Hall of Fame Resort & Entertainment Company Announces Partnership with Dr. Jen Welter, NFL’s First Female Coach
10 November 2020 - 12:00AM
Business Wire
Partnership designed to generate greater
awareness of women in football and young athletes through a
combination of in-person events and original media programming
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 a partnership with
Dr. Jen Welter, the first female to coach in the NFL, that will
help support the growth of the Company’s events and media
divisions.
As a brand ambassador for HOFV, Dr. Welter will host several
live events at the Destination year-round to help cultivate the
next generation of female athletes in football and other sports,
including the Grrridiron GirlsTM football camps. The youth sports
complex at the Destination will also serve as the home base for
Grrridiron GirlsTM. Moreover, Dr. Welter will work with HOFV’s
media division to produce docuseries and other programming based on
her career and on-campus events to help shine a spotlight on women
in football and young athletes altogether.
“We are thrilled to partner with Jen to help promote the
inclusion of women in football, a priority for our company,” said
Michael Crawford, President and CEO of HOFV. “Jen is someone who is
held in high regard across the sports landscape for shattering the
glass ceiling and inspiring the next generation of athletes.
Together, we have a real opportunity to do something special to
raise the profile of women in football and youth sports overall by
leveraging our world-class facilities to host events on campus and
our media capabilities to produce unique content centered on these
demographics.”
Dr. Welter is widely known as a trailblazer and pioneer in
professional football, becoming not only the first woman to coach
in the NFL, but also becoming the first woman to play running back
in a men's professional football league. In the summer of 2015, she
served as a linebackers coach for the Arizona Cardinals, where she
formed a strong bond with many of the players. In 2018, Dr, Welter
founded the Grrridiron GirlsTM football camps to deliver a message
of empowerment and inclusion for women in football. Drawing from
her PhD in Psychology from Boston College and personal experiences,
Dr. Welter infuses football lessons with messages of self-worth,
self-confidence and positive self-image to young girls of all ages,
encouraging them to strive for greatness in whatever they
pursue.
“I am incredibly honored to work closely with an organization in
the Hall of Fame Resort & Entertainment Company that is as
committed to increasing access and opportunities for women in
football as I am,” said Dr. Welter. “I feel so strongly that by
combining forces, we have the resources and platforms needed to
bring greater awareness to female and youth participation in the
sport while also opening a pathway for more women to become
coaches, executives or officials. I truly believe that football
requires participation from men and women in order for the game to
achieve its greatest heights.”
Prior to joining the Cardinals, Dr. Welter served as the only
female coach in Champions Indoor Football (CIF), where she helped
coach the Texas Revolution to the most successful season in
franchise history. Before joining the Revolution, she had a highly
decorated 14-year career in women’s professional football which
included four World Championships, two gold medals as a member of
Team USA in the 2010 and 2013 International Federation of American
Football’s (IFAF) Women’s World Championship, and eight all-star
selections. Dr. Welter was inducted into the first class of the
Women’s Football Hall of Fame on November 30, 2018.
About the Hall of Fame Resort & Entertainment
Company
The 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.
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