It seems the organizer even did't try to find sponsors. When I watched some yt video from yesterday I saw only one company as rink sponsor (Chique Sport). I also watched a video from Nebelhorntrophy 1996 - there have been names like Lufthansa, Toshiba etc as rink advertising. Of course times are different now, but Kris135 is right, at least advertising from the local tourist industry should be possible, especially in Oberstdorf where tourism is the main economic factor. Instead of run down the global interest in the Nebelhorntrophy - or perhaps this is the intention, I don*t know their strategy for the future of this eventI do not have money to shell out $20 per event nor should I have to pay just to watch figure skating. I wonder why these streams can not put on YouTube and monetize them with ads. Also with these low level events you should be able somebody to sponsor them. I mean the one that was Canada the main sponsors were the province of Quebec, a Canadian flower company, and the Chicken famers of Canada. To think that skating events can not find sponsors is wrong.They can. It might not be prestigious ones but they could find one if they really wanted to. I just want to stop the nickeling and dimming of fans to stop because this why skating is in deep trouble and driving more fans is not helping any.