Become a Sponsor

Sponsorship Packages

As you may know The Cortile is managed by the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix Association which is a a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization with a mission to hold a world-class vintage automotive event for charity. It is the region's premier summer July automotive event with an average of 100,000 attendees on Race Weekend, the culmination of the 10 day race week.

The Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix is quite a unique vintage racing event. It is not only America’s largest vintage race, but the only one run on city streets – the way sports car racing began. The #PVGP is proud to host one Western Pennsylvania’s premiere events, one whose mission is to celebrate and honor our founding vintage auto enthusiasts while simultaneously using this venue to benefit charity. Funds raised help provide residential care, treatment and support for autistic and developmentally disabled individuals in the greater Pittsburgh area through the Autism Society of Pittsburgh and Allegheny Valley School.

An exciting event that delivers proven results for you and for charity.

The Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix offers an extensive selection of sponsorship opportunities for your organization to become part of our celebrated event. Race Weekend at Schenley Park is the perfect venue for you to entertain your customers; throw a party for your employees; raise awareness of your organization; showcase your product; or simply watch the races with friends and family.

Ladies & Gentlemen……. Start YOUR marketing Engines!!!

In addition to helping those less fortunate your sponsorship in the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix has many unique marketing and public relations advantages:

Provides your organization with access to 100,000 spectators throughout our Race Week including the country’s largest vintage racing event and the only one held on city streets in Schenley Park.
Our unique venue at Schenley Park provides numerous opportunities for your organization to promote or sell your product, entertain your customers, solicit prospects or enjoy the weekend with your employees. The natural park setting is ideal for setting up large displays, tents and conducting product demonstrations.
Promote your community support of our event and charities through our web, outdoor and print advertising as well as on-site promotion with PA announcements, banners and race program advertising.

Ala Carte Sponsorship

Advertising

$600 Race Program 1/4 Page (May 15)
$1000 Race Program 1/2 Page (May 15)
$1750 Race Program Full Page (May 15)
$5000 Logo on PVGP Poster (May 15)
$750 Logo on PVGP Retail Poster (May 15)
$1000 Logo on PVGP Volunteer Shirts (May 15)
$8250 Logo on Lamar Outdoor Billboards (April 1)
$1000 Logo on 25,000 PVGP Trifold Brochures (Feb 1)
$2500 Social Media Campaign (June 1)

Schenley Park Amenities

$5000 15' X 15' Tent
$7500 20' X 20' Tent
$15,000 30' X 20' Tent
$250 (Display 3 banners total) 2 Banners - Sponsor provided (1 trackside; 1 on Cortile Hill): Not to exceed 3' X 5' - 1 banner (for inside clubhouse) Not to exceed 6' wide X 24" Tall
$10 Race Programs
$10 Race Posters
$5 PVGP Lapel Pins

Cortile Amenities

$45 Saturday Lunch Ticket/Each
$35 Sunday Lunch Ticket
$10 Cortile Hat Sponsor/ each ($1250 value @250 hats)

Proiettore Macchina - 12 available $15,000 (GOLD)

This sponsorship is reserved for Automotive Manufacturer's and/or Automobile Dealers who are displaying cars. It is a prime location within the Italian Cortile Car Show on the Schenley Park Golf Course on PVGP Race Weekend.

You can exhibit and market new up to 8 vehicles.
You can invite up to 24 customer cars who will enjoy all of the amenities available to a car show participant/registrant.
PVGP will supply you with a 20 x 30 tent with 4 banquet tables and 8 chairs. Includes ability for you to sell your marque merchandise fro m your tent .– value $4,000
8 Passes for VIP lunches at the Pittsburgh Golf Club on Saturday – value $300
8 daily PA announcements during Schenley Park weekend. PA system can be heard through the 456 acre event – you supply the announcement script and we read it live. – value $800
Full page color ad in 7,500 PVGP Race Programs. These programs are given to sponsors and sold for only $5 to spectators – they are an excellent year-round advertising tool and promote your organization as a supporter.– value $1,000
Inclusion of your color logo on the PVGP web site sponsor page. – value $1,500
Placement of your logo on the back of 1,250 PVGP volunteer T-shirts. These shirts are supplied by the PVGP and given to each of our volunteers to wear at the event.– value $500
Placement of up to 4 sponsor-supplied banners at Schenley Park in front of 200,000 weekend spectators. Maximum size is 3’ x 8’. You can also place signage within the Pittsburgh Golf Club and around your tent. – value $1,000
PVGP to promote your sponsorship throughout the year with our social media channels with 1,200 members and 600,000 annual page views on Facebook, 1,000 Twitter followers, over 100 Flickr members and 3,800 viewers on YouTube. – value $2,500

