The Kansas City Wizards were victorious 2-0 in their season opener last Saturday night, and the organization has scored a win off the field news as well. Kansas City has signed two major partners for the 2008 season: M&I Bank as the official bank of the Wizards and Providence Medical Center/Saint John Hospital as the team's official healthcare provider.
"We are proud to have these great companies on board for the upcoming season," said Todd Adams, Vice President of Sales for the Kansas City Wizards. "M&I Bank and Providence Medical Center have made a strong statement about their commitment to the continued growth of soccer in Kansas City, as well as our community as a whole."
"Providence Medical Center and Saint John Hospital are proud to be the major health care sponsors for the Wizards," said director of business development Jay Levine. "We have been out at CommunityAmerica Ballpark since day one and we are excited to welcome the Wizards to our neighborhood here in Kansas City, Kansas."
"M&I Bank is pleased to continue our partnership with the Kansas City Wizards," said Vice President Central States Marketing Jeff Chambers. "We wish the Wizards the best of luck in the 2008 season and congratulate them on a great season-opening win Saturday night."
M&I Bank is an affiliate of Marshall & Ilsley Corporation (NYSE: MI), a diversified financial services corporation headquartered in Milwaukee, Wis., with $59.8 billion in assets. Founded in 1847, M&I has 49 locations throughout Arizona; 32 offices in central Indiana; 31 offices along Florida's west coast and in central Florida; 14 offices in Kansas City and nearby communities; 22 offices in metropolitan Minneapolis/St. Paul, and one in Duluth, Minn.; and one office in Las Vegas, Nev. M&I's Southwest Bank subsidiary has 17 offices in the greater St. Louis area. M&I also provides trust and investment management, equipment leasing, mortgage banking, asset-based lending, financial planning, investments, and insurance services from offices throughout the country and on the Internet (www.mibank.com or www.micorp.com). M&I's customer-based approach, internal growth, and strategic acquisitions have made M&I a nationally recognized leader in the financial services industry.
M&I Bank and Providence Medical Center join a long list of great Kansas City Wizards 2008 sponsors. The full list also includes adidas, Atlanta Bread Company, Celsius Tannery, Five Star Lifestyles, Henry Wurst Incorporated, John Deere, Roberts Chevrolet, Sonic, Time Warner Cable and U.S. Engineering Company.
