Game of the Americas All American Bowl Week

About the Event

Game of the Americas: All-American Bowl Week is a new rights holder entering the youth sports tourism marketplace, and we say that with confidence, not hesitation. Every young destination event needs a credible foundation, and ours starts with proven leadership. We encourage destination partners and sports commissions evaluating this opportunity to visit our website and review the executive board directly: the operators, strategists, and industry professionals who stand behind this vision and who bring real experience in sports marketing, event operations, and destination sales to the table.

The Operational Engine

What sets this rights holder apart from a typical new event is the infrastructure already built to support it. UpStart Sports Marketing Science LLC serves as the operational arm of the organization, owned and operated by our 501(c)(3), Legend2Legacy Foundation Inc. UpStart runs a national network of Regional Directors, National General Managers, and National Team Mom Directors, a grassroots activation team built specifically to drive awareness, generate room nights, and put heads in beds for host destinations. This same network also facilitates the soft sell of the event well ahead of arrival, working alongside our strategic partners to build market demand long before a single family books a hotel room.

Strategic Partners & the Roadmap Ecosystem

Our nonprofit mission is what brings strategic partners to the table, not the other way around. We work with organizations like the NAIA, along with partners in financial literacy, mental health, personality assessment, NCAA recruiting education, and Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL), to give every family a roadmap guide through nuanced, direct conversation. This layered partner ecosystem is what builds real community around the event, and it is a big part of why this rights holder has staying power in the marketplace, especially within the All-American showcase camp category.

More Than a Showcase Camp: A Convention

This event is built to be a convention, not just a showcase camp. The difference is in the activation calendar: daily training, workshops, and seminars open not only to traveling families but to the local, regional, and national public, both live on-site and via livestream from the right market. Layered on top of that is real upside for destinations and rights holders alike: working with state coaches associations and youth sports group partners, this event carries genuine potential to grow into a coaches convention, extending its economic impact and its audience well beyond the athletes on the field.

Facility & Space Requirements — Game of the Americas (GOTA) All-American Bowl Week

Opening Ceremony & Home Base Facility Approximate size needed: 17,000 sq ft. Used for the opening ceremony, daily morning seminars/workshop activations (home base for the week), pep rally, and awards ceremony for outstanding student-athletes. Acceptable facility types: a hotel ballroom (divisible into ceremony seating plus breakout workshop space), a recreation center with convertible/multi-use space, or a school partnership using the auditorium for the ceremony and daily workshops/home base, with the gymnasium used separately for the pep rally and awards ceremony.

Daily Practice Fields 4 to 5 usable fields, running concurrently, for multi-day position-specific training across all grade levels. Acceptable options: multi-use diamond or rectangle fields, baseball complex outfields repurposed as practice space, or a large recreation facility with a flat grass surface capable of hosting multiple marked practice areas.

Championship / Showcase Game Day Facility One full-access football stadium, high school or college level. Full access includes: locker rooms (home and visitor), press box, ticket box/ticket window, janitorial staff, stadium lighting, PA system, video board, and scoreboard.

There is no bit fee required but a all expense paid site visit for myself and maybe a couple of our board members is required for the right destination