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» Hall of Fame Resort & Entertainment Co. CHAPTERS HOFV 2022 Who We Are What We Do Meet Our CEO Destination Stadium Sport Complex Constellation Performance Plaza Fan Zone Waterpark Timeline Media Gaming Sponsorship Class of 2021 Milestones Leadership Board Financials Legal Thank You CHAPTERS HOFV 2022 Who We Are What We Do Meet Our CEO Destination Stadium Sport Complex Constellation Performance Plaza Fan Zone Waterpark Timeline Media Gaming Sponsorship Class of 2021 Milestones Leadership Board Financials Legal Thank You PLAYING WITH PURPOSE Making every experience one-of-a-kind. Based on the power of professional football, the Hall of Fame Resort & Entertainment Company is a leading sports, entertainment, media, and gaming enterprise headquartered in Canton, Ohio. Hall of Fame Resort & Entertainment Company (NASDAQ: HOFV, HOFVW) As a world-class resort and sports e ntertainment company, we do wha t no other company can through our unique brand partnerships and direct access to exclusive content. By doing this, we create exceptional experiences across multiple platforms that honor the past and inspire the future. With this unwavering purpose, we strive to maximize shareholder value and pursue excellence. VISION Inspiring unique and exhilarating sports and entertainment experiences that maximize growth and fan engagement. MISSION We create exceptional sports-inspired destination, media, and gaming experiences that uniquely leverage brand partnerships and direct access to exclusive content. VALUES Based on our connection to professional sports, we strive to exemplify these values: Inspiration, Teamwork, Respect, Integrity, and Excellence. WHAT WE DO A MULTI-DIMENSIONAL SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY HALL OF FAME VILLAGE Making legendary guest experiences throughout our immersive assets — Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium, ForeverLawn Sports Complex, Constellation Center for Excellence, Center for Performance, Fan Engagement Zone, and Play-Action Plaza. HALL OF FAME VILLAGE MEDIA Creating compelling original content across all genres, lengths, and mediums including TV and streaming services, films, games, events, podcasts, branded content, and emerging media. GOLD SUMMIT GAMING Harnessing the multifaceted power of gaming by delivering world-class online and on-site experiences in sports betting, fantasy sports, and Egaming for players of all levels. HALL OF FAME VILLAGE THEMED ATTRACTIONS HOSPITALITY LIVE ENTERTAINMENT HALL OF FAME VILLAGE MEDIA ORIGINAL CONTENT HIGH-PROFILE PARTNERSHIPS DIGITAL COLLECTIBLES GOLD SUMMIT GAMING EGAMING SPORTS BETTING FANTASY FOOTBALL Letter From Our CEO MICHAEL CRAWFORD Take a walk with Michael through the past, the present, and the future of Hall of Fame Resort & Entertainment Company. Read The Letter Letter from our CEO MICHAEL CRAWFORD Dear Shareholders, There is a fear of the unknown that simply exists in the universe that doesn’t readily lean into change or the never-been-done-before.” Anytime you start something new, create a new product, or disrupt the marketplace with a new idea, there is always the challenge of trying to get people to believe in what can be.” In 2020, amid a global pandemic and during one of the most challenging economic times in recent history, we took our Company public and began our journey towards creating something new. It was going to be an incredible challenge but something that we had an even greater belief would change the game” of how fans everywhere can and would engage and experience football and sports. We created a strategy and a plan for three business verticals that synergistically work together to offer something dramatically different to the fans of the world of sports and entertainment. Our Company does what no other company does by offering compelling and unique experiences and content with engagement that is built upon the power and popularity of professional football. Today, less than three years later, Hall of Fame Resort & Entertainment Company is a game-changer and showing what can be.” Our campus has transformed into a hub for events and activation during the past year — hosting hundreds of thousands of athletes, spectators, and fans at our ForeverLawn Sports Complex and Center for Performance indoor-dome facility, for tournaments and other events. These combined assets are providing year-round programming to facilitate sports of all kinds in all seasons creating an economic driver like no other in the region. At Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium, our home for world-class sports, concerts, and entertainment, we showcased dynamic talent like David Chapelle and Journey and welcomed for a second season the USFL, who now call our stadium home for two of their teams, the Pittsburgh Maulers and the New Jersey Generals — bringing even more fans to campus as well as over 12 additional national TV broadcasts. Throughout our Fan Engagement Zone and Play-Action Plaza we are open and operational, featuring opportunities for fans to be treated to unique dining and entertainment spaces like Don Shula’s American Kitchen and our giant wheel attraction” called the Red Zone”. Construction is also well underway on the final two components of Phase II — our indoor waterpark and the second of our hotels, a Hilton Tapestry hotel. To date we have over 100 acres of campus development around the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and we have already begun strategic planning for Phase III. Our media division has made tremendous progress with dynamic content in various projects including a successful first season of the vodcast Football Heaven” in collaboration with the Pro Football Hall of Fame; the development of a robust Non-Fungible Token (NFT) program offering owner-only” perks available for the first time; and, the airing during Super Bowl weekend of the documentary, The Perfect 10” alongside Fox Sports and NFL Films. (The latter creating Fox’s most viewed documentary in recent history). In 2022, we officially launched Gold Summit Gaming” (GSG”), supporting all things sports betting, fantasy sports, and Egaming. With the legalization of sports betting in Ohio in January 2023, we brought our mobile sports betting partner Betr into the mix, introducing their new and unique platform of microbetting to the world. We held Season 2 of the Hall of Fantasy League (HOFL”) where fans had fun doubling down” on their favorite team in an expanded offering, and we also continue hosting wildly popular on-site Egaming tournaments that have brought gamers from around the country on campus to battle it out on the big stage” in Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium. When we look at the years behind us, we know that we have what it takes as a Company and as a team to win. Our demonstrated forward progress and ability to show up for every single play” provides us a foundation for a strong future with an enhanced ability to bring our synergistic business model to life, with expanded media and gaming creation, more engagement and programming opportunities on-site, and even greater partnerships and sponsors joining us on our journey. As you will see throughout the coming pages of our 2022 Annual Report, the progress has been tremendous, and we are just getting started. I am excited for 2023 and beyond as the foundation has been created and the momentum is building for future success. There is a very old adage that goes nothing worth doing comes easy.” Thank you for your continued belief in what can be.” We continue to move the ball down the field with important first downs and know what we are working toward is not only worth it — but IS changing the game. Michael Crawford President and Chief Executive Officer Birthplace of Professional Football TOURISM, CAPITAL INVESTMENT & ECONOMIC GROWTH The Founders Mural by North Canton-based artist Dirk Rozich. In 2021, Stark County, Ohio benefited from direct visitor spending of $1.1 billion, which generated the County’s tourism economic impact of $1.9 billion. This economic impact...