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HILTON WASHINGTON DC NATIONAL MALL THE WHARF ULTIMATE SPIRIT FAN PROMOTIONAL CONTEST

Official Rules

NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.

PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THESE OFFICIAL RULES CONTAIN AN ARBITRATION AGREEMENT GOVERNING HOW TO RESOLVE DISPUTES BETWEEN YOU AND THE RELEASED PARTIES. AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE ARBITRATION AGREEMENT INCLUDES AN AGREEMENT TO ARBITRATE WHICH REQUIRES, WITH LIMITED EXCEPTIONS, THAT ALL DISPUTES BETWEEN YOU AND THE RELEASED PARTIES SHALL BE RESOLVED BY BINDING AND FINAL ARBITRATION. THESE OFFICIAL RULES ALSO INCLUDE A CLASS ACTION AND JURY TRIAL WAIVER. THESE PROVISIONS CAN BE FOUND IN SECTION 14 BELOW. PLEASE READ THESE PROVISIONS CAREFULLY.

1. Eligibility: The Hilton Washington DC National Mall The Wharf Ultimate Spirit Fan Giveaway Promotional Contest (the “Promotional Contest”) is open to legal residents of the 50 United States, who are at least 21 years of age, who are located in the United States at the time of entry. Employees, contractors, directors and officers of Sponsor, Washington Soccer Properties, LLC d/b/a Washington Spirit (“Washington Spirit”), their respective parent, affiliates, subsidiaries, distributors, sales representatives, retailers, and advertising, promotion and judging agencies and all other service agencies involved with the Promotional Contest, and members of the immediate family (spouse, parent, child, sibling and their respective spouse) and household of each such employee are not eligible to participate.
2. Sponsor: The Hilton Washington DC National Mall The Wharf (“Sponsor”), 480 l’Enfant Plaza SW, Washington, DC 20024.

NOTE:  Washington Spirit is NOT a sponsor or administrator of the Promotional Contest but may provide promotional support.

3. Agreement to Official Rules: By participating in the Promotional Contest, entrant fully and unconditionally agrees to and accepts these terms and conditions (“Official Rules”) and the decisions of the Sponsor, which are final and binding in all matters related to the Promotional Contest. Whether an entrant receives a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein.
4. Timing: The Promotional Contest begins on 06/09/2026 at 12:00 a.m. Eastern Time (“ET”) and ends on 06/23/2026 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (the “Promotional Contest Period”).
5. How to Enter: During the Promotional Contest Period, submit entry on https://qrco.de/bgrARR. All potential winners are subject to verification before any prize will be awarded. If an entrant enters the Promotional Contest on their mobile device, message and data rates may apply, which entrant is solely responsible for. Entrants should consult their wireless service provider regarding its pricing plans. Entrants should review their mobile device’s capabilities for specific app instructions.

Limit: one (1) entry per person during the Promotional Contest Period. Any attempt by any entrant to obtain more than the stated number of entries by using multiple/different email addresses, identities, registrations and logins, or any other methods will void that entrant’s entries and that entrant may be disqualified. Use of any automated system to participate is prohibited and will result in disqualification. Uploading an entry constitutes entrant’s consent to give Sponsor a royalty-free, irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, modify, publish, create derivative works from, and display such entry in whole or in part, on a worldwide basis, and to incorporate it into other works, in any form, media or technology now known or later developed, including for promotional or marketing purposes. Released Parties (as defined in Section 10, below) are not responsible for lost, late, stolen, damaged, incomplete, invalid, un-intelligible, garbled, delayed or misdirected entries, which will be disqualified. In the event of a dispute as to any entry, the authorized account holder of the email address used to register will be deemed to be the entrant. The “authorized account holder” is the natural person assigned an email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted address. Potential winners may be required to show proof of being an authorized account holder. The Released Parties shall not be responsible or liable for entries that are entered by any automated computer, program, mechanism or device, for any entries in excess of the stated limit or for entries that are late, forged, lost, misplaced, misdirected, tampered with, incomplete, deleted, damaged, garbled or otherwise not in compliance with the Official Rules, and all such entries may, in Sponsor’s sole discretion, be disqualified. If, for any reason, an entry is confirmed to have been erroneously deleted, lost or otherwise destroyed, corrupted or for any other reason not accepted as an entry in the Promotional Contest, the entrant’s sole remedy is to enter the Promotional Contest again to receive another entry.

