Persevering with our fervent dedication to ladies’s sports activities, I’m pumped to announce we’ve created, with our long-time WNBA workforce associate the Atlanta Dream, a model new block party-meets-basketball occasion that solely Atlanta can ship: the primary ever, Atlanta Dream HoopFest – Powered by Xbox 3-on-3 out of doors highschool basketball tourney, slated for Friday, April 5, 2024, from 3:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. on the Atlantic Station Greenspace, to have fun the town of Atlanta’s 404 Day, an annual celebration of all issues distinctive to Atlanta. For extra data, comply with the @AtlantaDream on all social channels.
After we started engaged on this concept final yr, it was essential to each us and the Dream to not solely create an occasion that displays the superb international affect of Atlanta, however excites each Xbox and Dream followers. This influenced all the pieces from the date alternative right down to the design of the brand-new HoopFest brand, which creatively weaves within the Atlanta skyline towards a particular Xbox Sphere with true basketball vibes.
The free occasion on April 5, 2024, is not going to solely embrace highschool girls and boys basketball workforce brackets, however a real block get together, together with DJ music, meals, merch, the Atlanta Dream Hype Group, members of the Atlanta Dream group, Xbox, Microsoft, and even Extra time there to cowl the occasion. For these fortunate groups who win their bracket, every participant will win a customized Atlanta Dream HoopFest Xbox Collection S console, amongst different presents and prizing.
Gaming will very a lot be a part of the get together too. All attendees can go to our uniquely designed, The Locker Room, a Microsoft x Xbox house the place followers can play a variety of nice Xbox video games, together with latest Xbox Recreation Move additions like NBA 2K24 and EA Sports activities Madden NFL 24. It’s additionally an excellent likelihood to be taught extra concerning the Energy Her Goals program, the place alongside The Atlanta Dream, Microsoft supplies STEM (Science, Expertise, Engineering, and Math) programming to empower younger ladies and ladies to steer. This exercise serves to assist the Atlanta Dream develop foundational degree entry factors for younger women and girls inside sport and find out about technical abilities like coding by creating mini-games on Floor units.
So, in case you are up for a great time stuffed with gaming, music, sports activities and extra, come on over to Atlantic Station on Friday, April 5, 2024, 3:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. and catch a block get together that solely The ATL, the Dream, and Xbox can create collectively!