Have you ever wondered what it would be to compete against a legend of sport like Tom Brady? Well, now you can.
Fanatics, the global sports platform that offers everything, team shirts and collectibles to online bets, presents a skills competition “very first of its kind” during its second annual fanatics festival, the company announced on Tuesday. The second annual fan of fanatics will take place in New York and will allow sports fans to compete with athletes and celebrities in a series of eight “challenges of skills on the theme of sports”, according to the press release.
The event will take place at the Manhattan Javits Center from June 20 to 22.
Athletes and celebrities who should participate in the fans based on fans include Tom Brady, Odell Beckham Jr., Jordan Chiles, Jayden Daniels, Druski, Kevin Durant, Draymond Green, Rob Gronkowski, James Harden, Kevin Hart, Tyreek Hill, Ishowspeed, KSI Logan Paul, Cody Rhodes, Rhea, Alex, Alex Rodriguez, Seth Rollins, CJ Stroud and Russell Wilson, with more to announce, according to fanatics.
To be won is a total of $ 2 million in prices, including $ 1 million in cash for the first winner and a Ferrari 812 GTS for the second winner. A LeBron James sales card of a value of up to $ 250,000 is also on the table. If no fans ends in the first three, the highest score will receive $ 100,000, the Fanatics Fest website said.
The challenges will include something for all sports fans, such as a Puck-Washer-Dryer, NBA-Arnold Basketball, FIFA-Goal Scringing, NFL game that will test the quarter of fans, among others. Each of the games will allow fans to accumulate points, although only the best scores of competitors will count, according to fanatics.
To enter, fans are invited to submit a short video showing their sports tips and explaining why they deserve to be selected. “Your story, your skills, your dunks, your catches – everything that makes you a star. We want to see it”, the Fanatics Fest website said.
Fifty fans will finally be selected to compete, according to fanatics.
Last year, the Fanatics Fest attracted 70,000 sports fans and hundreds of athletes and celebrities according to Fanatics. This year’s event will take place
“Seeing the pure joy, the excitement and the enthusiasm of all the fans who attended our first event last summer was absolutely incredible and I could not be more excited to bring Fanatics Fest to New York in June,” said the CEO of Fanatics Michael Rubin in December announcement of the event.