Seattle Sounders FC 2023 Fan Appreciation Day Grand Prize Sweepstakes (“the “Sweepstakes”) is sponsored by Seattle Soccer, LLC d/b/a Seattle Sounders FC, a Delaware limited liability corporation (the “Sponsor”). No purchase necessary. A purchase will not increase your chances of winning. To enter, you must meet the eligibility requirements and participate in accordance with the rules set forth herein. The Sweepstakes is void where prohibited or restricted by applicable law, and all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations apply. Winners are responsible for any taxes, customs, duties and like amounts in respect of the Sweepstakes prizes. The Sponsor reserves the right to cancel, modify or suspend the Sweepstakes at any time.
1. ELIGIBILITY: Eligibility to participate in the Sweepstakes or to win prizes is limited to persons who are legal residents of the State of Washington, less those who live within a seventy-five (75) mile radius around the city limits of Portland, Oregon, that extends into the State of Washington, whom are at least twenty-one (21) years of age or older on the date of entry. Any effort by an entrant to misrepresent their eligibility will disqualify that entrant. Entrants who disregard these Official Rules are not eligible to participate or win. Directors, officers, employees, contractors, agents and licenses, or their immediate families and household members, of Sponsor, its parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, and advertising and promotion agencies are not eligible.
2. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. HOW TO PLAY: The Sweepstakes will begin at 10 AM PT on Wednesday October 4th and conclude on Saturday, October 7th at 11am PST (“Sweepstakes Entry Period”). Enter by submitting all required information during the Sweepstakes Entry Period to FanAppreciation@soundersfc.com OR, hand print your name, address (including zip code), email address and day and evening phone numbers, with area codes on entry form and send to Sounders FC 2023 Fly Away Sweepstakes, ATTN: Promotions Sounders FC, 406 Occidental Ave., S, Seattle, WA 98104. Limit one entry per person. All mail in entries must be received on or before Friday, October 13th at 5 PM PST. Mechanically reproduced or photocopied entries are void. Entrants must fully complete and submit all non-optional data requested on the online entry form to be eligible. Incomplete entries are void. Entrants to the Sweepstakes will be given the option to receive commercial e-mails from MLS Entities (defined below); however, eligibility to participate in the Sweepstakes is not dependent upon entrant’s consent to receive such e-mails and consenting to do so will not increase your chances of winning.
3. PRIZES: The prize will consist of one (1) winner having the opportunity to lead “Scarves-up” in-stadium at Lumen Field ahead of a 2024 Sounders FC home match on a mutually agreeable date. Winner will receive parking pass, two (2) tickets to the match, a Sounders scarf and jersey and the opportunity to lead the crowd in scarves-up in pre-match at a Sounders FC match in 2024. Grand Prize approximate retail value is $250. Any awarded match tickets provided herein constitute a revocable license for entry to a home soccer match and all ticket holders shall always be subject to Sounders FC and MLS code of conduct, Sounders FC Ticket Terms and Conditions, MLS League Rules, Stadium operator rules and conditions of entry, including security screening and health and safety requirements. Subject to programming requirements or scheduling and such dates are subject to change in the Sponsor’s sole discretion.
Prize redemption will occur between February and October 2024. Actual experience date will be confirmed upon Prize Acceptance. In addition, Grand Prize winners assume sole responsibility for all additional costs associated with any component of the Grand Prize not explicitly outlined above, including without limitation, The Grand Prize may be substituted by Sponsor at its sole and exclusive discretion. Sponsor will provide Grand Prize winners with a 1099 tax form upon request. Taxes on Grand Prize are the sole responsibility of winners. The Grand Prize is not transferrable and not substitutable with cash or a cash equivalent.
4. DRAWING: Winners will be selected from amongst all eligible entries received. One (1) random drawing will be conducted, after (Sunday, October 9th at 12pm) by Sponsor, at Sponsor’s exclusive discretion and control for all Grand Prize Winners. Winners will be notified in person, by phone or email at Sponsor’s discretion and control, on Sunday, October 9th after the drawing. Odds of winning are determined by the total number of eligible entries received.
5. PRIZE CLAIM: Grand Prize must be claimed by each winner before 5pm on Monday, October 31st. If any Grand Prize winner cannot be reached by phone or email by 5:00 PM PST on (Monday, October 31st, and/or does not respond to the notification by 5:00 PM PST on October 31st is found to be ineligible, or otherwise fails to follow any terms or conditions in these Official Rules, the Sponsor may consider said Grand Prize winner to have forfeited the Grand Prize and another Grand Prize winner may be selected. Any winner notification sent by email which is returned as undeliverable will result in disqualification and an alternate winner will be selected. Claimed Grand Prizes will be awarded. Failure to provide a credit card and/or failure to pay associated airline taxes for each ticket, will result in disqualification and the selection of an alternate winner.
