First and Foremost I would like to extend our word of gratitude to the following people.
1. His Excellency, President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete for making time off his busy schedule to meet us.
2. His Honorable, Ezekiel Maige – Ministry of Tourism and Natural Resources for hosting us in Dodoma
3. The U.S Embassy in Tanzania for hosting us this morning
4. Tanzanian Embassy in the U.S for their active role in this venture
5. Mr. Rahim Zamunda Kangezi for arranging our entire trip to Tanzania.
OWNERSHIP OF SEATTLE SOUNDERS
Joe Roth – Hollywood movie producer and former head of Disney and Fox Studios
-Paul Allen – Microsoft co-founder and owner of Seattle Seahawks, a National Football League team, and the Portland Trailblazers, a National Basketball Association team
-Drew Carey – Hollywood actor and comedian
Adrian Hanauer - American businessman and minority owner and general manager of the Seattle Sounders FC
WE ARE THE SEATTLE SOUNDERS
• 2011 season ticket sales capped at 36,000.
• 2009, 2010, and 2011 YTD #1 team in MLS Attendance - 32 consecutive sell-outs.
• Sounders FC attendance would rank in the top 10 in the English Premier League, top five in Spain’s La Liga and top three in Italy’s Serie A.
• 2009 Sports Team of the Year – Selected from 5 Pro Team Finalists: Saints (NFL), Phillies (MLB), Cavaliers (NBA) and Capitals (NHL).
• Sounders lead the MLS in: Attendance, Season Tickets, Media Reach/Ratings, Social media, Retail, Community Involvement and Marketing.
• Strong, committed ownership group: Joe Roth, Paul Allen, Adrian Hanauer and Drew Carey.
QWEST FIELD – HOME OF THE SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC/SEATTLE SEAHAWKS
• Over 300 events annually.
• Over 1.8 Million in attendance
http://www.seattlesoundersfc.com
http://www.seahawks.com
http://qwestfield.com
1. Promote Tanzanian Tourism in the entire Pacific Northwest West Coast of America and entire US.
2. Attract U.S Investors from the US Pacific West to invest in various industries in Tanzania due to strong ownership and partnership of Seattle Sounders
3. Create opportunities for talented young sportsmen/sportswomen to establish professional careers in the U.S (Example Nizar Halfan of MLS’ Vancouver White Caps and Hashim Thabeet of the NBA’s Houston Rockets)
4. Create opportunities for students with special skills in sports to seek scholarship opportunities in Tanzania
5. To create a strong mutually beneficial partnership between U.S business/communities and Tanzania business/communities.
Manchester United U.S Tour – JULY 2011
Manchester United will set camp at the Seattle Sounders Training grounds for the entire week of July 13th, as they prepare for the start of the EPL. At the end of their weekly camp, they will play a friend game against the Seattle Sounders.
When we hosted the Ministry of Tourism officials and Tanzania Embassy officials in the U.S, on May 21st 2011, we discussed how we to leverage on this huge game to further promote and brand Tanzania.
It was proposed, by Mr. Suleiman Saleh of the Tanzania Embassy in the U.S, that a quality Tanzanian player with potential of playing professional football abroad should train with us for two week and hopefully participate in the friendly against Manchester United as part of the overall efforts to promote tourism in Tanzania and also an opportunity for that player to show his talents to the rest of the world.
Through our Tanzanian contacts, it was established that Mrisho Ngassa of Azam FC would be the best candidate to do so. We have since made contact with Azam FC ownership and we are happy to announce that they fully support this and have given us permission to host Ngassa for two weeks.
This game will be broadcasted to millions across the world and the Tourism official in Tanzania can leverage on this opportunity to promote your beautiful country.
It is our sincere belief that the promising partnership between Seattle Sounders and the numerous entities in Tanzania would create opportunities stretching from tourism sector, private investment, social services and development of sports mainly soccer.
We look forward to building that partnership.
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