Sports

 

Virtual worlds offer considerable benefits to the Sports industry, providing an exciting new medium for sporting clubs and organisations to publicise themselves and their activities.

 
 

Below are some examples of what your organization can do with a virtual presence. With virtual worlds you can:

  • Create an accurate representation of your grounds or club in the virtual world. Show off the club's new stadium, sell tickets for fixtures with the option to check the view from your seat of the action or show fans the parts of the club that they never see.
  • Host virtual games, allowing people to join world wide and bringing together the fanbase in a fun and interactive medium.
  • Create a virtual presence for the club to sell its merchandise online.

See below some examples of sporting worlds using virtual world technology:

 

FC United of Manchester

An English semi-professional football club based in Greater Manchester, they presently play in the Northern Premier League Premier Division. It was formed in 2005 by Manchester United supporters opposed to American businessman Malcolm Glazer's controversial takeover of the club. The supporters own the club and vote on how the club is run.

The club entered the North West Counties Football League Division Two in 2005, winning the league in their inaugural season. In their second season, they were crowned champions of North West Counties Football League Division One and were promoted to the Northern Premier League. The 2007–08 season saw them finish second in the Northern Premier League Division One North and gain promotion through the end of season play-offs. Since then they have played in the Northern Premier League Premier Division, reaching the play-off final in 2010–11. The club also reached the Second Round Proper of the FA Cup in the 2010–11 season. F.C. United has played at Gigg Lane since its formation in a ground-share with Bury. However, the club has applied for planning permission to build its own ground in north Manchester in time for the 2012–13 season. This is the vision of the new stadium.

Click here to see the FC United Concept.

Unifier United Stadium

A Football Stadium with pitch, seats and changing rooms. Gives an idea of the possible massive scale of a Stadium.  Get to see the view from every seat, and can easily link into a ticketing system or CRM database.

Click here to see the demo stadium in our Unifier Demo world.

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