
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLSThe next generation
gets a national stage.
The MaxPreps Flag Football Showdown combines rankings, competitive credibility and athlete storytelling with iFlag’s tournament expertise.
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Explore the proposal ↗One global game. Thousands of teams.
An extraordinary opportunity to welcome them all.
iFlag is the world’s largest traveling flag football event series.
We unite athletes, families, universities and destinations around unforgettable competition. From a first flag pull to a national-team final, our community travels for the game—and stays for everything around it.
Meet the International Flag League ↗
OFFICIALLY AMAZINGiFlag, formerly USA Flag, and BODYARMOR hold the Guinness World Record for the largest flag football tournament. Tampa · January 18, 2025.
View the official record ↗A member of Sports ETA — the Sports Events and Tourism Association, formerly the National Association of Sports Commissions. Listed under USA Flag.
Sport, media, hospitality and destinations. The iFlag partner ecosystem connects the people who play with the places they travel.
Coca-Cola
BODYARMOR Sports Drink
NFLPA
College Football Playoff
MaxPreps
Optimum Nutrition
The Farmer’s Dog
GoCal Sports
LVCVA
Greater Miami CVB
Tampa Bay Sports Commission
Visit Tampa Bay
Visit Las Vegas
Visit California
San Diego Sports Commission
Visit Orlando
iHeartRadio
Dallas Sports Commission
Visit Dallas
Austin Sports Commission
Visit Austin
Visit Miami
Visit Louisiana
Visit New Orleans
Legends Apparel
CBS Sports
ESPN
Universal Studios Orlando
Universal Studios HollywoodPartner relationships supplied by iFlag. Visit Las Vegas is represented by the LVCVA identity. Destination aliases are not additional unique organizations.

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLSThe MaxPreps Flag Football Showdown combines rankings, competitive credibility and athlete storytelling with iFlag’s tournament expertise.
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SANDLOTNFLPA-supported Sandlot brings player-led teams and mentorship together. Diamond positions Hilton as presenting sponsor of Sandlot West.
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFFThe inaugural CFP Flag Football Showcase joins CFP Fan Central in Las Vegas, January 22–24, 2027. A new reason for teams and families to travel.
Read the CFP announcement ↗Featured Sandlot coaches & mentors







Players named in the March 2026 Sandlot release. Future appearances, endorsement rights and Hilton activations are subject to individual confirmation.
Flag football creates a travel occasion that includes the entire family. Hilton can turn tournament travel into a relationship that lasts well beyond the season.
Hampton, Hilton Garden Inn, Embassy Suites, Homewood Suites and Home2 Suites offer a range of team and family stay formats.
Make eligible stays rewarding through Hilton Honors, supported by a dedicated booking journey and measurable enrollment opportunities.
Youth access, women’s sport and an Olympic debut in Los Angeles in 2028 create a timely platform for Hilton’s hospitality.
National pride. College rivalries. Youth dreams. Lifelong competitors.
The World Cup is the centerpiece of a connected event platform. Hilton’s Diamond position puts the brand at the heart of the celebration—from the broadcast stadium to the medal podium.
Event projections follow the supplied planning sheet. Not confirmed registrations or unique travelers. World Cup rights apply to scheduled editions; no World Cup is listed in 2027.
PROPOSED PRESENTING PARTNEREach division is a different community.
Every community creates a new reason to stay.
Country colors. National pride. A global meeting point for athletes, families and fans.
Program participants and final fields are subject to confirmation.64 men’s national teams · 64 women’s national teams
USA
Canada
Mexico
Panama
Great Britain
France
New Zealand
Ireland
Denmark
Austria
China
Japan
Korea
Afghanistan
Israel
Brazil
Saudi Arabia
Egypt
Germany
Norway
Fiji
American Samoa
Bahamas
Cuba
British Virgin Islands
Jamaica
Uganda
Jordan
Cayman Islands
Puerto Rico
Venezuela
Spain
Switzerland
Belgium
AustraliaInternational outreach footprint featured in iFlag’s World Cup partner proposal. Final national-team participation is subject to confirmation.
A custom broadcast stadium creates a singular home for championship competition—and a powerful backdrop for the Hilton brand.