ITALIAN Auto Manufacturing SPONSOR - 12 AVAILABLE (SILVER) $7,500

You can exhibit and market new up to 6 vehicles.
You can invite up to 12 customer cars who will enjoy all of the amenities available to a car show participant/registrant.
PVGP will supply you with a 20 x 20 tent with 4 banquet tables and 8 chairs. Includes ability for you to sell your marque merchandise from your tent .– value $4,000
6 Passes for VIP lunches at the Pittsburgh Golf Club on Saturday – value $300
6 daily PA announcements during Schenley Park weekend. PA system can be heard through the 456 acre event – you supply the announcement script and we read it live. – value $600
Half page color ad in 7,500 PVGP Race Programs. These programs are given to sponsors and sold for only $5 to spectators – they are an excellent year-round advertising tool and promote your organization as a supporter.– value $1,000
Inclusion of your color logo on the PVGP web site sponsor page. – value $1,500
Placement of your logo on the back of 1,250 PVGP volunteer T-shirts. These shirts are supplied by the PVGP and given to each of our volunteers to wear at the event.– value $500
Placement of up to 2 sponsor-supplied banners at Schenley Park in front of 200,000 weekend spectators. Maximum size is 3’ x 8’. You can also place signage within the Pittsburgh Golf Club and around your tent. – value $500
PVGP to promote your sponsorship throughout the year with our social media channels with 1,200 members and 600,000 annual page views on Facebook, 1,000 Twitter followers, over 100 Flickr members and 3,800 viewers on YouTube. – value $2,500

Italian Auto Manufacturing Sponsor - 12 Available (BRONZE) $5,000

You can exhibit and market new up to 4 vehicles.
PVGP will supply you with a 15 x 15 tent with 4 banquet tables and 8 chairs. Includes ability for you to sell your marque merchandise from your tent .– value $4,000
4 Passes for VIP lunches at the Pittsburgh Golf Club on Saturday – value $300
4 daily PA announcements during Schenley Park weekend. PA system can be heard through the 456 acre event – you supply the announcement script and we read it live. – value $400
Quarter page color ad in 7,500 PVGP Race Programs. These programs are given to sponsors and sold for only $5 to spectators – they are an excellent year-round advertising tool and promote your organization as a supporter.– value $600
Inclusion of your color logo on the PVGP web site sponsor page. – value $1,500
Placement of your logo on the back of 1,250 PVGP volunteer T-shirts. These shirts are supplied by the PVGP and given to each of our volunteers to wear at the event.– value $500
Placement of up to 1 sponsor-supplied banners at Schenley Park in front of 200,000 weekend spectators. Maximum size is 3’ x 8’. You can also place signage within the Pittsburgh Golf Club and around your tent. – value $250
PVGP to promote your sponsorship throughout the year with our social media channels with 1,200 members and 600,000 annual page views on Facebook, 1,000 Twitter followers, over 100 Flickr members and 3,800 viewers on YouTube. – value $2,500

vENDITORE - 3 Available $950

Become a vendor during our Schenley Park Vintage Race Weekend. This is an excellent opportunity for you to display and sell your products and services to over 200,000 spectators over the weekend. Tents are included with each spot and tables and chairs are available to rent.

Sponsorship includes a supplied and erected 15' x 15' tent with a backwall. Vendor set-up is from noon – 5:00 PM on Friday and from 8:00 Am – 10:00 AM on Saturday morning. Vendors must be moved out by 8:00 PM Sunday. Sales should begin by 10 AM and close at 5:00 PM each day. Your display is built on a golf course so it cannot involve RV’s, heavy trucks, heavy handling equipment or building materials.

Medium Vendor Tent 15’ x 15’ Hi-Peak tent with 15’ backwall – $950.00

VENDITORE Silver - 3 available $695

Become a vendor during our Schenley Park Vintage Races on the July 18/19, 2015 Weekend. This is an excellent opportunity for you to display and sell your products and services to over 200,000 spectators over the weekend. Tents are included with each spot and tables and chairs are available to rent.

