The starting point

Demand is coming.
Durable fandom is the work.

LeBron James and Jaylen Brown create urgency, visibility, and a new buyer wave. The commercial question is whether those buyers become repeat members, premium guests, community participants, and advocates in 2029.

Window-to-legacy thesis02 / 12
Respect the existing organization

Built for a normal cadence.
Now facing an abnormal moment.

The Sixers already have a marketing organization. This proposal is not a rescue mission. It is focused surge capacity: an outside commercial-growth unit that connects the moments your team already creates into repeatable fan value.

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The economic risk
2029

The value at risk is not tonight’s sellout.
It’s the fan who never comes back.

We will not claim credit for demand created by star power. We will be accountable for converting that attention into permissioned data, repeat behavior, higher-value experiences, and a fan relationship that survives the window.

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The first decision: who becomes more valuable?

Five Philadelphia
segments to serve.

01 / protect

Legacy loyalists

Process-era and season-ticket households who need visible recognition, not another acquisition message.

02 / convert

Window buyers

New game, jersey, and content buyers arriving through roster attention; offer a clearer membership path.

03 / earn

City culture

Creators, fashion, music, and neighborhood networks that make relevance credible only when the team shows up with reciprocity.

04 / grow

Future fans

Youth and student communities whose rituals, access, and pride can shape the next decade of fandom.

05 / yield

Premium buyers

Corporate and occasion-led guests who need a sharper path from a single seat to a repeat hospitality relationship.

Method

Evidence-informed, testable

These are public-evidence-informed operating segments—not size claims or fixed personas. The engagement refines the sequence, not the premise.

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The hedge

The infrastructure pays
in every roster scenario.

Full window

Compound demand

Use the peak to acquire and qualify more permissioned fan relationships.

Shortened window

Accelerate conversion

Prioritize membership and renewal pathways while attention is highest.

After the window

Retain the relationship

Keep city rituals, youth pipelines, and premium behavior independent of any one athlete.

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Operating model

A clean line between
what you own and what we run.

SIXERSStrategy, brand, approvals, data access
HOUSE OF ACES × ASONPilot design, cross-functional orchestration, activation support
SHAREDScorecard, decision gates, learning agenda

No org-chart proposal. No duplication. A defined partner lane that reports into the leadership structure already in place.

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The measurement contract

We claim conversion.
Not attention we did not create.

Relationships

Retention & repeat

Membership progression, return behavior, permissioned data growth.

Revenue

Yield & upgrade

Premium conversion, merchandise attachment, partner activation outcomes.

Trust

City participation

Community participation, cultural credibility, earned advocacy—not vanity reach.

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Evidence layer + optional discovery

The opportunity starts with
what is already true.

Access + reward / official Sixers

There is a value exchange to build on.

Society 76 already offers member-only events, in-game experiences, tiered gifts, playoff priority, and family/client-use customization.

Year-round engagement / official

Reward behavior beyond game day.

Sixers announced ComAve to reward year-round engagement; NBA ID establishes a personalized rewards pattern across the league ecosystem.

City context / official + national

Relevance must be useful and reciprocal.

The South Philadelphia arena joint venture includes public community commitments. Affordability is a national live-sports tension in YouGov research—not a Sixers-specific claim.

If we move forward, an optional discovery sprint can align these plays with existing membership pathways, partner inventory, and community guardrails—without delaying the first working session.

Sources: 76ers/NBA/AP official materials; YouGov national context11 / 12