ING New York City Marathon

Project:
The ING New York City Marathon is the world's largest marathon, attracting 47,000 participants and millions of spectators in all five Cboroughs. Since 2005, Eventage has been a New York Road Runners partner, managing portions of the massive event in Staten Island and along the 26.2 mile course.

Client:
New York Road Runners, Inc.

• Manage three participant zones at the race's start area in Staten Island.
• Coordinate the display and distribution of sponsor product to the 39,000 runners in the hours before the start.
• Manage over one hundred volunteers.
• Receive, inventory and prepare food, drink, medical and other sponsor product for both the start line and the course's medical stations in the week before the race.
• Set up and manage 26 medical stations along the marathon course.
• Inventory & guarantee accuracy of supplies, delivery locations & timing.
• Design and implement an independent deployment system to ensure the secure transport and timely delivery of the Professional Athlete fluids to seven stations along the course.
• Logistical coordination of the Athletes with Disabilities program.

• 90 Eventage staff assigned to positions at the Start Line and throughout the five boroughs along the course
• Eleven 24' box trucks, 2 vans, 3 Gators and 1 forklift to move people, equipment and supplies
• A great deal of coffee (provided by official sponsor Dunkin' Donuts)
• 20,000 Power Bars, 87,000 cups, 440 garbage cans, 33 pop-up tents, 122 medical cots, 5,290 Band Aids, 6,600 tongue depressors, 27,750 salt packets, 167 cases of Gatorade concentrate