Challenge: The UEFA Champions League (UCL) tournament is the world’s largest annual sports event with 146 matches over a period of 10 months, reaching over one billion TV viewers annually. Pepsi is one of the world’s most recognizable brands. As an official partner of the UCL, PepsiCo faces the immense challenge of maximizing the ROI of a large sports sponsorship by allocating available tickets, hospitality and co-branding rights and benefits to the best possible attendees and for the most beneficial marketing purposes throughout the season. On the micro level, Pepsi faced the challenges of how to: centralize communication with employees, ensure proper and profitable use of owned assets and rights benefits, invite, register and manage guests at multiple, season-long matches with varying hosts and experiences and do all of that with precise and accessible record keeping.