Gastown Sign Sweepstake(s)

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN.

Sponsor: Gastown Business Improvement Society
Address: 210-318 Homer St. Vancouver, BC V6B 2V2
Contest Name: Fresh Prep Experience Contest (the “Contest”) to see Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour
Prize: One (1) winner (“Winner”) will receive:

• Weekly grand prizes, including:
  • Week 1: $300 worth of gift certificates for Gastown icons, Di Beppe + Pourhouse. October 1 – 8.
  • Week 2: $250 Store Credit at Stussy Vancouver + $50 to Gringo Gastown. October 8 – 15.
  • Week 3: $300 to OK Boot Corall + $50 to Gringo Gastown. October 15 – 22.
  • Week 4: Free cuts or beard trims for a year from JD’s Barbershop. October 22 – 28.
    
    
• Two (2) tickets to the Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour concert in Vancouver, Canada.
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Total approximate retail prize value: $4,000 CAD.

Contest Period: October 1, 2024 – November 18, 2024
Draw Date: November 24, 2024

This Contest is open only to legal residents of Metro Vancouver who are at least nineteen (19) years of age at the time of entry. