RULES & REGULATIONS
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN.
- ELIGIBILITY: Open Only to Legal Residents OF, AND RESIDING IN, THE fifty (50) UNITED STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 18 years of age or older. Void Where Prohibited. Employees (and their immediate families (spouse, and parents, children and siblings and their respective spouses, regardless of where they reside) and those living in their same households, whether or not related) of Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina (“Sponsor”), sweepstakes partners, and their respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries and advertising and promotion agencies are not eligible to enter or win. By participating, entrants (and, if eligible minors, their parents or legal guardians) agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor and/or judges, which are binding and final on matters relating to this sweepstakes. Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws.
SWEEPSTAKES PERIOD: The sweepstakes will begin at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time (“ET”) on December 17, 2024 and end at 11:59 p.m. ET on June 18, 2025 (“Sweepstakes Period”), and will be divided into four (4) entry periods (each, an “Entry Period”) as follows:
Entry Period #1: 12:01 a.m. ET on December 17, 2024 – 11:59 p.m. ET on February 14, 2025;
Entry Period #2: 12:01 a.m. ET on February 15, 2025 – 11:59 p.m. ET on March 12, 2025;
Entry Period #3: 12:01 a.m. ET on March 13, 2025 – 11:59 p.m. ET on April 16, 2025; and
Entry Period #4: 12:01 a.m. ET on April 17, 2025 – 11:59 p.m. ET on June 18, 2025.
- TO ENTER: During the Sweepstakes Period, to enter, visit https://outdoornc.com/join-the-movement/ and complete and submit the official entry form. All entries must be received by the end of the applicable Entry Period to be eligible for that Entry Period’s drawing. Limit one (1) entry per person per Entry Period. Multiple entries received from any person in any Entry Period will be void. Entries generated by script, macro or other automated means are void. All entries become the property of Sponsor.
- DRAWING: FIRST PRIZE DRAWINGS: Potential First Prize winners will be selected for each Entry Period in random drawings held on or about five (5) days following the end of the applicable Entry Period from all eligible entries received for that Entry Period. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received for the applicable Entry Period. Nonwinning entries from one Entry Period will be included in subsequent Entry Periods. GRAND PRIZE DRAWING: Potential Grand Prize winner will be selected in a random drawing held on or about five (5) days following the end of the Sweepstakes Period from all eligible entries received for the entire Sweepstakes Period. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received for the entire Sweepstakes Period.
- WINNER NOTIFICATION AND REQUIREMENTS: Potential winners will be notified by e-mail and may be required to execute and return an affidavit of eligibility, a liability release and, where lawful, a publicity release within ten (10) days of date of issuance. If such documents are not returned within the specified time period, a prize or prize notification is returned as undeliverable, or a potential winner is not in compliance with these rules, prize will be forfeited and, at Sponsor’s discretion, an alternate winner selected for the drawing at issue. Only three (3) alternate winners will be selected for any prize; after which, such prize will remain unawarded.
PRIZES: GRAND PRIZE: Blowing Rock getaway Package which includes two (2) nights’ stay at Hellbender Bed & Beverage (one (1) standard, double occupancy room)(awarded as a voucher; must be redeemed by June 30, 2026, excludes stays in July and October), winner’s choice of a Mountain Cat Offroad Adventure Tour or a Zip Line Canopy Tour for winner and one (1) guest (redeemable via a gift code), a $50 gift card to Blowing Rock Ale House & Inn, two (2) day passes to Grandfather Mountain, and two (2) day passes to The Blowing Rock Attraction. Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”): $940. TRAVEL IS NOT INCLUDED AS PART OF GRAND PRIZE. Terms and conditions apply to use of passes, gift codes and gift cards.
Sponsor also reserves the right to film, photograph, and otherwise record the winner during the trip (“Trip Footage”). Winner understands that Sponsor shall own all right, title and interest in the Trip Footage and that Sponsor, its affiliates, designees, successors and assigns (collectively “Licensed Parties”) will have the unlimited right to use the Trip Footage (including, without limitation, winner’s name, city and state of residence, voice, performance and image), edited or altered as Sponsor sees fit, and any material based thereon or derived therefrom, together with any other material, in any manner, and in any and all media whether now known or hereafter devised, including but not limited to, in a commercial, anywhere in the world, in perpetuity, for any lawful purposes, including, without limitation, for purposes of advertising or trade without prior notice to, or approval or inspection by, winner. Licensed Parties are under no obligation to make use of the rights granted herein.