WORLD CUP BROADCAST PLATFORM · PROPOSED
ANNUAL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Flag football is already drawing a national television audience.

ESPN, ABC, NFL Network and Disney platforms. 34+ hours of coverage across 11 platforms. Unique reach counts viewers who watched at least one minute. Category comparison: these are NFL FLAG results, not iFlag audience figures or a guaranteed Hilton return.
Read ESPN’s report · July 29, 2026 ↗Diamond inventory. World Cup broadcaster and schedules subject to final agreements; the six World Cup hours and six annual World Championships hours are separate inventories.
01 / CONNECTAthletes, parents, coaches and supporters arrive together. Hotel discovery becomes part of the event journey.
02 / WELCOMETeam check-ins, welcoming spaces, activation experiences and content bring Hilton’s hospitality to life.
03 / RETURNTrack eligible bookings, Honors enrollments and repeat stays across a multi-city, multi-year program.

First tournaments. Family travel. Community.
Girls’ access, competition and visibility.
University pride and women’s opportunity.
National teams. A world of traveling supporters.
A professional future for the sport. Scouting relationships and third-party rights separately agreed.
Hilton is the proposed official hotel partner across iFlag’s ecosystem. Third-party league, player and Olympic rights are not conveyed by this proposal.
Every athlete has a reason to compete.
Every family has a reason to travel.
A family trip they’ll never forget.
The next era of women’s sport.
A community that keeps coming back.
Championship destinations. Repeat travel moments.
A national tournament series with a local hotel opportunity.

PROPOSED HOTEL PARTNERJanuary 2027 · May 2028 & 2029

PROPOSED HOTEL PARTNERJanuary · 2027 / 2028 / 2029

PROPOSED HOTEL PARTNERMarch / April · annually

PROPOSED HOTEL PARTNERJuly · annually

PROPOSED HOTEL PARTNERSeptember · annually

PROPOSED HOTEL PARTNEROctober · annually

PROPOSED HOTEL PARTNERNovember · annually

PROPOSED HOTEL PARTNERJanuary · 2028 & 2029

Local youth and high school circuits build toward State Championships and the World Series. Collegiate qualifiers at the West Coast, East Coast and U.S. Open events create a proposed pathway into the CFP Showcase.








Illustrative collegiate program footprint from the iFlag proposal; participation varies by event. Event dates and venues remain planning assumptions.
Illustrative expansion markets. Only the 32 supplied event rows are included in the economic model.
Annual World Championships lead into an independent iFlag program of competition, culture, hospitality and community during the LA28 period.


World Championships across collegiate, Sandlot, high school, youth, adult, military and World Series competition.
Flag House, media and hospitality, collegiate and high school showcases, and military competition.
Beach flag, skills camps, fan gatherings and a medal-game watch-party concept.
Illustrative sequence; exact dates and rights to be finalized. Independent iFlag programming, not an official LA28 sponsorship or an offer of Olympic intellectual property.
A visual platform for hospitality, community and brand storytelling. The Diamond and Gold schedules below define the included rights.


