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New ticker symbol will be "HOFV"
Anne Graffice Named Executive Vice President, Public Affairs at HOF Village, LLC
CANTON, OHIO – December 23, 2019 – HOF Village, LLC (“HOFV” or the “Company”), the
company that owns the premier sports, entertainment and media enterprise surrounding the prestigious
Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, today announced that Anne Graffice has been named
Executive Vice President, Public Affairs. In this capacity, Ms. Graffice will oversee community, investor,
media and government relations, and manage all corporate social responsibility initiatives for HOFV.
Ms. Graffice joins the Company from the Pro Football Hall of Fame where she was Vice President of
Development and Strategic Adventures, serving as the Hall’s chief community liaison, diversity officer,
and head of government relations. Ms. Graffice brings comprehensive corporate and community relations
expertise to HOFV’s highly-qualified, expanding leadership team, where her appointment builds upon the
previously announced appointments of Jason Krom as Chief Financial Officer and Ed Kiernan as Chief
Commercial Officer. Ms. Graffice will report to Mike Crawford, Chief Executive Officer, as she develops
several of HOFV’s strategic goals, including driving wide-ranging fundraising efforts, supporting
diversity planning, and promoting the Company’s mission and value proposition to investors, consumers,
and the media, as well as municipal, provincial and federal authorities and the broader public.
“We are confident that Anne’s instinct for identifying, connecting with and engaging a broad swathe of
differing stakeholder groups, coupled with her deep communications expertise, makes her the ideal
candidate to lead public affairs at HOFV,” said Mr. Crawford. “Anne is highly qualified to convey our
business plan, strategic growth initiatives, and corporate values to investors, community members and the
many stakeholders impacted by our venture. We believe that further development of the Hall of Fame
Village presents transformational potential for our community, and we are thrilled to have Anne on our
team as we continue to advance our civic and strategic objectives.”
Ms. Graffice is a proven community leader with an impressive track record of developing and
implementing external relations campaigns and diversity programming. During her time with the Pro
Football Hall of Fame, Ms. Graffice actively participated in the development of the Johnson Controls Hall
of Fame Village and became intimately familiar with the project’s operations. Prior to that, Ms. Graffice
served as Executive Director of Alumni Engagement at the University of Mount Union, responsible for a
departmental budget and endowment fund of over $200 million dollars. She has also served as
Chairperson of the Stark County Convention and Visitors Bureau, where she focused on driving
economic development in the region through tourism initiatives.
Ms. Graffice previously spent nearly a decade in wealth management and long-term retirement planning.
She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from Mount Union College and Master of
Business Administration with a Leadership Concentration from Tiffin University.
On September 16, 2019, HOFV entered into a definitive business combination agreement with Gordon
Pointe Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: GPAQ, GPAQU, GPAQW) that is expected to be completed in the
fourth quarter of 2019. Upon the closing of the transaction, the combined company will change its name to
Hall of Fame Resort & Entertainment Company and trade on the NASDAQ stock exchange under the ticker
symbol “HOFV.”
About HOF Village, LLC
Johnson Controls Hall of Fame Village, a development of HOF Village, LLC is a multi-use sports,
entertainment and media destination centered around the Pro Football Hall of Fame's campus in Canton,
Ohio. It provides a themed sports, entertainment and media venue to capitalize on the popularity and fandom
associated with professional football and its legendary players. HOF Village, LLC was founded by the Pro
Football Hall of Fame through its wholly owned, for profit subsidiary Hall of Fame Village, Inc. and
Industrial Realty Group, LLC.