FIRST PRIZE (20) (four (5) per Entry Period): ENO Hammock. ARV: $114.90 each.
SECOND PRIZE (4) (one (1) per Entry Period: 16 oz tumbler Pirani. ARV: $25.95 each.
Total ARV of all prizes: $3,341.80. Prizes are awarded “as is” with no warranty or guarantee, either express or implied. All federal, state and local taxes, if any, and all other costs and expenses associated with prize acceptance and use not specified herein as being provided are the sole responsibility of the winners. Winners may not substitute, assign or transfer prize, but Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to substitute a prize of comparable or greater value. Prizes are not redeemable for cash. All prize details are at Sponsor’s sole discretion. Limit one (1) First Prize per person.
- PUBLICITY GRANT: Each winner, by acceptance of prize, except where legally prohibited, grants permission for Sponsor and its designees to use their name, address (city and state), photograph, voice and/or other likeness and prize information for advertising, trade and promotional purposes, in any manner, in all media now known or hereafter devised, worldwide in perpetuity, without additional compensation or notification to, or permission from, winner.
- GENERAL CONDITIONS: Entrants, by participating, agree that Sponsor, its parent, affiliates, subsidiaries, sweepstakes partners, and advertising and promotion agencies and all of their respective officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents (collectively, “Released Parties”) will have no liability whatsoever for, and shall be held harmless by entrants against, any liability, for any injuries, losses or damages of any kind, including death, to persons, or property resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, misuse or use of prize or participation in this sweepstakes. Released Parties are not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, inaccurate, stolen, delayed, misdirected, undelivered or garbled entries, email, or other communications of any kind; or for lost, interrupted or unavailable network, server, Internet Service Provider (ISP), website, or other connections, availability or accessibility or miscommunications or failed computer, satellite, telephone or cable transmissions, lines, or technical failure or jumbled, scrambled, delayed, or misdirected transmissions or computer hardware or software malfunctions, failures or difficulties, or other errors or difficulties of any kind whether human, mechanical, electronic, computer, network, typographical, printing or otherwise relating to or in connection with the sweepstakes, including, without limitation, errors or difficulties which may occur in connection with the administration of the sweepstakes, the processing of entries, the announcement of the prizes or in any sweepstakes-related materials. Released Parties are also not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by site users, tampering, hacking, or by any equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the sweepstakes. Released Parties are not responsible for injury or damage to participants’ or to any other person’s computer or other device related to or resulting from participating in this sweepstakes or downloading materials from or use of the website. Persons who tamper with or abuse any aspect of the sweepstakes or website or who are in violation of these Official Rules, as solely determined by Sponsor, will be disqualified and all associated entries will be void.
Should any portion of the sweepstakes be, in Sponsor’s sole opinion, compromised by virus, worms, bugs, non-authorized human intervention or other causes which, in the sole opinion of the Sponsor, corrupt or impair the administration, security, fairness or proper play, or submission of entries, Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to suspend, modify or terminate the sweepstakes and, if terminated, at its discretion, select the potential winner(s) for the prize(s) at issue from all eligible, non-suspect entries received for such prize(s) prior to action taken or as otherwise deemed fair and appropriate by Sponsor. In the event seeding, technical, computer, software, human or other errors cause more than stated number of prizes to be available and/or claimed, Sponsor reserves the right to award the stated number of prizes by random drawing among all eligible claimants who submitted legitimate prize claims. In no event will Sponsor be liable for awarding more than the stated number of prizes.
In the event of a dispute regarding entries received from multiple users having the same e-mail account, the authorized subscriber of the e-mail account at the time of entry will be deemed to be the entrant and must comply with these rules. Authorized account subscriber is the natural person who is assigned the e-mail address by the Internet Service Provider (ISP), on-line service provider, or other organization responsible for assigning e-mail addresses.
- USE OF DATA: Sponsor will be collecting personal data about entrants in accordance with its privacy policy. Please review the Sponsor’s privacy policy at https://www.visitnc.com/privacy-policy.
- WINNERS’ LIST: To receive the winners list (first name, last initial and state of residence), send an email to: info@outdoornc.com by no later than 30 days following the end of the Sweepstakes Period.
- SPONSOR: Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina, 150 Fayetteville Street, Suite 1200, Raleigh, NC 27601
