GRAND PRIX ENTERTAINMENT AND U.S. OLYMPIC MEMBER USA RUGBY EXTEND EXCLUSIVELY SANCTIONED PARTNERSHIP THROUGH 2024

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Grand Prix Entertainment (GPE), a San Francisco based company, and Olympic and Rugby World Cup member USA Rugby (USAR) announced today the extension of their U.S. Exclusive Sanction and License Agreement for another two Summer Olympic cycles through 2024.

“We are excited about the future prospects resulting from our partnership with Grand Prix Entertainment,” said newly appointed USA Rugby CEO Dan Payne. “This is coming at an unprecedented time of growth and momentum, both, domestically and globally for the sport of sevens. The relationship will have all the ingredients necessary to help deliver on our mission of growing the awareness and participation toward the game of Sevens here in the USA.”

LAFC TO HOST NEWEST OLYMPIC SPORT GRAND PRIX RUGBY SEVENS AT BANC OF CALIFORNIA STADIUM

The Seven-Year Partnership Will Bring One Of The World’s Fastest Growing Sports To The Heart Of Los Angeles

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Los Angeles, Calif., (April 4th, 2017)—The Los Angeles Football Club (LAFC) today announced it will be the official host of the new Olympic sport Rugby Sevens, expanding the international sports landscape in Los Angeles for years to come. Partnering with Grand Prix Network LLC (GPN) and GPN's exclusively sanctioned partner and Olympic member USA Rugby, LAFC's Banc of California [NYSE:BANC] Stadium will be the permanent home of the Grand Prix Rugby "$1M Champion Sevens,” the world’s richest Rugby Sevens championship in history.

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