Video Gaming News - January 2004
Redwood City, CA (January 8, 2004) - EA today announced that the
Madden Challenge 2003 Finals will begin next week in Las Vegas.
From EA:
WHAT: EA SPORTS to host the Madden Challenge 2003 Finals. The best players
from the EA SPORTS Madden Challenge, an unprecedented, highly-competitive
32-city tournament, will meet and face off in “Sin City” where they will compete
and show off their skills that will narrow down the best of the best until the
nation’s greatest player of EA SPORTS Madden NFL ™ football is named.
The EA SPORTS Madden Challenge Finals is a result of EA’s second sanctioned
public competition in the Madden NFL series and included 512 gamers per market
that competed on Madden NFL 2004 for the PlayStation 2 video game system. The
champion from each city won a ticket to compete for the prestigious title of
Madden Challenge Champion and the $50,000 grand prize being awarded to the
Madden Challenge Champion.
Madden NFL is America’s best-selling sports video game with over 30 million
copies sold. The game Madden NFL Football was honored at the Pro Football Hall
of Fame on August 2 with a display of Madden NFL 2004.
WHEN: Friday, January 16th, 7-9 pm (Athlete / Celebrity Pro-Am)
Saturday, January 17th, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm (Madden Challenge Finals)
WHERE: Athlete / Celebrity Pro-Am – Foundation Room, Mandalay Bay
Madden Challenge Tournament Finals – House of Blues, Mandalay Bay
WHO: The 32 Madden Challenge 2003 finalists.
Additionally, the event will also have a roster of special celebrity guests and
appearances who will be available for interview opportunities (appointment
required). Scheduled to participate* include: Daunte Culpepper, Darren Woodson,
Jerry Porter, Jerome Bennis, Aaron Brooks, and Roy Williams, to name a few.
HOW: To obtain information on the Madden Challenge Finals, media can visit
maddenchallenge.com, the official EA SPORTS Madden Challenge web site. EA SPORTS
will donate a portion of the proceeds from the Madden Challenge to NFL Youth
Education Town.
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