Sports FAN Zone
Kick Off Event for our Biggest year in SC Sports History!
New level of Community Entertainment added to an already great event day!
Football, FIFA Futbol, Hockey: Your Favorite Bay Area Pro Teams
| Mascots, Cheer and Performances
⚽ Youth Leagues and Fan Clubs
| Brandi Chastain, Kelenna Abuzuiki, DeJuan Jones!
| 🎤 Live Entertainment-DJ Macala!
| Food Trucks, Interactive Games, and Biergarten
🎉 Giveaways, Activities, and Nonstop Fun for all ages!
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Football, FIFA Futbol, Hockey: Your Favorite Bay Area Pro Teams | Mascots, Cheer and Performances ⚽ Youth Leagues and Fan Clubs | Brandi Chastain, Kelenna Abuzuiki, DeJuan Jones! | 🎤 Live Entertainment-DJ Macala! | Food Trucks, Interactive Games, and Biergarten 🎉 Giveaways, Activities, and Nonstop Fun for all ages! |
Its Game on! Ready to Sponsor or Book a Space?
✅ Sports FAN Zone — Open Until 5 PM! Join the excitement as Bay Area Pro Teams engage passionate fans up close in the Sports FAN Zone, located on Jackson Street at Franklin Square (see map below).
Expect a full day of action and entertainment — including interactive booths, sports demos, live performances, and opportunities to meet your favorite mascots and players. Enjoy stage time for teams and sponsors, plus beer and wine, delicious food trucks, and DJ Macala keeping the energy high all afternoon!
✅ Post Parade Participation and Performances! 🎉After bringing the Streets of Santa Clara to Life, we invite our marching bands, dance and drill teams, and community floats members to the Sports FAN Zone and keep the celebration going with your community until 5 PM.
Sponsors, Youth sports teams and Coaches, local talent and parade participants— reserve stage time to recognize your Champions on Stage after the parade. To discuss how to reserve a time slot, contact Ana Vargas-Smith @avsmith2014@gmail.com
✅ ZONE 10x10 Booths: Pro Teams and youth sports, and Sports related businesses book your booth here: Vendor Booths. Connect one on one with your community.
✅ZONE FOOD TRUCKS and 10x10 Vendor Spaces: Reserve your space here: Food Truck
✅ NEW An Exhibit of a Century of SC Sports Legends: A historic project in collaboration with the City of Santa Clara Library and the Triton Museum
✅ Be a part of the Action: Volunteer Opportunities in the ZONE – Corporate team building or student service hours available for the Sports FAN Zone.
The Official Kickoff to Santa Clara’s Biggest Year in Sports—a huge success. Next year for 2026, get ready for an unforgettable celebration as we welcome Super Bowl 60 and the 2026 FIFA World Cup to Santa Clara!
Since 1945, SC Parade of Champions Festival has honored WWII veterans, community heroes, and local champions—a proud diverse legacy of heroes, champions and community spirit. For over a century, Santa Clara has produced over 80 Olympians and countless local sports legends. Extraordinary for a small town. Come Celebrate with us our history in the NEW Sports FAN Zone!
What is in the New Sports FAN Zone? It’s where community meets champions! Snap selfies with the World Cup FIFA Countdown Clock, enjoy Player appearances like former Warriors and now NBC Sports Analyst Kelenna Azubuiki, former Olympian Co-Owner BAY FC Brandi Chastain and DeJuan Jones of the Earthquakes and more!
Expect sports and community interactive booths featuring Bay Area Pro favorite teams and their Mascots from the SJ Earthquakes, Sharks, 49ers, and Bay FC. Bring your appetite, sneakers and/or dance shoes— DJ Macala will be keeping the energy high until 5 PM.
Need more visibility? Become a Sponsor – Join the Sports FAN Zone. Choose your level of participation and be part of this unforgettable community celebration. Sponsorships available with maximum visibility here: Sponsor Packages
All sponsorships include:
✅ 10x10 booth with Tent, 6 ft table & 2 chairs
✅ Logo on our website for 1 year
✅ Opportunities for Stage time, demos and clinics—varies w/level.
🏆 $10,000 – MVP Sports Zone Sponsor—Top billing with All-Star perks!
Premier Booth placement in the Sports FAN Zone and High Optics for signage at the stage
Recognition as Top Tier Sponsor at $10K on all marketing, PR, social media and event. Your Logo on our Website for a year.
All day Stage Hypes and shout-outs during the event program by DJ. Demos and Clinics welcomed.
7 VIP passes – Parade “Meet the Grand Marshal” Breakfast + Grandstand seats & Festival
⭐ $5,000 – All-Star Sponsor— Big league branding & visibility
Recognized as $5K Sponsor and Logo on social media and on Sports FAN Zone signage, & website.
Four Stage Hypes and Shout outs by DJ plus demos offered during the event.
6 VIP passes – Parade “Meet the Grand Marshal” Breakfast + Grandstand seats
⚡ $2,500 – Game Changer—Lead the pack
Logo on digital & printed media
Three Stage Hypes or Shout outs during the event program by DJ on stage
4 VIP passes – Parade “Meet the Grand Marshal” Breakfast + Grandstand seats & Festival
💙 $1,500 – Fan Favorite—Get in the game
Logo on website for a year and on Zone signage
Two Stage Hypes or shout-outs by DJ
3 VIP passes – Parade “Meet the Grand Marshal” Breakfast + Grandstand seats
🏅 $500 – Community Champ (Nonprofit Rate): Perfect for nonprofits, schools & youth sports organizations
Includes 10x10 space with white canopy, 6 ft table & 2 chairs
Logo on website
Coaches Recognize your Champs on stage during the event or Choose a demo time.
2 VIP passes – Parade “Meet the Grand Marshal” Breakfast + Grandstand seats
Your Sponsorship and Donations help our Nonprofit give back to our community…
Each year, we proudly feature a Professionally Judged PRIZE MONEY Contest that awards MONEY for Community made Floats, Dance, Drill Teams, Marching Units, and Community Bands - a spirited showcase where our nonprofit gives back to the talented performers, many youth groups, who bring energy, culture, talent and creativity to our parade streets. Add to our signature parade, the community village booths, the NEW Sports FAN Zone, gourmet food trucks, live performances, and family fun — and you’ve got a festival that will spark joy and leave a powerful legacy of building community.
Want to support? It takes a Village has been our history—and you’re a vital Part. As a nonprofit 501(c)(3), we count on local champions like you to help with donations to keep this legacy event accessible and support our Charitable Initiatives for generations to come—we raise funds for:
Youth scholarships
Support for our veterans and their families facing medical crisis
Inclusive programming that Celebrates our Heroes and the DNA of our city—ensures that it remains FREE to the Public to attend since 1945!