SWEEPSTAKES SPONSOR:
Iowa Economic Development Authority (“IEDA”)
1963 Bell Avenue, Suite 200
Des Moines, IA 50315
ENTRANT ELIGIBILITY:
1. The Evolution of the Heartland Ticket Sweepstakes (“Sweepstakes”) is offered and open to all legal U.S. residents eighteen (18) years or older.
2. Entrants must have a physical mailing address in the contiguous United States (no PO Boxes).
3. Board members, officers and employees of IEDA, Emerge Marketing Solutions, L.L.C. and other entities sponsoring or involved in the preparation, advertising or administration of the Sweepstakes and the Evolution of the Heartland events, including their immediate family members and those living in the same household as such individuals, are not eligible to enter the Sweepstakes. For purposes of these Sweepstakes rules, “Immediate family members” means spouses, parents, siblings and children.
HOW TO ENTER:
1. Entrants must visit https://woobox.com/wqdabk (“Entry Website”) to complete the online entry form and make a selection of which event date they would like to attend.
2. Entrants must complete the online entry form in full and comply with all of the terms and conditions for usage of the Entry Website to be eligible for the Sweepstakes. One entry per household.
ENTRY PERIOD:
1. Submissions will be accepted July 29, 2024 at 9:00 a.m. CDT – August 25, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. CDT (“Entry Period”).
2. Entrants who follow these Sweepstakes rules and comply with the terms and conditions of the Entry Website will be entered and drawn at random to win the Grand Prize.
3. The random drawing to select the winners will take place on or around August 26, 2024. An award notification will be sent to the winners by email on or before September 3, 2024. The winners will be required to complete and return an Affidavit of Eligibility and Liability in order to claim the Grand Prize.
GRAND PRIZE AND ODDS:
1. The prize for the winners of the Sweepstakes is two (2) tickets to their choice of one (1) of the Evolution of the Heartland tour locations listed here (“Grand Prize”):
• Stanton, Iowa – September 12, 2024
• Coon Rapids, Iowa – September 26, 2024
• Manning, Iowa – October 3, 2024
2. Six (6) Sweepstakes winners will be selected by IEDA (or its authorized representative) in a random drawing from all eligible entries received during the Entry Period. The odds of winning the Grand Prize will depend on the number of eligible entries received during the Entry Period.
TERMS OF ACCEPTANCE FOR GRAND PRIZE:
The Grand Prize winners must:
1. Claim the prize from IEDA no later than October 3, 2024.
2. Agree to be photographed or filmed while claiming the prize and during the delivery process or event for promotional use by IEDA.
GENERAL RULES
2. By entering the Sweepstakes, the entrant acknowledges and agrees that IEDA shall have the right, where permitted by law, to print, publish, broadcast, distribute and use on its website, social media or any other marketing media, the entrant’s name, portrait, hometown, voice, likeness, image (picture and video), the Sweepstakes results, statements made by the entrant about the Sweepstakes, the entrant’s biographical information, and all or any portion of the entrant’s submitted entry form (with the exception of the entrant’s personal phone number and email address) without any compensation, notice, review or further consent. All information provided by the entrant is subject to the privacy policy found here, as well as the terms of use on the Entry Website.
3. No purchase is necessary to enter or win the Sweepstakes. Void where prohibited.
4. IEDA, Emerge Marketing Solutions, L.L.C., and other entities sponsoring or involved in the preparation, advertising or administration of the Sweepstakes and the Evolution of the Heartland events are not responsible for problems related to technical malfunctions of electronic equipment, computer online systems, servers, internet service providers, computer hardware or software failures, phone lines, failure of any entry to be received on account of technical problems, traffic or congestion on the internet or the Entry Website, or for any communications-related problems, including failed, lost, delayed, incomplete, garbled or misdirected communications, which may limit an entrant’s ability to participate in the Sweepstakes.
5. IEDA reserves the right, at its sole and reasonable discretion, to refuse, disqualify or withdraw any entry and/or entrant at any time during the Sweepstakes period, including any entrant who tampers or attempts to tamper with the entry process, the administration of the Sweepstakes or otherwise violates the Sweepstakes rules.
