Editing Labatt Brewing Company (section)

== Corporate activities ==
[[File:Labatt Pond Hockey Buffalo.jpg|thumb|right|Labatt Blue Pond Hockey tournament at [[Buffalo RiverWorks]], 2014]]
Labatt has sponsored the construction of many buildings in London, including [[Labatt Park]], the [[John Labatt Centre]], and the John Labatt Visual Arts Centre at the [[University of Western Ontario]] (UWO). Bessie Labatt's son [[Arthur Labatt]] was the 19th chancellor of UWO (2004–2008).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uwo.ca/univsec/board/seniorofficers_chancellors.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=November 16, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081218004202/http://www.uwo.ca/univsec/board/seniorofficers_chancellors.pdf |archive-date=December 18, 2008 }}</ref> In 1998 Labatt announced a 20-year sponsorship agreement with the now defunct [[Montreal Expos]] (now the [[Washington Nationals]]), which included naming rights for a downtown [[Montreal]] [[Baseball park|ballpark]] that was never built.

They sponsored the English football team [[Nottingham Forest F.C.]] from 1992 (interchanging with [[Shipstones Brewery]] until 1994) to 1997.<ref>{{cite web|title=Nottingham Forest|url=http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Nottingham_Forest/Nottingham_Forest.htm|work=historicalkits.co.uk|first=Dave|last=Moor|access-date=November 27, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111103044313/http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Nottingham_Forest/Nottingham_Forest.htm|archive-date=November 3, 2011}}</ref>

They also are the official beer and corporate sponsor of the OHL hockey franchise [[Plymouth Whalers]]. In the 1950s, the company sponsored a [[PGA Tour]] golf tournament, the [[Labatt Open]].

Labatt sponsored [[Gilles Villeneuve]] as well as being the main sponsor of the [[Formula One]] [[Canadian Grand Prix]] from 1972 to 1986, as well as [[Williams F1]] racing team from 1991 to 1994.

In 1983–1986, Labatt sponsored [[Ken Westerfield]], Canadian [[Frisbee]] champion and world record holder, to perform Frisbee shows throughout Ontario, as well as sponsor the World Guts (Frisbee) Championships on [[Toronto Islands]] in 1986.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://tuc.org/hall-of-fame/2010| title=TUC Hall of Fame Ken Westerfield| publisher=Toronto Ultimate Club| access-date=October 22, 2014| url-status=live| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141026165207/http://tuc.org/hall-of-fame/2010| archive-date=October 26, 2014}}</ref>