Lance Evans
Senior Vice President of Global Sports, Corporate Partnerships and Sponsorships
Stephanie Maes
Head of Sports Partnerships
Lance Evans is responsible for the oversight of the company’s sports initiatives, including sponsorships with leagues, teams and athletes; esports; and marketing and event development. This includes the LPGA T-Mobile Match Play presented by MGM Rewards and The Netflix Slam (Rafael Nadal vs. Carlos Alcaraz). He also manages corporate sponsorships, sponsorship activations and group/premium ticket sales. Seven years ago, Maes led the efforts around the first sports betting sponsorships in professional sports, guiding initiatives with the NBA, NHL, MLB, MLS and the New York Jets in the NFL. Overall, she leads company strategy regarding global development and programming of sports sponsorships and events and has played a key role in building out MGM Resorts’ sports partnership department.