Logo integration & presenting rights
Field marks, LED & video board
World Cup + annual CBS Sports units
Podium presentation & etched medals
Presenting sponsor position
Presenting sponsor position
20 × 50 activation footprint
Priority hotel partner
Monthly, countdown & event content
Quarterly email + dedicated email/text
Branded takeover
Weekly iHeartRadio brand mentions
Supplied Digital Reach channels
Women’s sport, access & opportunity
Three years. One connected travel platform. See the full 2027–2029 total below, or select an individual year to explore the calendar.
| Event / timing | Market / venue | Teams | Players | Family | Stay | Attendance | Room nights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National ChampionshipJanuary 2027 | Tampa, FL9330 E Columbus Dr. Tampa, FL 33619 | 80014 players / team | 11,200 | 33,6003 / player | 4 nights | 44,800 | 59,733 |
| CFP ShowcaseJanuary 2027 | Las Vegas, NV628 W. Craig Rd., North Las Vegas, NV 89032 | 45015 players / team | 6,750 | 27,0004 / player | 4 nights | 33,750 | 67,500 |
| NFLPA Sandlot EastMarch 2027 | West Palm Beach, FL11700 Pierson Rd, Wellington, FL 33414 | 25015 players / team | 3,750 | 15,0004 / player | 3 nights | 18,750 | 18,750 |
| NFLPA Sandlot WestApril 2027 | Las Vegas, NV350 S Racetrack Rd, Henderson, NV 89015 | 45014 players / team | 6,300 | 18,9003 / player | 4 nights | 25,200 | 33,600 |
| World ChampionshipsJuly 2027 | Los Angeles, CA3150 S Home Run Way, Ontario, CA 91761 | 1,40015 players / team | 21,000 | 84,0004 / player | 5 nights | 105,000 | 175,000 |
| West Coast ChampionshipsSeptember 2027 | San Diego, CA14989 Via De La Valle, Del Mar, CA 92014 | 45018 players / team | 8,100 | 32,4004 / player | 4 nights | 40,500 | 54,000 |
| East Coast ChampionshipsOctober 2027 | Orlando, FL339 American Spirit Rd, Winter Haven, FL 33880 | 35013 players / team | 4,550 | 18,2004 / player | 4 nights | 22,750 | 30,333 |
| U.S. Open Flag ChampionshipsNovember 2027 | Austin, TX15500 Sun Light Near way, Pflugerville, TX 78660 | 35015 players / team | 5,250 | 15,7503 / player | 3 nights | 21,000 | 21,000 |
| Flag World CupJanuary 2028 | Tampa, FL9330 E Columbus Dr. Tampa, FL 33619 | 1,80015 players / team | 27,000 | 135,0005 / player | 5 nights | 162,000 | 270,000 |
| CFP ShowcaseJanuary 2028 | New Orleans, LA5800 Airline Dr, Metairie, LA 70003 | 25020 players / team | 5,000 | 25,0005 / player | 3 nights | 30,000 | 30,000 |
| HBCU Super Bowl ClassicFebruary 2028 | Atlanta, GA1041 Millers Mill Road, Stockbridge, GA 30281 | 3230 players / team | 960 | 3,8404 / player | 3 nights | 4,800 | 4,800 |
| NFLPA EastMarch 2028 | West Palm Beach, FL11700 Pierson Rd, Wellington, FL 33414 | 35015 players / team | 5,250 | 21,0004 / player | 3 nights | 26,250 | 26,250 |
| NFLPA WestApril 2028 | Las Vegas, NV350 S Racetrack Rd, Henderson, NV 89015 | 45013 players / team | 5,850 | 17,5503 / player | 4 nights | 23,400 | 31,200 |
| National ChampionshipMay 2028 | Austin, TX15500 Sun Light Near way, Pflugerville, TX 78660 | 50015 players / team | 7,500 | 30,0004 / player | 5 nights | 37,500 | 62,500 |
| World ChampionshipsJuly 2028 | Los Angeles, CA3150 S Home Run Way, Ontario, CA 91761 | 1,60015 players / team | 24,000 | 96,0004 / player | 5 nights | 120,000 | 200,000 |
| LA28 ActivationsJuly 2028 | Los Angeles, CA2500 Pacific St, Highland, CA 92346 | 25018 players / team | 4,500 | 18,0004 / player | 3 nights | 22,500 | 22,500 |
| West Coast ChampionshipsSeptember 2028 | San Diego, CA14989 Via De La Valle, Del Mar, CA 92014 | 45018 players / team | 8,100 | 32,4004 / player | 4 nights | 40,500 | 54,000 |
| East Coast ChampionshipsOctober 2028 | Orlando, FL339 American Spirit Rd, Winter Haven, FL 33880 | 35013 players / team | 4,550 | 18,2004 / player | 4 nights | 22,750 | 30,333 |