6. GENERAL RULES: Each entrant in the Sweepstakes agrees to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of Sponsor, which shall be final, and to accept delivery of any Grand Prize won based upon availability. In addition, each entrant represents and warrants that all information contained in his/her entry is true and accurate. The Sponsor is not responsible for any printing errors in these Official Rules or otherwise in any materials available at the Sweepstakes Site. By submitting an entry, each entrant for himself or herself and on behalf of their heirs, successor and assigns hereby grants to Sounders and MLS Entities (as defined below) and each’s parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, divisions, advertising and promotional agencies, and each of the foregoing entities’ employees, royalty-free license to publicize, broadcast, display and/or otherwise use the entrant’s name, likeness, city, and state, in any media now known or hereafter devised throughout the world in perpetuity for advertising and publicity purposes in connection with the Sweepstakes, including such usage on the Internet, without further compensation and the right to use the any audio, video or photographs taken by the Sponsor or its affiliates or representatives during the Sweepstakes for advertising and marketing purposes, and further grants Sponsor the right to use entrant contact information to contact entrant about other Sponsor or Sounders FC programs. Sponsor shall not be responsible for lost, late, misidentified or misdirected entries, or telecommunication or computer hardware or software performance, errors, delays or failures. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry process or the administration of the Sweepstakes. Each entrant hereby releases, and agrees to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Sponsor, Major League Soccer, L.L.C. and Soccer United Marketing, LLC (collectively the “MLS Entities”), those working on their behalf, and each of their respective owners, officers, members, managers, directors, representatives, employees, agents, successors and assigns (collectively “Released Parties”), from any damage, injury, death, loss or other liability, either at law or equity, whether known or unknown, asserted or non-asserted, that may arise from or in any way relate to participation in this Sweepstakes or the awarding, acceptance, use or misuse of the Grand Prize or any other substitute prize. Any and all disputes, claims, and causes of action arising out of or in connection with this Sweepstakes shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action. This Sweepstakes shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of Washington. Any action or litigation concerning this Sweepstakes shall take place exclusively in the federal or state courts sitting in King County, Washington, and each entrant expressly consents to the jurisdiction of and venue in such courts and waives all defenses of lack of jurisdiction and inconvenient forum with respect to such courts. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, THE SWEEPSTAKES, ALL PRIZES, AND ALL MATERIALS PROVIDED IN THE SWEEPSTAKES ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
ANY CLAIMS, JUDGMENTS AND/OR AWARDS SHALL BE LIMITED TO ACTUAL OUT-OF-POCKET COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH ENTERING THIS SWEEPSTAKES. ENTRANT HEREBY WAIVES ANY RIGHTS OR CLAIMS TO ATTORNEY'ʹS FEES, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ENTRANT WHETHER FORESEEABLE OR NOT AND WHETHER BASED UPON NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE.
Released Parties are not responsible for stolen, late, incomplete, illegible, misdirected, lost, damaged, garbled, delayed, undelivered, inaccurate, or garbled entries. Released Parties are not responsible for lost, interrupted or unavailable network, server, Internet Service Provider (“ISP”), website, or other connections, availability or accessibility or miscommunications or failed computer, satellite, telephone or cable transmissions, lines, or technical failure or jumbled, scrambled, delayed, or misdirected transmissions or computer hardware or software malfunctions, failures or difficulties, or other errors or difficulties of any kind whether human, mechanical, electronic, computer, network, typographical, printing or otherwise relating to or in connection with the Sweepstakes, including, without limitation, errors or difficulties occurring in connection with the administration of the Sweepstakes, the processing of entries, or in any Sweepstakes-related materials. Released Parties are also not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by website users, tampering, hacking, or by any equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Sweepstakes. Released Parties are not responsible for injury or damage to Entrant’s or to any other person’s computer related to or resulting from participating in this Sweepstakes or from use of the online configurator tool.
Entrants who tamper with, or abuse, any aspect of the Sweepstakes or online configurator tool or attempt to undermine the legitimate operation of the Sweepstakes, or intend to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other Entrant or Sponsor’s representatives or who are in violation of these Official Rules, as solely determined by Sponsor, will be disqualified and associated entries will be void. Any attempt to deliberately damage the content or operation of this Sweepstakes is unlawful and subject to legal action by Sponsor, the other MLS entities and/or their respective agents.
CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE OR UNDERMINE THE CONTENT OR LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THIS CONTEST IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES (INCLUDING ATTORNEYS’ FEES) AND OTHER REMEDIES FROM ANY SUCH ENTRANT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
The Sponsor and the other MLS Entities, as applicable, reserve the right, in their sole discretion, to cancel or suspend the Sweepstakes for any reason, including should virus, bugs, unauthorized human intervention, or other causes corrupt the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper operation of the Sweepstakes.
All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of the entrant and sponsor in connection with the promotions, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Washington, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules.
For winners' names, send a request and Self-Addressed Stamped Envelope to be received by Joe Legaz to Sounders FC 2024 Fan Appreciation Day Sweepstakes Grand Prize , c/o Seattle Sounders FC, 406 Occidental Ave., S, Seattle, WA 98104.