IMG Academy vs. Bishop Sycamore High School to
take place Sunday, August 29th, 2021 at 1:30pm Eastern Daylight
Time
Hall of Fame Resort & Entertainment Company (“HOFV” or the
“Company”) (NASDAQ: HOFV, HOFVW), the only resort, entertainment
and media company centered around the power of professional
football and owner of the Hall of Fame Village powered by Johnson
Controls (the “Destination”), today announced it will be hosting
the GEICO ESPN High School Kickoff game between the world-renowned
IMG Academy, based in Bradenton, Florida, and Bishop Sycamore High
School, a local high school in the northeast suburbs of Columbus,
Ohio. The game will be nationally televised on ESPN and take place
on Sunday, August 29th, 2021, at 1:30pm at the Tom Benson Hall of
Fame Stadium on the Destination’s campus. Tickets will be available
on Wednesday, July 28, and can be purchased for $10 at
https://www.hofvillage.com/p/events/geico-espn-high-school-kickoff-game.
“We couldn’t be more excited to have IMG Academy compete at the
Hall of Fame Village powered by Johnson Controls,” said Michael
Munoz, Vice President, Youth Football and Partnerships for HOFV.
“With all of the homegrown football talent that Ohio has to offer,
seeing one of our local schools compete against IMG Academy will be
incredibly memorable. In addition to providing another exciting
event for our guests and fans to enjoy, our goal is to provide
every young athlete involved with an unforgettable experience that
they will cherish as they continue to develop their sports
careers.”
The nationally renowned IMG Academy has 20 of the 37 players
ranked in the ESPN 300 and ESPN Junior 300. Bishop Sycamore, a new
program with young talent and several players on both sides of the
ball, has multiple Division 1 offers. Some of the players ranked
include: No. 1 Junior Lebbeus Overton - DE (Milton, Ga.) and the
No. 2 Senior Quinn Ewers - QB (Southlake Carroll, Texas). Three
other Top 100 ESPN ranked senior quarterbacks join Ewers in leading
their teams this kickoff weekend: No. 36 Connor Weigman
(Bridgeland, Texas), No. 39 AJ Duffy (IMG Academy, Fla.), and No.
100 Gunner Stockton (Rabun County, Ga.), as well as junior
quarterback No. 275 Malachi Singleton (North Cobb, Ga.). Of the
athletes participating, 12 have already committed to top Division I
college football programs, including Clemson, Florida State,
Georgia, Oklahoma, Ohio State, Penn State, Texas A&M, TCU, and
UCLA.
2021 GEICO ESPN High School KickOff
Schedule
*Notes: All times are ET.
Thursday, August 26
Southlake Carroll (Texas) vs. Highland Park (Texas) 8
p.m. on ESPNU from AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas
Friday, August 27
Milton (Ga.) vs. North Cobb (Ga.) 7 p.m. on ESPN2 from
North Cobb High School in Kennesaw, Ga.
Saturday, August 28
St. Frances (Md.) vs. St Thomas Aquinas (Fla.) Noon on
ESPN from St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Ft. Lauderdale,
Fla.
Oakland (Tenn.) vs. Madison-Ridgeland (Miss.) 3 p.m. on
ESPN2 from Madison-Ridgeland Academy Ridgeland, Miss.
Pace Academy (Ga.) vs. Rabun County (Ga.) 6 p.m. on ESPN2
from Rabun County High School in Tiger, Ga.
Bridgeland (Texas) vs. Klein Cain (Texas) 9 p.m. on ESPNU
from Klein Memorial Stadium in Spring, Texas
Sunday, August 29
IMG Academy (Fla.) vs Bishop Sycamore (Ohio) 1:30 p.m. on
ESPN from Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton, Ohio
About Hall of Fame Resort & Entertainment Company
Hall of Fame Resort & Entertainment Company (NASDAQ: HOFV,
HOFVW) is a resort and entertainment company leveraging the power
and popularity of professional football and its legendary players
in partnership with the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Headquartered in
Canton, Ohio, the Hall of Fame Resort & Entertainment Company
is the owner of the Hall of Fame Village powered by Johnson
Controls, a multi-use sports, entertainment and media destination
centered around the Pro Football Hall of Fame's campus. Additional
information on the Company can be found at www.HOFREco.com.
About IMG Academy
Located in Bradenton, Florida, IMG Academy is the world’s
largest and most advanced multi-sport training and educational
institution. Established in 1978 as the Bollettieri Tennis Academy,
IMG Academy now spans over 600 acres and continues to evolve and
expand as the industry leader for athletic and performance
development.
Our history of success remains unrivaled around the globe, and
IMG Academy continues to develop elite athletes who achieve success
at the collegiate and professional levels. Past alumni and trainees
have included world No. 1 tennis players and Grand Slam champions,
No. 1 overall NFL draft picks, top NBA athletes, successful PGA
Tour/LPGA players, and NCAA champions. Graduates attend many of the
most notable universities in the nation, including Stanford, Duke,
Ohio State, and Johns Hopkins, as well as several service
academies.
IMG provides an all-inclusive campus for athletes of all levels.
Our world-renowned location includes professional-grade sports
facilities and accommodations, world-class technology, and a wide
variety of programming, including a 6th-12th grade boarding school,
year-round camps, adult camps, corporate retreats, group hosting,
team training, events, and professional and collegiate
training.
IMG Academy’s sport programs include baseball, basketball,
football, golf, lacrosse, soccer, tennis, and track and field.
IMG’s Athletic and Personal Development (APD) program also provides
unparalleled training that supports each department on campus and
truly separates IMG from any other sports academy or athletic venue
in the world.
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forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future
performance, conditions or results, and involve a number of known
and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other important
factors, many of which are outside the Company’s control, that
could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from
those discussed in the forward-looking statements. Important
factors, among others, that may affect actual results or outcomes
include the inability to recognize the anticipated benefits of the
business combination; costs related to the business combination;
the inability to obtain or maintain the listing of the Company’s
shares on Nasdaq; the Company’s ability to manage growth; the
Company’s ability to execute its business plan and meet its
projections; potential litigation involving the Company; changes in
applicable laws or regulations; general economic and market
conditions impacting demand for the Company’s products and
services, and in particular economic and market conditions in the
resort and entertainment industry; the potential adverse effects of
the ongoing global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on capital
markets, general economic conditions, unemployment and the
Company’s liquidity, operations and personnel, as well as those
risks and uncertainties discussed from time to time in our reports
and other public filings with the SEC. The Company does not
undertake any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking
statements, whether as a result of new information, future events
or otherwise, except as required by law.
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