Elevation Group

The Elevation Group is an award-winning sponsorship marketing, event production and communications company. Formed in 2002 by former senior IMG executives Steve Lindecke and Denny Young, Elevation comprises experts in sports and music events, sponsorships and personalities. Lindecke and Young are no strangers to staging events in Cleveland. In 2014, the pair launched Cathedral Concerts, a music series staged at Trinity Cathedral that was recognized by the Cleveland Plain Dealer as "one of the most unusual (and diverse) endeavors to hit the city in some time. Lindecke has produced the Cleveland Clinic's Scott Hamilton & Friends skating & music events at Quicken Loans Arena the past 16 years and for a period of 10 years, on behalf of IMG, Young operated Cleveland's largest annual event, the Cleveland Grand Prix. Prior to his time at IMG, Young worked for legendary concert promotion company, Belkin Productions, where he promoted hundreds of area concerts. Over the past decade, the Elevation Group has been a part of several major national and international awards. The company has become known throughout the United States and abroad for its superior events, excellence in music television production and unparalleled motorsports sponsorship consultation, activation and communication.