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Prepared for Clare P. | Delivered July 31, 2021
Tech-Driven Events with Professionals
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Goals
Provide examples of events/products/services that allow fans to compete or play alongside their favorite athlete/artist/expert.
Identify events/products/services that are driven by technology.
Identify events/products/services that allow fans to either play alongside or compete with professional athletes/artists/experts.
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Early Findings
Data Availability
The initial round of research indicates that data availability is adequate on this topic. Some tech-driven events that allow fans to compete with their favorite athletes and experts have been presented below.
Not the Aus GP
The last-minute cancellation of Formula One (F1) due to the pandemic was the main reason for F1's first digital event in 2020. The esports event was called "
Not the Australian
Grand Prix."
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an esports organization,
hosted this event. In this competition, gamers were able to compete with their favorite athletes from different sports around the world.
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professionals F1 racers
that participated in the event include Lando Norris,
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from Real Madrid also participated in the event with other gamers and fans.
The platform for the competition was F1's official computer
video game.
The competition was also streamed on Twitch.
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is an esports event where famous NASCAR drivers compete with each other and other gamers by operating virtual rigs.
These races are streamed on television with live commentary. On March 29, 2020, the event garnered more than
1.3 million viewers
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Football Manager
Football Manager
is an online simulator game where players take charge of professional football (soccer) clubs as their manager. The managers compete with each other in different leagues in the game.
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popular football
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Football Manager can be played on
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, such as Windows, XBOX, mobile phones, and Nintendo.
Summary
Within the first hour, we have been able to provide examples of three events/products/services that allow fans to compete or play alongside their favorite athlete/artist/expert.
For a deeper dive into the events/products/services, we recommend further research. Details on our recommended research paths have been provided in our proposals below.
For all our research, we would have a global scope.
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