| U.S. Open Flag ChampionshipsNovember 2028 | Arlington, TX1000 W Bardin Rd, Arlington, TX 76017 | 35015 players / team | 5,250 | 15,7503 / player | 3 nights | 21,000 | 21,000 |
| Flag World CupJanuary 2029 | Tampa, FL9330 E Columbus Dr. Tampa, FL 33619 | 1,80015 players / team | 27,000 | 81,0003 / player | 5 nights | 108,000 | 180,000 |
| CFP ShowcaseJanuary 2029 | Tampa, FL9330 E Columbus Dr. Tampa, FL 33619 | 12820 players / team | 2,560 | 12,8005 / player | 3 nights | 15,360 | 15,360 |
| HBCU Super Bowl ClassicFebruary 2029 | Las Vegas, NV628 W. Craig Rd., North Las Vegas, NV 89032 | 6430 players / team | 1,920 | 7,6804 / player | 3 nights | 9,600 | 9,600 |
| NFLPA EastMarch 2029 | West Palm Beach, FL11700 Pierson Rd, Wellington, FL 33414 | 35015 players / team | 5,250 | 21,0004 / player | 3 nights | 26,250 | 26,250 |
| NFLPA WestApril 2029 | Las Vegas, NV350 S Racetrack Rd, Henderson, NV 89015 | 45013 players / team | 5,850 | 17,5503 / player | 4 nights | 23,400 | 31,200 |
| National ChampionshipMay 2029 | Austin, TX15500 Sun Light Near way, Pflugerville, TX 78660 | 50015 players / team | 7,500 | 30,0004 / player | 5 nights | 37,500 | 62,500 |
| World ChampionshipsJuly 2029 | Los Angeles, CA3150 S Home Run Way, Ontario, CA 91761 | 1,60015 players / team | 24,000 | 72,0003 / player | 5 nights | 96,000 | 160,000 |
| West Coast ChampionshipsSeptember 2029 | San Diego, CA14989 Via De La Valle, Del Mar, CA 92014 | 45018 players / team | 8,100 | 32,4004 / player | 4 nights | 40,500 | 54,000 |
| East Coast ChampionshipsOctober 2029 | Orlando, FL339 American Spirit Rd, Winter Haven, FL 33880 | 35013 players / team | 4,550 | 18,2004 / player | 4 nights | 22,750 | 30,333 |
| U.S. Open Flag ChampionshipsNovember 2029 | Arlington, TX1000 W Bardin Rd, Arlington, TX 76017 | 35015 players / team | 5,250 | 15,7503 / player | 3 nights | 21,000 | 21,000 |
Lodging + non-lodging direct spend · 2027–2029
Direct spending illustration, not an economic impact study. Lodging = supplied room nights × overnight share × ADR. Other spend = attendee visits × stay nights × overnight share × daily non-lodging spend. No multiplier, induced impact or local-visitor spend is included. The same travel share and ADR feed the ROI model below.
Event totals are supplied by iFlag for its scheduled program; they are not a record of confirmed hotel bookings. Attendance is players plus family; repeat people can appear across events. The sheet generally implies three people per room; CFP 2027 implies two. This proposal preserves supplied room-night values and lets you reduce demand for travelers through the overnight-share control. Stay-to-play status does not establish a 100% Hilton capture rate. The sheet does not break out divisions, so no exact stay-to-play room-night subtotal is asserted.
2027–2029 totals: 29 events, 16,924 team entries, 256,840 player visits, 965,970 family visits, 1,222,810 attendee visits and 1,802,742 room nights. All 32 rows through February 2030 sum to 2,052,702 room nights; the pasted headline of 2,052,703 differs by one due to rounding or entry. Early 2030 is not a full-year forecast and is excluded from the initial term.
Market labels can differ from venue municipalities: Los Angeles → Ontario, San Diego → Del Mar, Orlando → Winter Haven, Austin → Pflugerville, Atlanta → Stockbridge. The supplied LA28 activation address is in Highland and is shown separately from central Los Angeles.
Explore a preliminary inventory around each tournament venue. Verified nearby examples connect the schedule to real Hilton properties.
9330 East Columbus Drive, Tampa, Florida
Verified minimum, not a complete hotel census or available room block. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance. Inventory does not establish date-specific availability.