6. The awarding of the Grand Prize is subject to eligibility determination and final verification by IEDA. If IEDA disqualifies a Grand Prize winner for any reason, prize forfeiture will result. IEDA may, but is not required to, hold another random drawing to select another winner.
7. Failure to timely respond to an award notification or an award notification that is returned as non-deliverable may result in prize forfeiture.
8. No transfer, assignment, or substitution of the Grand Prize by a winner shall be permitted. Notwithstanding the foregoing, IEDA reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value for any reason.
9. The winners shall be solely responsible for paying all federal, state and local taxes, and for any other fees or costs, associated with the Grand Prize.
10. The Grand Prize is not redeemable, in whole or in part, for cash. An unused, misplaced, lost, stolen, damaged or destroyed Grand Prize will not be replaced or re-awarded.
11. Entrants may request a copy of the official Sweepstakes rules by emailing social@iowaeda.com up to August 31, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. CDT. Sweepstakes results can be requested up to October 3, 2024 by emailing social@iowaeda.com.
12. This Sweepstakes is governed by the laws of the United States and the State of Iowa, and subject to all applicable federal and state rules, ordinances, codes, regulations and orders. These Sweepstakes rules shall be interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Iowa and by entering the Sweepstakes the entrant agrees that any and all disputes that cannot be resolved between the parties, including causes of action arising out of or connected with this Sweepstakes, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, exclusively in the Iowa District Court for Polk County or the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa. Further, in any such dispute, under no circumstances shall the entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and hereby waives all rights to, punitive, incidental, or consequential damages, including reasonable attorney’s fees.
13. IEDA reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Sweepstakes at any time prior to the awarding of the Grand Prize should the administration, security, fairness or proper conduct of the Sweepstakes be materially affected by circumstances or causes beyond IEDA’s reasonable control, including, but not limited to: (i) act of God; (ii) act of fraud; (iii) technical failure; and (iv) change in federal or state laws, regulations, rules or policies withdrawing or materially affecting IEDA’s authority to administer the Sweepstakes.
14. The entrant agrees to release and hold harmless IEDA, its board members, officers and employees, Emerge Marketing Solutions, L.L.C., and other entities sponsoring or involved in the preparation, advertising or administration of the Sweepstakes and the Evolution of the Heartland events from any liability, illness, injury, death, loss, litigation, claim, or damage that may occur, directly or indirectly, from: (i) the entrant's entry and participation in the Sweepstakes; (ii) the entrant’s use or misuse of the Grand Prize; (iii) the malfunction of any computer, cable, network, hardware, or software, or other mechanical equipment; (iv) the unavailability or inaccessibility of any transmissions, telephone, or Internet service; (v) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the entry process or the Sweepstakes; and (vi) electronic or human error in the administration of the Sweepstakes or the processing of entries.
15. In the event that any provision of the Sweepstakes rules is determined to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable or illegal, the other provisions will remain in effect and will be construed in accordance with their terms as if the invalid or illegal provision were not contained herein. IEDA’s failure to enforce any term of these Sweepstakes rules will not constitute a waiver of that provision.
16. By entering the Sweepstakes and providing an email address and phone number, entrants agree to receive future offers, marketing and promotional communications from IEDA or other sponsor. Entrants may opt out of receiving such communications at any time without affecting their eligibility.
17. Once submitted, an entry cannot be modified, deleted or cancelled. Entries become the property of IEDA and will not be returned. Entries submitted through any means other than
through the Entry Website will be void and will not be considered for the Sweepstakes. Entrants may not enter through a sweepstakes club (or similar method), with multiple identities, emails and/or street addresses, nor shall entrants use robotic, automatic, macro, programmed, or like entry methods. Use of any such invalid entry method, will void all entries and entrant will be disqualified. In case of dispute, entries will be declared made by the authorized account holder of the email address submitted at the time of entry. “Authorized account holder” is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider, or other organization (e.g., business, education institution, etc.) that is responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted email address.