All proceeds from the 1v1 tournament will benefit local charity
DETROIT, MI — May 14, 2024 — Motor City Rivals, the official gaming community of the Detroit Pistons, announced that they will host a Rocket League Tournament on Friday, May 17, in partnership with A Kid Again, as the first charity tournament hosted by the platform.
The tournament, hosted on Rival, will give fans a chance to compete for a grand prize of $1,000 with the runner-up receiving Pistons Gaming Team merchandise. Fans can sign up at Motor City Rivals & A Kid Again Charity Rocket League Tournament | Rival X for a $10 registration fee and 100% of the proceeds will benefit the Michigan chapter of A Kid Again, a charity dedicated to serving families that are raising children with life-threatening conditions. Non-participating fans can also donate directly to the charity.
“We are excited to partner with A Kid Again to host our first charity event on Motor City Rivals and make an immediate impact in our Michigan community,” Detroit Pistons Vice President of Marketing Operations Mike Donnay said. “Through this collaboration, we aim to extend our valuable partnership with an outstanding charity to help increase awareness for their efforts to foster hope, happiness and healing for children with life-threatening conditions.”
The Detroit Pistons and A Kid Again have previously partnered to host over 1,000 children and their family members for on-court experiences at Pistons games in 2022 and 2023. As special guests of the Pistons, select A Kid Again children were chosen to stand on court with both teams for the singing of the National Anthem, and an additional number of children and their families were selected to participate in the pregame Fan Tunnel and enjoyed exclusive in-game experiences.
The single-elimination Rocket League tournament will take place on Friday, May 17 at 8 p.m. (EST). Entrants will play 1v1 matches with initial rounds operating in as best-of-three format and the final two rounds being best-of-five. Streaming is not required and contestants may play on any platform.
To join the Motor City Rivals gaming and streaming community, visit Motor City Rivals (@motorcityrivals) | Rival X. To learn more about the Michigan chapter of A Kid Again, visit A Kid Again Michigan.
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More about Motor City Rivals
Founded in 2020, the Motor City Rivals gaming community has grown to over 17,000 registered members with rapid growth. The platform serves as a method for the Detroit Pistons to reach the next generation of fans and cross over into the robust local gaming community. Motor City Rivals hosts free monthly tournaments for fans to compete in across a variety of gaming titles such as Fortnite, Rocket League, Super Smash Brothers, Madden and NBA 2K, as well as hosting weekly community streams on Twitch.TV. The Motor City Rivals community and tournaments are free to join for fans across all gaming platforms.
More about A Kid Again
A Kid Again is a national organization with a mission to foster hope, happiness and healing for children with life-threatening health conditions and their families. The organization provides cost-free, consistent, year-round activities that create meaningful shared experiences and joy-filled memories. For more information about A Kid Again, please visit www.AKidAgain.org. A Kid Again Michigan was established in December 2021 and currently serves more than 1,500 children throughout the state. More information about A Kid Again Michigan can be found at akidagain.org/Michigan-chapter.
More about Rival
Rival provides a first-of-its-kind, enterprise platform solution that empowers companies and organizations to leverage the popularity of gaming and esports to acquire new customers, drive engagement, build a loyal community around their brands and create new revenue streams. Through its proprietary technology, Rival connects the massive global appeal and audience of gaming and esports with sports teams, leagues, brands and media properties. With operations in two continents, Rival’s current partnership roster includes the National Hockey League (NHL), the NFL’s Tennessee Titans, Detroit Lions and Cleveland Browns, NBA’s Detroit Pistons, the NBA 2K League, Liverpool F.C. and Aston Villa of the English Premier League, as well as brands including New Balance and Benefit Cosmetics, plus youth/amateur sports organizations including Pop Warner Little Scholars and the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU). For media inquiries, please contact [email protected].
