The Lamar Advertising Company (NASDAQ: LAMR), based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is a provider of billboards, transit advertising, and highway logo signs. Founded in 1902, Lamar currently operates over 150 outdoor advertising companies in more than 40 states and Puerto Rico. Lamar has over 70 transit franchises that reach driving audiences across the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico with billboards, digital billboards, bus shelters, benches an...
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The Lamar Advertising Company (NASDAQ: LAMR), based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is a provider of billboards, transit advertising, and highway logo signs. Founded in 1902, Lamar currently operates over 150 outdoor advertising companies in more than 40 states and Puerto Rico. Lamar has over 70 transit franchises that reach driving audiences across the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico with billboards, digital billboards, bus shelters, benches and buses. Lamar is also the nation's leader in the highway logo sign business with operations in 19 states and the province of Ontario, Canada. It has been the largest outdoor advertising company in the United States and Puerto Rico since 1999.
A simple flip of a coin in Pensacola, FL landed Charles W. Lamar Sr. the opportunity of a lifetime. In 1908, when Mr. Lamar and J.M. Coe decided to dissolve their three-year partnership, a coin toss was used to divide their assets: the Pensacola Opera House and the Pensacola Advertising Company, the...
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