Charm City Businesses and CIAA Offer Amazing Prizes, Tickets and Local Experiences to Kick Off 2024 CIAA Basketball Tournament Festivities Now through February 12, 2024
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Charlotte, NC (December 14, 2023) – The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA), the nation's oldest historically Black athletic conference, today announced the Second Annual CIAA Scavenger Hunt to kick-off the upcoming Food Lion 2024 CIAA Men's and Women's Championship Basketball Tournament. The tournament will be held at the newly remodeled and renamed CFG Bank Arena in Baltimore, MD from February 26 - March 3, 2024.
The CIAA Scavenger Hunt runs now through February 12, 2024. Fans are encouraged to visit at least one of the participating businesses below to be entered to win a multitude of prizes including: Two night stay at Lord Baltimore Hotel, CIAA step show tickets, Official CIAA party tickets, Food Lion CIAA Men's and Women's Basketball Championship game tickets, Breakfast at Saturday Morning Cafe, ½ dozen of strawberries from Berries by Quicha, and more.
HOW IT WORKS:
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Visit at least one business to qualify for prizes.
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At each location, look for the “e” symbol by eSmart™
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Tap the “e” with the back of your cell phone
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Click the Check in button and enter your name and email address
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All Winners will be notified by February 15, 2024
Participating businesses include Berries by Quicha, Reginald F. Lewis Museum, Drama MaMa Bookshop, Cajou Creamery, and Saturday Morning Cafe.
For more information or to purchase tickets to the Food Lion 2024 CIAA Basketball Tournament in Baltimore, visit CIAATournament.org. To get the latest information about the CIAA, visit theciaa.com. You can also like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Twitch.
About the CIAA
Founded in 1912, the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) is the first, and longest running, African American athletic conference in the U.S. and one of the most recognized conferences in Division II. The CIAA conducts 14 championships attended by more than 150,000 fans from around the country. The Basketball Tournament has been honored as a 2019 Champion of Economic Impact in Sports Tourism by Sports Destination Management, the leading publication with the largest circulation of sports event planners and tournament directors in the sports tourism market, for both 2018 and 2019.
Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, the CIAA is governed by the Presidents and Chancellors of its 13 member institutions: Bowie State University, Bluefield State University, Claflin University, Elizabeth City State University, Fayetteville State University, Johnson C. Smith University, Lincoln University of Pennsylvania, Livingstone College, Saint Augustine's University, Shaw University, Virginia State University, Virginia Union University, and Winston-Salem State University. For more information on the CIAA, visit theciaa.com, like us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter and Instagram.
About Visit Baltimore
Visit Baltimore is the official sales and marketing arm for the City of Baltimore. The 501(c)(6) non-profit organization generates economic benefits for stakeholders through the attraction of convention, group and leisure visitors. In 2022, 26.7 million people visited Baltimore for overnight and day trips, spending a total of $3.7 billion to Baltimore’s economy. For more information, please visit Baltimore.org.
About eSmart™
Over the last several years, the eSmart™ team has become the experts in bridging the gap between physical and digital customer experiences. eSmart™ delivers a simple wearable, adhesive or sign technology (called Engagement Points™) that your audience taps with their smartphones and immediately gives you continual engagement with personalized videos, documents, links, and just about anything that keeps your audience engaged and connected to you, increasing engagement, sales, support, safety and customer loyalty with Just One Tap™.