO managed the court and activities from 4-7 pm, before the game started. A DJ and Emcee were also present to give prizes to fans and to get the crowd energized.

Finally, on October 12th, a similar layout was set up for the Cavs FanFest on the Ohio State University campus in Columbus, OH at the Schottenstein Center before the exhibition game versus the Memphis Grizzlies.

It is always fun to interact with NBA fans that do not live in the home city but follow the team. The exhibition games that are played in other Ohio cities gave the team a chance to show fans that they are truly representing the whole state, and not only one city. FILO enjoys working with such a great organization and hopes to be spending more time in Cleveland this spring, watching the Cavaliers march toward giving Cleveland its first professional sports title in over 50 years.