Monthly, year-round. URLA's sponsors are also URLA's investors — they're the people deciding which tournaments we sponsor, whether we send a team to the NRL Vegas 9s, what an off-season 9s comp looks like, and who travels on the URLA team. The lunch is where those calls get made.
Jerseys go to the printer on June 1. The first lunch of the season is timed right before — late May, all five teams represented, sponsors on the fence get one last look at the kit before placements lock for 2026. If you're considering a jersey spot and haven't pulled the trigger, this is the room to be in.
Date and venue posted as soon as they're confirmed — get on the list to be notified first.
Most rugby leagues run sponsorship as a one-way transaction — you pay, your logo goes on a kit, the season ends. URLA runs it as a partnership. Sponsors fund the league. Sponsors get a vote in what URLA does with the money. We meet monthly, year-round, to debate and decide.
An informal hour-long lunch — small food provided, networking on either side. Team presidents drop in to give updates. League leadership shares what's coming. Sponsors weigh in on the bigger calls (Vegas trip, off-season tournament, traveling team) and trade notes with each other.
Current URLA sponsors (auto-invited as a sponsorship benefit) plus businesses considering sponsoring — bring a colleague who might be interested. All five teams in one room: Broncos, Rabbitahz, Roosters, Seagulls, Raiders.
Free for current URLA sponsors and invited businesses. Bring yourself, bring your business cards. Small food covered by the league — adds up to ~$360 in lunches a year for every sponsor.
Year-round, every month. Rotating venue around the Salt Lake / Utah County area, picked to be central for that month's confirmed attendees. Off-season lunches (Nov–Apr) are when the strategic calls get made.
URLA sponsors get one free lunch every month, year-round. That alone runs about $360 in food per sponsor per year — enough that most team-level sponsorships either net positive in lunch value alone or break even after the standard tax-deduction. Then add in the networking, the eyes on your business, the weekly content slots, and the marketing exposure. Those are bonuses on top of food you've already broken even on.
Math: 12 lunches × ~$30/lunch = $360. Tax assumes 24% effective business rate. Confirm with your accountant.
Every initiative below is driven by sponsor & investor input at the lunches. Funding it = backing it. Backing it = voting on what it looks like.
URLA travels to and sponsors a slot at the NRL Vegas 9s. Sponsors who back this trip get logo placement on the URLA squad jersey at one of the highest-profile rugby league events in the US, plus a seat at the table planning who travels and what the squad looks like.
A short-format URLA-hosted tournament that fills the November–February gap. Keeps players active off-season, gives sponsors more match-day reach, and creates a second annual sponsorship cycle. Sponsors & investors decide whether we run it as a single weekend, a multi-week series, or invitational.
A URLA representative side that competes at out-of-state US rugby league fixtures and selected international invitationals. Sponsors fund the trip; the trip drives URLA's brand outside Utah; players get higher-level reps. Sponsors & investors weigh in on selection criteria, schedule, and gear.
New tournaments, partnerships with other US leagues, junior pathway expansions, content series — URLA's growth roadmap is set with the sponsor & investor group at the lunches. If you want a vote, this is the room to be in.
Sponsor & investor calls are advisory + collaborative — URLA's board sets final policy, but no major initiative ships without the lunch group's input.
Confirmed dates and venues post here as soon as they're locked. Sponsors on the RSVP list get notified directly the moment a date drops.
Schedule is a placeholder until each month's date and venue lock in. Pattern: one lunch per month, generally mid-month, year-round.
Tell us you're in and we'll email each lunch's confirmed date + venue the moment it locks. Current 2026 URLA sponsors are auto-added — this form is for businesses on the fence and friends-of-the-league.
Most months you'll just hear "sponsor" — that's the standard term. We use "investor" alongside it because URLA's bigger-picture initiatives (Vegas 9s, off-season tournament, traveling team) are decided at these lunches by the sponsor group. You're not just buying a logo placement — you're funding URLA's growth and you get a vote in where it goes. Same person, same money, two ways of describing the role.
No. The lunch is open to current sponsors, businesses considering sponsoring, and friends-of-the-league. If you're curious about how URLA works or you want to see what an investor seat looks like before committing, this is the easiest way to find out.
Free. The league covers the food. Bring yourself, bring your business cards.
One hour, lunch-time. Show up, eat, ask questions, network, vote on what we're running next, leave. We respect your work day.
Rotating venue across the Wasatch Front — picked each month to be central for that month's confirmed attendees. The location lands the moment we have ten or more RSVPs for a date.
Yes — please. The whole point is sponsors meeting other local business operators. Bring whoever you'd want to talk shop with.
No problem. There's a lunch every month, year-round. Skip the ones that don't work, come to the ones that do. The big strategic decisions (Vegas, traveling team, off-season 9s) get debated across multiple lunches — you won't miss your shot to weigh in.
A 10-minute talk from Ghost Zero Marketing on a single tactical topic for local businesses (lead capture, ad copy, ops shortcuts). Optional — skip the segment if it's not for you.
Who do I contact? Email sponsors@utahrugbyleague.com.