Sponsorship includes a supplied and erected 10' x 10' tent with a back wall or an approved display of your own. Vendor set-up is from noon – 7:00 PM on Friday and from 8:00 Am – 10:00 AM on Saturday morning. Vendors must be moved out by 8:00 PM Sunday. Sales should begin by 10 AM and close at 5:00 PM each day. This village is built on a golf course so your display cannot involve RV’s, heavy trucks heavy, handling equipment or building materials.

Small Vendor Tent 10’ x 10’ Hi-Peak tent with 10’ backwall – $695.00

Restoration Sponsor $250

WEb Page - 12 Available $250

If you specialize in Italian Car Restoration we welcome you to take advantage of our Restoration Package! You can bring examples of your restoration work, or perhaps one that you have in progress and enjoy a private roped off 20' X 20' area within the Cortile to meet with people who are thinking about some work on their cars. It's an ideal way to show off your capabilities

This sponsorship is designed for the companies that would like to support the Cortile, The Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix and our charities, but can't make it to the event. This sponsorship provides some wonderful year round exposure for your company at a nominal cost. Web pages are linked out to the various Cortile and Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix Social Media platforms though out the year so this is an excellent opportunity to get your name out and help out the PVGP charities at the same time.

The Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix Association is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization with a mission to hold a world-class vintage automotive event for charity. It is the region's premier summer event for hundreds of thousands of automotive enthusiasts in that it combines charitable fundraising with car shows and vintage sports car racing on city streets. The 2015 Race Week runs from July 5th through the 19th culminating with our 33rd annual vintage races and car shows at Schenley Park on the weekend of July 18-19. Since 1983 this volunteer-driven event has raised over $3.5 million for the Autism Society of Pittsburgh & Allegheny Valley School.

Sponsorship Policies

Sponsorship runs for 12 consecutive months per calendar year
Sponsorship starts Jan 1 and ends Dec 31.
The Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix provides an opportunity for existing sponsors a 'right of first refusal' to to match or exceed a new sponsors bid for Prioetorre Macchina.
Prioetorre Macchina sponsorships are open and subject to events of historical significance within the Automotive industry. Prioetorre Macchina requires approval by the Cortile Selection Committee.
The Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix and the Cortile reserve the right to have a sponsor or member of the sponsor team removed from the show grounds at our sole discretion.
Booth/ Display set up MUST be completed by the Friday at 5pm prior to the Saturday event opening. No trucks or equipment are permitted for sponsors on Saturday Morning.
Sponsors should have their display area 'ready' by 8:30Am Saturday Morning

Deadlines & Discounts

Jan 15 - Deposit of 1/3 of Sponsorship Package (PrePayment Discount of the entire package by this date entitles the sponsor to a 10% on the package.)
Feb 15 - Any and all art work, graphics must be submitted to the Cortile. Brand Identity format requirements will be provided in advance.
March 31 - Copy, Content, Contacts, Links, etc for your landing page on the Cortile website must be submitted.
April 15 - 2nd Installment of 1/3 Sponsorship Package (PrePayment Discount of the entire package by this date entitles the sponsor to a 5% on the package.)
June 1 - Booth Staff: Names, Titles, Cell Phone, Email, and Bio (if desired) should be submitted by this date.
July 1 - Final 1/3 Payment is due. Entrance to the show area will not be permitted until the final charitable payment is received.

Current sponsor checklist

Name badges for staff MUST BE submitted to the Cortile by June 25.

Here is a list complied by a few of our experienced sponsors. All items may not be necessary for your set-up, but they may help trigger some other ideas.

Portable Battery Charger
Table cloths and centerpieces
Duct tape and Scotch tape
Wooden stakes for hanging banners or signs
Rope and cable(zip)ties to hang banners and wire cutters to cut them down
Staple gun and staples
Landscape pins to pin down extension cords in and around the tent
Potted plants for perimeter of tent or fence
Extra trash bags
Pop barrels or coolers and plenty of ice
Generators are available if power is needed – you will need to bring extension cords and adaptors
Balloons and ribbon for decorations
Sponsor recognition signs and tent signage
Product samples and literature, maybe even a plastic bag
Foam core boards to mount posters and signs (PVGP posters too!)
Small ladder to decorate and hang items in tent
Sanitary gloves if handling any food
409 spray cleaner for tables and chairs, etc
5 gallon buckets and a few gallons of water for cleaning hands
Donation jars with lids – if you intend to collect for our charities

This page last updated 11 April 2023