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Quicken Loans celebrates partnership with Texas Athletics by offering chance at season tickets
01.21.2016 | Longhorn Sports Properties / Learfield
National retail mortgage lender launches sweepstakes for 2016-17 men's basketball season tickets
AUSTIN, Texas -- Quicken Loans, the nation's second largest retail mortgage lender, today announced a partnership with The University of Texas, becoming a proud sponsor of Texas Athletics. To celebrate the new partnership, Quicken Loans is launching a sweepstakes giving fans the opportunity to win tickets for the 2016-17 men's basketball season.
"We believe we're bringing two great teams together -- Quicken Loans and Texas Athletics -- proven winners on and off the court," said Jay Farner, president and chief marketing officer for Quicken Loans. "This partnership is all about offering new and engaging opportunities for supporters to rally around the Longhorns community and build on its impressive legacy. We're beyond thrilled to work with Texas Athletics to bring fans a winning combination."
"We are proud to welcome Quicken Loans to the Longhorns family as a new sponsor," said Texas Men's Athletics Director Mike Perrin. "Quicken Loans understands sports sponsorships. Already they will be offering a chance for fans to win men's basketball season tickets for next season. Longhorns will definitely have some fun with this."
Quicken Loans understands the importance of home field advantage and as a result has launched an exclusive fan sweepstakes, offering the opportunity to win 2016-17 Texas Men's Basketball season tickets. The sweepstakes is running now through April 1. To be eligible, contestants must be at least 18 years of age and a U.S. citizen. To enter, visit TexasSports.com/quickenloans and complete the entry form provided.
"Quicken Loans is no stranger to delivering excitement to collegiate athletics through fun and unique events, such as hosting the Quicken Loans Carrier Classic -- the first college basketball game on an active aircraft carrier, and offering a billion dollars for a perfect men's college basketball championship bracket. We look forward to meeting and cheering alongside all the Longhorns fans out there," Farner added.
ABOUT QUICKEN LOANS
Detroit-based Quicken Loans Inc. is the nation's second largest retail home mortgage lender. The company closed $200 billion of mortgage volume across all 50 states since 2013. Quicken Loans generates loan production from web centers located in Detroit, Cleveland and Scottsdale, Arizona. The company also operates a centralized loan processing facility in Detroit, as well as its San Diego-based One Reverse Mortgage unit. Quicken Loans ranked "Highest in Customer Satisfaction for Primary Mortgage Origination" in the United States by J.D. Power for the past six consecutive years (2010-15), and highest in customer satisfaction among all mortgage servicers in 2014 and 2015.
Quicken Loans was named among the top-30 companies on FORTUNE magazine's annual "100 Best Companies to Work For" list for the last 12 consecutive years, ranking No. 12 in 2015. It has been recognized as one of Computerworld magazine's '100 Best Places to Work in IT' the past 11 years, ranking No. 1 in 2015, 2014, 2013, 2007, 2006 and 2005. The company moved its headquarters to downtown Detroit in 2010, and now more than 10,000 of its 15,000 team members work in the city's urban core. For more information about Quicken Loans, please visit QuickenLoans.com, on Twitter at @QLnews, and on Facebook at Facebook.com/QuickenLoans.