6. ALL POTENTIAL WINNERS ARE SUBJECT TO VERIFICATION BY SPONSOR, WHOSE DECISIONS ARE FINAL AND BINDING IN ALL MATTERS RELATED TO THE PROMOTIONAL CONTEST. AN ENTRANT IS NOT A WINNER OF ANY PRIZE, EVEN IF THE PROMOTIONAL CONTEST SHOULD SO INDICATE, UNLESS AND UNTIL ENTRANT’S ELIGIBILITY, AND THE POTENTIAL WINNING ENTRY HAVE BEEN VERIFIED AND ENTRANT HAS BEEN NOTIFIED THAT VERIFICATION IS COMPLETE. SPONSOR WILL NOT ACCEPT SCREEN SHOTS OR OTHER EVIDENCE OF WINNING IN LIEU OF ITS VALIDATION PROCESS. ANY PLAY THAT OCCURS AFTER THE SYSTEM HAS FAILED FOR ANY REASON IS DEEMED A DEFECTIVE ENTRY AND IS VOID AND WILL NOT BE HONORED.
7. Winner Determination: After the conclusion of the Promotional Contest period, winner will be selected by Sponsor in a random drawing from among all eligible entries received on or about 06/24/2026 at 12:00 p.m. PT. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entrants received. The potential prize winner will be notified on or around 06/24/2026 via email or phone call.
8. Winner Requirements: Sponsor shall have no liability for any winner notification that is lost, intercepted or not received by a potential winner for any reason. Except where prohibited, the potential prize winner will be required to sign and return a Declaration of Compliance, Liability and Publicity Release, which must be received by Sponsor within forty-eight hours (48 hours) of the date notice or attempted notice is sent, in order to claim the prize. If the potential prize winner cannot be contacted, fails to execute and return the Declaration of Compliance, Liability and Publicity Release or provide any other requested information within the required time period (if applicable), potential winner forfeits the prize. Prize in question may go to an alternate winner if it remains unclaimed. If the potential prize winner is disqualified for any reason, an alternate winner may be selected in Sponsor’s sole and absolute discretion. Acceptance of any prize shall constitute and signify winner’s agreement and consent that Sponsor and its designees may use the winner’s name, city, state/province, likeness, photo, entry information and/or prize information in connection with the Promotional Contest for promotional, advertising or other purposes, worldwide, in any and all media now known or hereafter devised, including the Internet, without limitation and without further payment, notification, permission or other consideration, except where prohibited by law. Without limiting the generality of these Official Rules, the Promotional Contest winner shall irrevocably grant, transfer, convey and assign to Sponsor the entirety of the rights in and to the winner’s entry including intellectual property rights, trademark rights, copyright and all renewals and extensions of intellectual property rights, and the right to secure intellectual property registrations thereto in perpetuity including, without limitation, the rights to use the winner’s entry for any and all purposes in any and all media whether now known or hereafter developed, on a worldwide basis, in perpetuity. The Promotional Contest winner accepts and acknowledges that Sponsor shall not be obligated to use the winner’s entry and that Sponsor in its sole discretion shall have the right to refrain from using winner’s entry. Sponsor shall not incur any liability whatsoever to the extent Sponsor chooses to refrain from any exploitation of its rights hereunder. Winner will indemnify Sponsor, Released Parties and any licensee of Sponsor against all claims, damages, liabilities, and expenses (including reasonable counsel fees and legal expenses) arising out of any breach of these terms. Sponsor is not responsible for any change of email address, mailing address and/or telephone number of entrants.
9. Prize: ROOM, MEAL, SPIRIT GIVEAWAY, TICKETS.

Washington Spirit Prizes Provided: Two (2) premium level tickets to one (1) Washington Spirit 2026 regular season home game, which may include pre-game, field level access to view player warm-ups (subject to availability and stadium, league and team policies) and Washington Spirit branded merchandise (e.g., hat, scarf, and t-shirt) as determined by Washington Spirit in its sole discretion.

Promotional Contest: $1,100.00 (Hotel and Value of Washington Spirit Prizes approximate retail value (“ARV”)).

For the Prize: Prizes are awarded “as is” with no warranty or guarantee, either express or implied. Prize is non-transferable, no cash equivalent, and no substitution will be made unless Sponsor, in its sole discretion, determines otherwise. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value should it become unavailable for any reason. Winner is responsible for all federal, state, and/or local taxes and fees or costs associated with prize receipt and/or use, including transportation, regardless of whether it, in whole or in part, is used. The ARV of the prize is based on available information provided to Sponsor and the value of any prize awarded to a winner may be reported for tax purposes where required by law.

Winners are solely responsible for any/all applicable federal, state and local taxes related to the prize(s). Each winner will be subject to an onboarding verification process and is required to provide any requested tax reporting information before any prize is awarded to include W-9, name, date of birth, address, phone numbers and social security number or taxpayer identification number (as applicable). The value of any prize awarded to a winner will be reported for tax purposes as required by law.

Any person receiving at least six hundred dollars ($600.00) from the Sponsor will receive an IRS Form 1099 at the end of the calendar year and a copy of such form will be filed with the IRS. Each winner is required to notify the Sponsor if any information provided hereunder changes, including the winner’s address.

