The World Air League announces the Texas Sky Cup 2017
October 18, 2015
Texas Sky Cup announcement on the video board at Reliant Stadium (above);
Perimeter LED video for Texas Sky Cup at Reliant (below)
HOUSTON, TEXAS - The Houston Texans hosted the World Air League at Reliant Stadium to announce the Texas Sky Cup. During the Houston Texans vs. Jacksonville Jaguars game, the Texas Sky Cup was premiered on the video score boards and the LED displays surrounding the stadium. Sports enthusiasts and Texan fans were treated and entertained by the state-of-the-art graphics displays.
The Texas Sky Cup will be a series of airship and blimp races competing across the Lone Star State. Starting in Houston, the Sky Teams will race to Austin and San Antonia and back to Houston. The second race will include Dallas and Ft. Worth as the turn-around destination. And, the third race will lap around the icons and skylines of the Houston Galveston metro region. The overall fastest Sky Team will be crowned the Texas Sky Champions.
The Texas Sky Cup is the first planned exhibition skyship race by the World Air League. The Texas Sky Cup will test the Sky Teams' tactics, equipment and strategies under competitive conditions and will be trumpet call for the World Sky Race 2017.
Jamie Rootes, president of the Houston Texans,
Sandra Stanchan, Greater Houston Partnership
Harry Gee, Co-Chair Texas LOC, GHP Board Member, Sandra Stanchan,
Saba Abashawl, Chief External Affairs Officer, Houston Airport System
Participating in the Texas Sky Cup roll-out program were Jamie Rootes (president of the Houston Texans), Sandra Stanchan (Greater Houston Partnership), and Harry Gee (co-chair of the World Sky Race Texas Local Organizing Committee).
Don Hartsell, commissioner and founder of the World Air League stated, "To Houston, we dedicate our efforts to make the Texas Sky Cup be BIG. The history of our city is filled with giants among men that possessed the vision and the determination to turn ideas into action, our city was made by builders of dreams. In the tradition of thinking Big and being Big, we are thankful for the support and leadership of the Houston Texans. The count-down has started".
