CITY TRIBUNE
GMIT paid for prime real estate on Galway Monopoly board
Galway City Tribune – Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) paid to be included as a square on the local edition of the boardgame Monopoly, buying a ‘gold’ package from UK company Winning Moves.
The city’s other publicly-funded third-level institute, NUI Galway, featured on a more expensive square on the board. However, the university says it has no record of having paid for the privilege.
Both institutes were contacted by a sales executive from Winning Moves in May 2015, offering them a range of packages for inclusion in the Galway edition of the popular boardgame.
GMIT ultimately opted for the ‘gold’ package, which saw the college represented as a square on the boardgame valued at M300 (Monopoly dollars). It also featured on the box lid and on one of the game’s ‘Community Chest’ cards.
The same gold, silver and bronze packages were offered to NUI Galway, along with a pricing structure that required annual payments for the privilege of featuring on the board.
However, records released under the Freedom of Information Act suggest that the university showed little interest in the proposal.
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