10. Release: By receipt of the prize, the winner agrees to release and hold harmless Sponsor, Washington Spirit, and their respective subsidiaries, affiliates, suppliers, distributors, and each of their respective parent and affiliate companies and each such company’s officers, members, managers, partners, directors, successors, assigns, employees and agents (collectively, the “Released Parties”) from any and all claims, lawsuits, judgments, causes of action, proceedings, demands, fines, penalties, liability, costs and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable outside attorneys’ fees) that may arise in connection with: (1) the Promotional Contest, including but not limited to any Promotional Contest -related activity or element thereof, and the entrant’s entries, participation or inability to participate in the Promotional Contest, (2) the violation of any third-party privacy, personal, publicity or proprietary rights, (3) typographical or printing errors in these Official Rules or any Promotional Contest materials , (4) personal injury, death, or damage to or loss of property, arising out of participation in the Promotional Contest or receipt or use or misuse of any prize, (5) any change in a prize due to unavailability or due to reasons beyond Sponsor’s control, including but not limited to by reason of any acts of God, any action(s), regulation(s), order(s) or request(s) by any governmental or quasi-governmental entity (whether or not such action(s), regulation(s), order(s) or request(s) prove(s) to be invalid), equipment failure, threatened or actual terrorist acts, earthquake, war, fire, flood, explosion, unusually severe weather, hurricane, embargo, labor dispute or strike (whether legal or illegal), labor or material shortage, transportation interruption of any kind, work slow-down, civil disturbance, insurrection, riot or any other cause beyond any of the Released Parties’ control, or as otherwise permitted in these Official Rules, (6) any interruptions in or postponement, cancellation or modification of the Promotional Contest, (7) incorrect or inaccurate transcription, receipt or transmission of any part of any entry (including, without limitation, the registration information or any parts thereof), (8) any technical malfunctions or unavailability of any website or any telephone network, computer system, computer online system, mobile device, computer timing and/or dating mechanism, computer equipment, software, or Internet service provider, or mail service utilized by any of the Released Parties or by an entrant, (9) interruption or inability to access the Promotional Contest, any other Promotional Contest -related websites or any online service via the Internet due to hardware or software compatibility problems, (10) any damage to entrant’s (or any third person’s) equipment used to access the Promotional Contest and/or its contents related to or resulting from any part of the Promotional Contest, (11) any lost/delayed data transmissions, omissions, interruptions, defects, and/or any other errors or malfunctions, (12) any late, lost, stolen, mutilated, misdirected, delayed, garbled, corrupted, destroyed, incomplete, undeliverable or damaged entries, (13) any wrongful, negligent, or unauthorized act or omission on the part of any of the Released Parties, (14) lost, late, stolen, misdirected, damaged or destroyed prizing (or any element thereof), or (15) the negligence, fraud or willful misconduct by entrant.
11. Privacy: Please see the privacy policy located at [URL] for details of Sponsor’s policy regarding the use of personal information collected in connection with this Promotional Contest. If you are selected as a winner, your information may also be included in a publicly-available winner’s list.

By entering the Promotional Contest, each entrant acknowledges and agrees that Sponsor may collect, use, and share entrant personal information, including contact information, for purposes of administering the Promotional Contest and fulfilling the prize. 

In addition, Sponsor may share entrants’ contact information with Washington Spirit, and Washington Spirit may use such information for its own marketing, promotional, and business purposes, in accordance with Washington Spirit’s privacy policy and applicable law. 

By entering the Promotional Contest, entrants understand and agree that they may receive correspondence, including promotional and marketing communications, from Sponsor and/or Washington Spirit, subject to applicable law and their respective privacy policies.

