Brand Visibility

Broaden your visibility during the conference to drive attendees to your booth, promote your engagement in the conference or highlight your products and solutions to the local elected officials and municipal staff in attendance. There are various opportunities that can be bundled with exhibit booth and conference sponsorships to maximize your visibility with the attendees.

Conference Program Book Ads

$2,500 - full page; $1,500 - half page; $1,000 - quarter page

What better way to give your company visibility on-site than to place an ad in the conference program book. For four days, over 3,000 attendees will see your ad each time they consult the program book. Your ad will also be included in the digital version of the program book, which will be linked on the NLC website.


Web Banner Ads

$1,800 per month 

Get your brand in front of all prospective and current conference attendees on the NLC website, who use the comprehensive conference page as a resource for registration & housing, up-to-date agendas, and more! In the four months prior to the 2011 event, the conference homepage received over 35,000 visitors. Your message will be a static feature on the event homepage and can be clickable to your website.


Email Banner Ads

Starting at $500 per placement (discount available for multiple placements)

Purchase a banner in pre-conference and/or on-site emails to all conference attendees. All registrants receive weekly conference updates from the National League of Cities, promoting the conference program, exposition hall, and other related conference activities. Your company's brand will get in front of all conference attendees in advance of the event. Additionally, conference attendees receive daily conference alerts for the duration of the event. You can choose to put your banner in one or more daily conference alerts to ensure your company is top-of-mind with attendees on-site.


Hallway Display Ads

$5,000 each

Invest in a large hallway display panel and receive great visibility with all the conference attendees. The panels will be 8 feet high and 6 feet wide, ensuring your message will capture the attention of everyone in the convention center. The hallway display ad will be featured in the high traffic registration area, visited by thousands of attendees each day.


Window Cling

$2,500 each

Place your company designed artwork on windows at the convention center, where all conference activities will take place. Windows ads will be approximately 8 ft. tall by 5 ft. wide each (40 sq. ft. of visibility) . Attendees will travel throughout the convention center several times a day giving your company thousands of impressions. Your window ad will be placed in the main lobby/registration area on the first floor of the convention center.


Escalator Cling

$2,500 each

Place your company designed artwork on escalators at the convention center, where all conference activities will take place. The escalator ad will be approximately 6 ft. long by 2 ft. tall each. Attendees will travel throughout the convention center several times a day giving your company thousands of impressions. Your escalator ad will be placed in the main lobby/registration area on the first floor of the convention center.


Hotel Keycards

$10,000 per hotel plus expenses (multiple hotel discount available)

Sponsor the conference hotel key cards and have your company's logo on the minds of each attendee at the conference headquarters hotel. Additional conference hotels are also available.


Hotel Door Drop

$10,000 per hotel plus expenses (multiple hotel discount available)

Deliver your message directly to conference attendees in their rooms. Supply NLC with your marketing materials and we will deliver it to each attendee at the conference headquarters hotel. Additional conference hotels are also available.


Hotel Mirror Ad

$10,000 per hotel plus expenses (multiple hotel discount available)

Ensure your message is seen by sponsoring a hotel mirror ad. Your plastic adhesive ad will be delivered to rooms at the conference headquarters hotel. Additional conference hotels are also available.


Hotel Gift Bag

$10,000 per hotel plus expenses (multiple hotel discount available)

Welcome conference attendees with a hotel gift bag in each room. The gift bags featuring your company's literature and give-aways (total value of gift bag must be less than $10) will be distributed to the conference headquarters hotel. Additional conference hotels are also available.