Research dated November 8, 2026. Counts cover verified properties found in the reviewed sources, not an exhaustive inventory. Unverified or outside-radius candidates are excluded. Hotel rooms are total property inventory, not rooms committed to iFlag. Overlapping venue catchments must not be added together as unique hotels. Full radius census and event-date blocks require Hilton validation.
Digital channels outlined in iFlag’s supplied reach document are included in both partnership options, with campaign execution and delivery to be agreed.
| Channel | Audience | Supplied recipient base | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| High school email & texts | Athletes, fans & parents | 60 million | Monthly |
| Collegiate email & texts | Undergraduate students | 15.4 million | Monthly |
| Military email & texts | Active military personnel | 1.3 million | Monthly |
| Fan email & texts | Flag football fans | 5.4 million | Monthly |
| Radio messaging | U.S. listeners, ages 16–55 | 276 million | Daily |
| Scholastic email & texts | K–12 institutions | 133,298 schools | Monthly |
Source: supplied “iFlag digital reach.pdf.” These are iFlag-reported potential distribution bases, not audited unique reach, delivered impressions or guaranteed sends. Audiences may overlap; 82.1M is the sum of four listed person-based channels. School counts: 23,900 public high schools, 5,100 private high schools, 16,298 public middle schools and 88,000 elementary schools. Radio capacity is not multiplied into annual impressions or monetized in the base ROI scenario.
Own the lodging habits of the world’s fastest-growing sport. Put Hilton at the heart of every team trip, family weekend and championship stay.
2027 · 2028 · 2029
The full expression of the partnership: global hotel inventory, premium presenting rights, broadcast, stadium, activation and digital storytelling.
Renew or discontinue for 2030–2032 at the same $2MM annual rate. Initial term: $6MM total.
PARTNERSHIP INVESTMENT
A focused entry point for hotel demand, family travel and year-round digital connection.
The $600K Gold term was not specified in the supplied offer. The ROI comparison assumes a one-year term for like-for-like modeling; final term to be agreed.
Proposed commercial terms, subject to agreement and rights confirmation. Hotel room purchases and negotiated room blocks are separate from the sponsorship fee. Diamond World Cup deliverables apply to scheduled World Cup editions; no World Cup is listed for 2027 in the supplied calendar.
Explore an illustrative average year across 2027–2029. Change the assumptions to see how room demand, contribution and media value affect each option.
6 HOURSESPN · ESPN2 · Disney+ · ESPN+ · NFL Network · NFL+
6 HOURSCBS · CBS Sports
Each six-hour package is valued once across its listed networks, not six hours per channel. Commercial media equivalent = hours × two units per hour × average audience ÷ 1,000 × CPM. The base case uses 275,000 average viewers, referencing ESPN’s 2026 NFL FLAG Saturday slate. Using that audience for CBS is a planning assumption, not a reported CBS result; $25 CPM is an editable assumption, not a broadcaster quote. CBS value assumes 30-second units; shorter units require a negotiated rate adjustment.
The full 12-hour package totals 24 Hilton commercial units. The initial-term annual average follows the supplied calendar: two World Cup editions (2028 and 2029) plus three annual World Championships (2027–2029). Presenting, field, LED and other integrated broadcast exposure is additional inventory and is not assigned an unsupported dollar uplift here. Network distribution and ratings remain subject to agreements and delivery. View the ESPN audience benchmark ↗
| Average annual value | Diamond | Gold |
|---|---|---|
| Sponsorship investment | $2,000,000 | $600,000* |
| Property room contribution | $5.21M | $5.21M |
| Modeled digital impressions | 9,852,000 | 9,852,000 |
| Modeled physical brand exposures | 421,110 | 0 |
| Digital media equivalent | $118,224 | $118,224 |