12. General Conditions: Sponsor reserves the right to cancel, suspend and/or modify the Promotional Contest, or any part of it, if any fraud, technical failures, human error or any other factor impairs the integrity or proper functioning of the Promotional Contest, as determined by Sponsor. If, for any reason, the Promotional Contest is not capable of running as planned, Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to (1) cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Promotional Contest and/or proceed with the Promotional Contest, including the selection of winner in a manner it deems fair and reasonable including the selection of the winner from among eligible entries received prior to such cancellation, termination, modification or suspension and/or (2), as necessary, to modify these Official Rules to accommodate any changes in circumstances that affect Sponsor’s ability to carry out or run the Promotional Contest as planned. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Promotional Contest or, the Official Rules of this or any other promotion or in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner. Any attempt by any person to deliberately undermine the legitimate operation of the Promotional Contest may be a violation of criminal and civil law, and, should such an attempt be made, Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. Sponsor’s failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision. In the event of an inconsistency between these Official Rules and any disclosure or other statement contained in any Promotional Contest-related materials, including without limitation, a Promotional Contest entry form or any point-of-sale, radio, television, print, or online advertising or disclosures, these Official Rules will prevail and govern. By entering the Promotional Contest, each entrant agrees to waive any rights to claim ambiguity with respect to these Official Rules
13. Release; Limitations of Liability: The Released Parties are not responsible for: (1) any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by entrant, printing errors or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Promotional Contest; (2) technical failures of any kind, including, but not limited to malfunctions, interruptions, or disconnections in phone lines, network hardware or software, or any computer, telephone, satellite, cable, network, electronic or Internet hardware or software; (3) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the entry process or the Promotional Contest; (4) printing, typographical, technical, computer, network or human error which may occur in the administration of the Promotional Contest, the uploading, the processing of entries, the announcement of the prize or in any Promotional Contest-related materials; (5) any injury or damage to persons or property which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from entrant’s participation in the Promotional Contest or receipt or use or misuse of the prize; or (6) garbled, corrupt or jumbled transmissions, service provider/Internet/website/use net accessibility, availability or traffic congestion. Released Parties are not responsible for any unauthorized third party use of any entry. No more than the stated number of prizes will be awarded. Sponsor is not responsible for any typographical or other error in printing, offering, announcement or administration of the Promotional Contest.

To the furthest extent permitted by law, entrants/winners (on behalf of themselves and each of their respective guests, invitees, successors, estates, and assigns) hereby agree to release, discharge and hold harmless Released Parties from and against any damages, expense, penalty, fee, costs, claim or cause of action or liability (including but not limited to, personal injury, death or damage to or loss of property as well as claims based on publicity rights, defamation and/or invasion of privacy) arising out of or in connection with participation in the promotion or acceptance/receipt/use or misuse of any prize, and agree to be bound by the Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor, and/or Sponsor’s representatives.

TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL THE RELEASED PARTIES BE LIABLE FOR ANY AMOUNT GREATER THAN (I) THE HIGHEST VALUE OF ANY PRIZE OFFERED IN THIS PROMOTION; OR (II) ANY LOST PROFITS, OR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, INTANGIBLE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, WHETHER BASED IN CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROMOTION, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE PRIZES RELATED THERETO, EVEN IF AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF SPONSOR OR ADMINISTRATOR KNEW OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, AND NOTWITHSTANDING THE FAILURE OF ANY AGREED OR OTHER REMEDY OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE, EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT A FINAL JUDICIAL DETERMINATION IS MADE THAT SUCH DAMAGES WERE THE RESULT OF SPONSOR OR ADMINISTRATOR’S GROSS NEGLIGENCE, FRAUD, WILLFUL MISCONDUCT, OR INTENTIONAL VIOLATION OF LAW.

Washington Spirit and each of their respective parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, employees, governors, owners, distributors, retailers, agents, assignees, advertising/promotion agencies, representatives, and agents shall have no liability and will be released and held harmless from any claim, action, liability, loss, injury or damage, including, without limitation, personal injury or death to winner or any damage to personal or real property due indirectly or directly, by any reason, including acceptance, possession, use or misuse of their participation in the promotion.

14. Governing Law/Jurisdiction: All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these official rules or the rights and obligations of entrants or in connection with any sweepstakes shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the District of Columbia without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law guidelines or provisions that would cause the application of any other state’s laws. As a condition of participating in the giveaway, participants agree that any and all disputes that cannot be resolved between the parties, and causes of action arising out of or connected with the giveaway, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, by final and binding arbitration administered by jams and conducted in the District of Columbia before a sole arbitrator in accordance with the rules of JAMS.

YOU AND THE RELEASED PARTIES HEREBY WAIVE ANY CONSTITUTIONAL AND STATUTORY RIGHTS TO SUE IN COURT AND HAVE A TRIAL IN FRONT OF A JUDGE OR A JURY. You and the Released Parties are instead electing that all Disputes shall be resolved by arbitration under this Arbitration Agreement, except as specified in Section 14, above. There is no judge or jury in arbitration, and court review of an arbitration award is subject to very limited review.

15. Severability: If the application of any provision of these Official Rules to any particular facts or circumstances shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable by a court, arbitration panel or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction, then (a) the validity, legality and enforceability of such provision as applied to any other particular facts or circumstances, and the other provisions of these Official Rules, shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby; and (b) such provision shall be enforced to the maximum extent possible. In addition, if any provision contained in these Official Rules shall for any reason be held to be excessively broad as to duration, geographical scope, activity or subject, it shall be construed by limiting and reducing it, so as to be enforceable to the extent compatible with applicable law.
16. Winner List: For a winner list, please contact sales@hiltondcnationalmall. The winner list will be available after winner confirmation is complete and will remain available for thirty (30) days after completion of winner confirmation.