Panini America Provides Detailed First Look at 2015-16 Gala Basketball (Preview Gallery)
2015-16 Gala Basketball, the highly anticipated sequel to last summer's international-only blockbuster, is in production now, ready to enchant North American collectors with a mid-July release full of new plot twists, a stellar cast of high-end autograph and memorabilia stunners and, once again, the most limited Rookie Cards in the industry. Indeed, following a successful 2014-15 debut overseas, North American…
Black Box Confidential: Panini America Eyes Initial Wave of 2016 Industry Summit Gems
The 2016 Industry Summit is in full swing this week in Hawaii and later today, Panini America executives will deliver the company's annual corporate address to attendees -- culminating with the distribution of the company's now-legendary Black Boxes that have come to virtually define one of the sports collectibles industry’s most important events. The show-stopping Black Boxes provide an explosive conclusion to Panini America’s Tuesday…
Rookies, Breakers Set for NFLPA Collegiate Bowl FanFest Presented By Panini
It's officially 2016 NFLPA Collegiate Bowl Week and that can mean only thing: Plans for Saturday's big game -- and the accompanying NFLPA Collegiate Bowl FanFest Presented By Panini -- are coming together at a breakneck pace right about now. A lot has happened since our last update and after reading what we have in store for Saturday's big event,…
Panini America Begins Ramping Up for Epic Super Bowl 50 NFL Experience (Gallery)
As the NFL Divisional Playoffs prepare to rock our weekend starting tomorrow, anticipation for Super Bowl 50 promises to intensify significantly over the next two days and in the week ahead leading up to the conference championship games next weekend. Given that backdrop, it should go without saying that all of us here at Panini America are gearing up for…
Key Highlights of the 2016 NFLPA Collegiate Bowl FanFest Presented By Panini
Panini America, Schulte Sports Marketing and GTS Distribution are teaming up for the inaugural 2016 NFLPA Collegiate Bowl FanFest Presented By Panini, a one-day event held in conjunction with the fifth annual NFLPA Collegiate Bowl that will take place January 23 at StubHub Center in Carlson, Calif. The event has been created to engage local sports fans and collectors in the…
Schulte Sports Bringing “FanFest Presented By Panini” to 2016 NFLPA Collegiate Bowl
Schulte Sports, Inc., a full-service sports marketing and public relations agency, recently announced that it has been retained by the National Football League Players Association (NFLPA), the union for professional football players in the National Football League, to spearhead management, marketing and public relations initiatives for the inaugural FanFest Presented By Panini at the 2016 NFLPA Collegiate Bowl, January 23 at the…
Panini America Issues Statement on Passing of NSCC Pioneer Mike Berkus
Along with the rest of the sports card industry, Panini America mourns the passing of collecting pioneer Mike Berkus. Mike was a true industry leader whose openness and collaborative spirit positively impacted not only the National Sports Collectors Convention but also the entire industry. Panini America is proud to have been one of Mike’s longtime business partners and we continue…
Panini Unwrapped: A Special Guest from the Twitterverse Cracks Clear Vision Football
ROSEMONT, Ill. -- Late Sunday morning at the 2015 National Sports Collectors Convention, 18-year-old Bitner, Pa., resident Richard Hardy -- perhaps known better in collecting circles by his @BossHardy202 Twitter handle -- dropped by the Panini America booth with one box of 2015 Clear Vision Football, and an itchy breaking hand and a sincere desire to make his Panini Unwrapped debut.…
Panini America Offers Must-See Peek Inside the 2015 National VIP Party Gold Packs
CHICAGO -- Ask 10 different Panini National VIP Party attendees what their favorite part of the annual extravaganza is and you're likely to get six or seven different answers. For some, it's the always-loaded VIP guest list. For others, it's the venue. Or the food. Or the fun. Or the music. Or the camaraderie. Or . . . the Gold…
Panini Unwrapped: 2015 Prestige Football
ROSEMONT, Ill. -- From open to close during last week's 2015 National Sports Collectors Convention, the action-packed Panini America booth was home to some of the country's top group breakers busting an assortment of Panini America products from all sports. Amid that setting, we carved out some time last Friday for a special episode of Panini Unwrapped featuring 2015 Prestige Football…