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BLOOMBERG BRINGS POPULAR SQUARE MILE RELAY TO
NEW YORK
More Than 100 Teams to Compete in Relay Race
Through Financial District on April 21, 2016
Bloomberg is bringing its popular Square Mile Relay to New
York's Financial District on
Thursday, April 21, 2016 for the first time. The relay
race will feature more than 100 teams from leading financial
institutions who compete to win a $10,000 donation to the
charity of their choice. Each team includes 10 runners who
will each run a 1 mile course that winds through the
Financial District and culminates in a celebratory after
party at the finish line where runners and their friends
will be treated to a live DJ set and complimentary food and
drinks as the race results come in.
The Bloomberg Square Mile Relay has named the National
September 11 Memorial & Museum as the official charity
partner and will make a donation to help support the
nonprofit organization's mission.
First launched in London in 2007, the race has become an
institution in the City of London and now sells out within
hours in London. Bloomberg has expanded the race series to
other global financial centers including Dubai, Hong Kong,
Shanghai, Singapore and, most recently, Sydney.
?We're excited to bring this popular race to our home city
of New York. The race embodies the importance of speed, team
work, and giving back -- three values that we celebrate at
Bloomberg. It will be great to see so many of our customers,
employees and industry friends running alongside each other
for so many good causes, including the National September 11
Memorial & Museum,? said Michael R. Bloomberg, Founder
Bloomberg L.P.
?We
are grateful for the generous support the Bloomberg Square
Mile Relay has shown by selecting us as its official charity
partner for the inaugural event in New York. Partnerships
such as these are critical to help ensure the Memorial and
Museum is sustained, and that visitors from around the
world, especially current and future generations, will be
able to experience this world-class learning institution and
living tribute for years to come,? said Cathy Blaney, 9/11
Memorial?s Executive Vice President of Institutional
Advancement.
?The Bloomberg Square Mile
Relay is a unique sporting event which offers a perfect
opportunity for the city's most
competitive runners to come together for a night of
camaraderie, teamwork, celebration and networking. Our goal
is to offer a platform for teams from local corporations to
express their sporting enthusiasm while bonding with fellow
colleagues. The event is open to all levels of experience --
whether you are an elite or leisure runner ? we want
everyone to enjoy this relay,? said Nick Keller, Managing
Director of event organizer Square Mile Sport.
Thanks to the event's
official venue partner, the Howard Hughes Corporation,
runners from the city's top
financial organizations will start the competition at the
Race Village within the Seaport District on the corner of
Fulton Street and Front Street at 7pm. They will challenge
one another for lead position, weaving their way through the
unique and urban mile-long loop as they twist and turn
through Water Street and Wall Street. During the awards
presentation, trophies
will be handed out to the first, second, and third place
winners as well as the fastest runner, and a charity
check for $10,000 will be presented to the winning team.
For further information on
the Bloomberg Square Mile Relay or to enter a team please
visit:
Website: www.squaremilerelay.com/new-york
Facebook:
BloombergSquareMileRelay
Twitter:
@SquareMileNYC
Instagram:
BloombergSquareMileRelay
Official hashtag:
#WeRunThisCity
South Street Seaport: #SeaportDistrictNYC
Gallery: www.squaremilerelay.com/new-york/gallery/
About Bloomberg Square Mile Relay New York:
Registration for the
Bloomberg Square Mile Relay is now live on the event website
visit
www.squaremilerelay.com/newyork General
entry for a team of ten runners is $1,800. Only one
representative from the participating corporation will need
to register and pay on behalf of the team. Rates include
entry to the after-race party that includes hospitality with
food, drinks and entertainment for all runners. Additional
hospitality packages will be available to purchase online at
a later date for supporters.
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About Square Mile Sport:
Square Mile Sport is the
event owner and delivery agency of the Bloomberg Square Mile
Relay a unique event series designed exclusively to
provide businessmen and women with an outlet for their
sporting passion. Established in 2007 in London, Square Mile
Sport plans to replicate the event in cities across the
world. Square Mile Sport is wholly owned by Benchmark Sport,
which operates leading international brands including the
Sport Industry Group and Beyond Sport.
www.squaremilerelay.com
About The National September 11 Memorial &
Museum:
The National September 11
Memorial & Museum is the nonprofit organization that
oversees operations for the 9/11 Memorial and 9/11 Memorial
Museum. Located on eight of the 16 acres of the World Trade
Center site, the Memorial and Museum remember and honor the
2,983 people who were killed in the horrific attacks of
September 11, 2001 and February 26, 1993. For more
information or to reserve a ticket to the 9/11 Memorial
Museum, please visit www.911memorial.org
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