How Baseball's All-Star Game Drove In More Brands

MLB gave more opportunities to everyone from T-Mobile to Pete & Gerry's eggs

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When Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game was last played in Seattle in 2001, league sponsor Mastercard was less than four years into the “Priceless” campaign it built around baseball.

Launched during the 1997 World Series, the first “Priceless” ad created by McCann-Erickson focused on what Mastercard payments could buy at the ballpark—then, only at the ticket window and souvenir or concessions counters—as well as the intangible experiences that “money can’t buy.” During Mastercard’s 25-year tenure as an MLB partner, the number of elements in and around the ballpark that Mastercard products can’t pay for has shrunk considerably.

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