Tag: Adams

Billboard Cashflow 101

How much of every dollar of billboard revenue should be left after paying your vendors, landlords and employees?  45 cents according to Boston Omaha, the parent company of Link Media Outdoor.  Take a look at the table which appeared in Seeking Alpha’s Boston Omaha: A Potential Opportunity for Long Term […]

Adams+Fairway Boards Promote Positivity

ATLANTA, GA (July 2, 2018) – Adams Outdoor Advertising and Fairway Outdoor Advertising will donate more than 700 billboards in 21 states to bring to life lettering artists’ renderings of positive messages. The designs came from Goodtype’s #goodtypetuesday challenge, in which lettering artists and illustrators from around the world were asked what they would put on a billboard. Entries were posted to […]

Billboard Visibility Not Protected By Just Compensation

The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled 4-3 that the City of Madison’s construction of a bridge which blocked visibility of a billboard is not a property taking requiring just compensation.  Here’s a summary of Adams Outdoor v City of Madison.  Adams bought a two sided billboard located near the Beltline Highway […]

Bethlehem Denies Adams Digital

  Lehigh Valley Live reports that the Bethlehem Zoning Board turned down a request by Adams Outdoor for 4 variances to construct a 616 square foot digital billboard at 213 Union Station Plaza along the Hill to Hill Bridge.  Adams already owns a billboard on city property on the other […]

Adams/Fairway considering REIT conversion

Bloomberg reports that Adams Outdoor Advertising and Fairway Outdoor Advertising are exploring the possibility of converting from corporations to a REIT.  They may merge and possibly go public as well.  By converting they would join Lamar, Outfront Media and Landmark Dividend as REITs. A real estate investment trust (“REIT”) is […]

Adams Makes Pitch for Bethlehem Billboard

The Morning Call reports that Adams presented the case for a 616 square foot digital sign along the Hill to Hill bridge in Bethlehem during a three hour hearing in front of the Bethlehem Zoning Hearing board.  Adams wants a variance to: construct a 616 square foot sign versus a […]

5 Things to Consider Before You Go Digital

By Bob Klausmeier In the summer of 2013, I embarked on a new venture, a ground-up new billboard company comprised entirely of digital billboards.  As of this writing, the new venture has built and installed eighteen digital billboard faces on nine, well-placed structures in southern Michigan. The company is thriving […]

Regulatory Roundup – October 6

Wisconsin State Journal reports that Adams Outdoor Advertising is appealing a decision by Madison officials to deny a request to modify 22 billboards.  The City’s Urban Design Commission will review the appeals on Oct 11.  Adams seeks to increase the billboard heights or install digital displays.  Adams has sued Madison, […]

Company of the Day: Adams Outdoor Advertising

Company:  Adams Outdoor Advertising Markets: Illinois, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia, Wisconsin. Headquarters: 500 Colonial Center Parkway, Suite 120, Roswell, GA  30076 Phone: 770-333-0399 Adams Outdoor Advertising operates an out of home plant in 7 eastern and midwest states.   Adams was founded by Steve Adams in 1983 […]

“Face Of Giving” Campaign Shares Selfies On Digital Billboards World-Wide

Face of Giving campaign allows you to turn your Selfie into a Helpie. Participants submit a selfie for a small donation. Each selfie will then appear on digital billboards in countries around the globe. Participants literally become the “face of giving” as their donation helps meet a need. Technology Nonprofit […]