| Physical media equivalent | $4,211 | $0 |
| Broadcast media equivalent6-hour ESPN/NFL + 6-hour CBS packages · annualized | $137,500 | $0 |
| Total modeled media value | $259,935 | $118,224 |
| Incremental activation costs | $0 | $0 |
| Contribution + media / total cost | 2.73× | 8.87× |
| Illustrative net ROI† | 173% | 787% |
| Room nights to cover sponsorship‡ | 40,404 | 12,121 |
Demand scenario; not capped by the verified 15-mile inventory. Wider-market hotel blocks may be needed. *Gold annual term assumed for comparison. †Planning indicator combining property contribution and media equivalents; not Hilton corporate profit or a financial forecast. ‡Before media value and incremental activation costs.
Hotel demand: annual average supplied room nights (600,914) × overnight traveler share × Hilton capture. Gross room revenue × the selected contribution margin estimates contribution at participating properties, not income accruing directly to Hilton corporate. This scenario does not establish contractual blocks or capacity. Available local hotel rooms must be validated against event nights and compression.
Loyalty: captured room nights ÷ four nights per stay × 60% assumed unique, eligible bookers × conversion. The 60% eligibility adjustment is illustrative and is applied separately for Honors and cards. Actual audiences must exclude existing members, duplicates, minors and ineligible applicants. Card results mean approved new accounts, subject to eligibility, underwriting and an issuer-approved campaign. Neither enrollment stream is assigned dollar value, preventing an unsupported lifetime-value uplift.
Digital: 82.1M listed email/text recipient capacity × 12 months × selected delivered share. Repeated contacts are impressions, not unique people; the delivered share is an assumption, not an established delivery rate. Dollar equivalent = modeled impressions ÷ 1,000 × CPM. Radio, school distribution and incremental social impressions are not monetized without a verified delivery plan.
Physical: Diamond assumes three sponsor exposures per attendee visit at its presenting properties (World Cup, CFP Showcase and Sandlot West), averaged across the three-year term, as an illustrative activation scenario, valued at a $10 CPM. This is not measured traffic or guaranteed event-wide signage. Gold has no contracted physical activation in the supplied terms, so its physical exposure estimate is zero.
Broadcast: one complete Diamond program combines six hours across ESPN, ESPN2, Disney+, ESPN+, NFL Network and NFL+ with six hours across CBS and CBS Sports. Each group is one shared distribution package; channel names do not multiply the hours or audience. Each six-hour block supplies 12 Hilton commercial units at two per hour. Value per block = 12 × its selected average audience ÷ 1,000 × the selected 30-second CPM. CBS assumes the 30-second end of the offered 15–30 second range. These are illustrative media equivalents. Across the actual 2027–2029 calendar, two World Cup blocks and three annual World Championships blocks are valued and divided by three for the annual ROI table. The full 12-hour package and the three-year total are shown separately above. No additional value for stadium visibility or presenting sponsorship is double-counted.
Overall: net ROI = (property contribution + media equivalents − sponsorship − incremental activation costs) ÷ (sponsorship + activation costs). Excludes gross room revenue from the benefit numerator to avoid counting revenue as profit. Hilton corporate fees, taxes, displacement, occupancy constraints, ancillary hotel spending and future repeat stays are not modeled.
Agree target hotels and rates → launch a tagged booking path → reconcile room pickup → report verified media delivery → measure consented Honors and approved card conversions.
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