CHICAGO (AP) Chad Bruner is a huge football fan. One day last December, he was sitting in a big leather chair in his Oklahoma City home when the Makers Wanted Bahamas Bowl caught his attention.

It wasn't anything about the play on the field. Looking back, Bruner couldn't even remember which schools were in the game. But a mention of the Chicago suburb of Elk Grove Village sent the real estate project manager to the internet to learn more.

"You're always looking for places that are business friendly," said Bruner, who works for Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores. "The sponsorship opens the door into reading the article and you get more information as far as what they were trying to do. That really kind of just showed us that's a place that you can probably go and get some business done."