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Luxury Daily: Big Game Air opens up new opportunity in luxury sports world
Big Game Air is a luxury company that shuttles sports fan to and from sought after sports games within the same day.
Affluent sports aficionados are able to travel to games that would normally be an overnight trip in just one day (CONTINUE READING). Read more
The New Norm
This was a familiar drive to Ryan Field for me.
I had done it numerous times as a Northwestern student-athlete.
I had done it more recently as a broadcaster.
I pulled up to the TV lot and had to show my pass. As one of the parking attendants… Read more
WGN: Get to the big game fast with class with help of new business
Big Game Air is, now that the college football season is underway, a new business venture aimed at making college game day more fun, more luxurious and more time efficient.
You know the phrase, "Time is money?” The new operation capitalizes on that concept by getting… Read more
Nothing Given, Everything Earned
When I run into fans at a restaurant or am roaming the room at a corporate function, a few topics always seem to come up in conversation. Some combination of: “What was it like to intercept Tom Brady and send the Colts to the Super… Read more
Michigan vs. Cincinnati
Michigan defeated Cincinnati, 36-14, in front of 110,000 fans at the Big House in Ann Arbor. Running back Ty Isaac rushed for a career-high 133 yards and quarterback Wilton Speight threw for two touchdowns as the Wolverines pulled away down the stretch for their second… Read more
Ohio State vs. Oklahoma
No. 5 Oklahoma defeated No. 2 Ohio State on Saturday in Columbus, 31-16. In a game featuring two college football powerhouses, the Sooners staked their claim as a College Football Playoff favorite. A group featuring a mix of Ohio State and Oklahoma fans traveled with Big… Read more
Big Game Air Set for Inaugural Weekend
Are you ready? Let’s go!
Big Game Air's inaugural weekend of same-day, round-trip flights features a pair of exciting college football matchups in two of the best venues in all of sports — the Big House in Ann Arbor and the Horseshoe in Columbus.
Whether you’re a… Read more
10 Things You Must Know Before Your Fantasy Football Draft
It's hard to believe that we are less than a week away from the start of regular-season NFL football. But after four weeks of exhibition games, roster cuts and surprise trades, we are days away from separating the pretenders from the contenders.
This is not just… Read more
INSIDE HOOK: YOUR PRIVATE GAMEDAY JET AWAITS
By: Michael Nolledo
This is about you, 5-30 of your closest friends and the gameday experience you’ll remember for the rest of your life.
This is about sports, because hey, we live in Chicago.
This is about Big Game Air, the new same-day, game-day jet service that’ll whisk… Read more
A Conversation with Jerry Azumah
Big Game Air recently sat down with former Chicago Bears Pro Bowl selection Jerry Azumah to talk life, sports and leisure. If you are interested in traveling with Jerry and Big Game Air to the Chicago Bears/Green Bay Packers game at Lambeau Field on Thursday,… Read more
Making An Impact
By: Zoltan Mesko
My path to professional football started in the unlikely form of a botched kickball play. I was in eighth grade, having emigrated to the United States from Romania just three years before. Determined to prove myself with a home run into the bleachers,… Read more
My Second Home: South Bend, Indiana
By: Jimmy Clausen
After finishing up my six-year NFL career at the end of the 2015 season, I returned home to California and began life after football -- venturing into the world of real estate, which has been a passion of mine from an early age.
See,… Read more
BEGIN ANYWAY: ARTURO GOMEZ
By: Patrick Cullen
Today we chat with Arturo Gomez, founder of Big Game Air, a premier provider of luxury game day travel experiences for the ultimate sports fan. Earlier this year, Arturo left the Chicago-based hospitality company- Rockit Ranch Productions– that he co-founded and oversaw for two… Read more
DEPARTURES: New Private Jet Service for Sports Fans Will Take You to the Big Game and Back
By: Avery Stone
For sports lovers, there’s perhaps no greater thrill than being front-and-center at the biggest games of the year—yet perhaps nothing more arduous than coordinating how to get there (and back) quickly and comfortably. However, new Chicago-based luxury travel outfitter Big Game Air is… Read more
TRAVEL + LEISURE: This Private Jet Service Is for Only the Most Devoted Sports Fans
By: Stacy Leasca
Sports megafans will do just about anything to support their team.
They’ll paint their faces, devote their Sundays for months on end, and even travel extreme distances to root for their team in enemy territory.
And while painting your face will always be a difficult… Read more
CHICAGO INNO: Chicago startup gives sports fans a private jet to the big game
By: Katherine Davis
A new local startup that provides private jets for same-day sporting event travel could be a viable option for die-hard (and especially bourgeoisie) Bears fans who just can’t miss a game against the Green Bay Packers in Wisconsin.
Big Game Air, founded by Chicago entrepreneurs Arturo Gomez and Todd Rubin,… Read more
DAILY HERALD: One-day flights offered to avid sports fans for major games
By: Anna Marie Kukec
When Arturo Gomez's wife was seven months pregnant, he wanted to attend an out-of-town football game.
But that meant the Big Ten die-hard fan would be driving and staying at hotels for days.
His wife gave her blessings for him to attend the game… Read more
CRAIN’S: How to see a Big Ten game in Iowa and be home by midnight
By ARI BENDERSKY
A new company is promising to get you to your out-of-town sporting event and home the same day.
Big Game Air founders Arturo Gomez, former president and partner at Rockit Ranch Productions, and Todd Rubin, who owns Leader Bar Chicago, aim to make it… Read more
First of its kind provider of luxury game day travel experiences launches in Chicago
Big Game Air Offers Sports Fans Same-Day, Round-Trip Travel on Private Jets to Major Sporting Events Across the Country.
Big Game Air, a first-of-its-kind luxury game day travel company set to redefine how consumers enjoy sports experiences, is thrilled to announce its launch in the premium… Read more
Big Game Air: The Beginning
They say that necessity is the mother of invention. I can certainly say that was the case for the creation of Big Game Air.
The concept for Big Game Air came about shortly before my wife and I had our first child. I wanted to attend… Read more
What it Means to be a Schembechler
By: Shemy Schembechler
I recall sitting at Jim Harbaugh’s inaugural press conference as the new Head Football coach at The University of Michigan. He spoke about the tradition of Michigan Football as having a “rock solid foundation that has been in place for over a century.”… Read more
Ten Hot Topics From Big Ten Media Days
The Big Ten Conference held its annual Football Media Days on Mon., July 24 and Tue., July 25 at the McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago, Ill. The annual event brings the conference’s 14 head coaches and three prominent players from each team all under… Read more