Since their partnership commenced just over two years ago, the visual real estate at Infinity Park has been developed with the vivid, high-definition color graphics of Signlanguage.

Signlanguage is the official sign company and a major sponsor of Glendale's Infinity Park, and Account Manager Matt Rulis says that the relationship there is truly a partnership. "The marketing team presents us with a new sponsor and they allow us to survey the available real estate and communicate how we feel we can dress up the park while giving good exposure to this particular client." He continues, "It gives us that vested interest in making everything look as good as possible — not only as advertisement for what we do at Signlanguage — but as an opportunity to do it well."

Signlanguage does do it well. According to CEO Scott Cohen, it is the technology of eight-color printing and the 1,000-DPI definition that make Signlanguage products 'pop.' "The color and high definition we're able to produce really differentiates itself, so that when you're driving down the street you can tell which billboards are ours."

That signature pop of the Signlanguage prints is evident not just at Infinity Park, but throughout the urban landscape of the Denver Metro area. Promotions they have produced for art museum exhibits in Denver have been huge images, printed as "wallscapes" on buildings, with an effect that looks more like art than advertising.

Radius Media Holdings is the parent company to Signlanguage, as well as several other entities whose business models interact in providing media, events and sponsorship, along with the full-service digital printing offered by Signlanguage. The assets of Radius combine as a smart integration of communication tools designed to make an impact on markets in Colorado.

Scott Cohen says that Signlanguage has all of the right tools to be the standard for quality digital printing here. "With an acre of space at our disposal and a layout of the best technology in the industry to put the horsepower in place, it is truly a dream come true to have all of this at our fingertips."

Matt Rulis has been pleased with the opportunity to use the tools of Signlanguage at Infinity Park." The marketing team, along with Glendale's Deputy City Manager Linda Cassaday, have all been just fantastic and very open-minded about allowing us to work on the best options for getting their sponsors' names out there." He continues, "The partnership we have makes every project such an easy process and it all works very well."

They say that charity begins at home. But in the case of the Glendale Raptors, charity starts in the community, and helping wherever they can in the name of rugby is the mindset behind the Raptors Community Program introduced in January 2011.

Since its inception at the start of this year, the Glendale Raptors have acquitted themselves in over 400 hours of various community projects. These projects have ranged from delivering meals to people with terminal illnesses, running rugby clinics for members of the Big Brothers Big Sisters program, making cards with advocates from Mile High Down Syndrome Association and participating in activities with families of Childrens Hospital patients — to just to name a few.

Emily Daniels, director of promotions at Infinity Park and the brainchild behind the Raptors community program, says of the program, "we participate in community projects to create awareness for our Raptors rugby program and to fulfill sponsorship commitments.

"We would welcome any opportunities that would mutually benefit our program and that of the parties interested in our involvement in their community project," continues Daniels.

"However, it is important that we generate community awareness and not just provide manual labor for a project," adds Daniels.

The Raptors players are willing participants in the community program for a variety of reasons. First and foremost, they believe in giving back to the community that has supported them over the past five years and watched them grow from a fledgling rugby club to the Division I champions in 2011.

The Raptors players are rewarded for participating in community projects in the form of travel credits. As rugby is still an amateur sport in the U.S. and sponsorship is limited, the players typically have to pay their own travel expenses to away games. Travel credits are a great incentive for the players to get involved in the community and at the same time do something for themselves.

With 2012 fast approaching, the Raptors are feverishly getting their community project program finalized and from all accounts, it appears that there are many interesting things in store for the community and players.

Rugby fans will have the opportunity to overdose on some fast-paced action this Saturday, Oct. 22, 2011, as the Mountain 7s Tournament comes to Infinity Park. This tournament is a conference qualifier for the USA Rugby Collegiate National Championships to be held Dec. 16-17, 2011.

Rugby 7s is known for its fast and furious pace and is played by seven-a-side teams with each half being seven minutes long and a new game starting every twenty minutes. The tournament will take place throughout the day with the first game kicking off at 9 a.m. The championship final will be played at 8 p.m.

Of equal attraction on Saturday will be two Raptor rugby duels between archrivals. First on the agenda will be the Raptors U19 girls who will be taking on the Prairie View Thunderhawks in the Infinity Park stadium at 10:30 a.m. This will be the second match between the two teams this season. Raptors U19 girls won the first battle 47-25.

The second matchup on the agenda will be the Raptors DII Men's team taking on the Denver Harlequins. There is no love lost between these two teams; the result from their last encounter earlier this season was a draw. From all accounts, it is almost a certainty that the players will be putting body and soul on the line to walk away the victors. It promises to be a great game and definitely not one to be missed. Kickoff is at 6 p.m. in the Infinity Park stadium.

In the event you are a novice rugby fan, would like to know more about the game or may just want to brush up on your rugby knowledge, the Raptors Women's team will be doing a practice session in the Infinity Park stadium at 3:30 p.m. They will be utilizing microphones while they train and will be giving commentary explaining what they are doing.

For any aspiring young rugby players who would like to pursue a college rugby career, USA Rugby will be hosting a college rugby recruiting event in the stadium between 3:30 and 4:30 p.m. This will be a great opportunity to gather information and learn more about college rugby programs.

There will be something for everybody on Saturday and it promises to be a great day of entertainment, action and rugby!