The NFL Experience is an annual event which has been held since 1992 at a venue in the host city of the Super Bowl. The event is described as an interactive "theme park", featuring various fan-oriented attractions, including football-related activities and autograph sessions with current and former players.
Proceeds from the sale of NFL Experience tickets go to fund the NFL's Youth Education Towns (YET). The league's official afterschool program was launched in 1993 in Compton, California, and (as of January 2008) had 15 locations built or planned.
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The first NFL Experience was held at the Minneapolis Convention Center in January 1992 prior to Super Bowl XXVI. The NFL's interactive theme park was followed by Major League Baseball's first "FanFest" in San Diego, California six months later.
In 2013 the NFL Experience was hosted at the Ernest Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana.
The NFL Experience was not held for Super Bowl XLVIII. Instead, the NFL organized an outdoor festival, Super Bowl Boulevard, along Broadway and Times Square, which featured a similar array of fan-oriented events and attractions (such as an artificial toboggan hill).
The 2015 NFL Experience was hosted at the Phoenix Convention Center.
The 2016 NFL Experience was hosted at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.
The 2017 NFL Experience was hosted at George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston. The Houston Super Bowl Host Committee also hosted its own outdoor festival, Super Bowl Live, in the adjacent Discovery Green park, which featured entertainment events.
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NFL Experience Times Square
On November 30, 2017, the NFL opened a new, permanent version of the concept, NFL Experience Times Square, within four ground-level floors of the new Edition Times Square hotel in New York City. The 40,000 square-foot attraction is a collaboration with Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group, and features various interactive activities and experiences, including a 4D film, a simulated locker room and practice area, displays of memorabilia, and a bar and restaurant that will feature a rotation of menu options from other NFL stadiums.
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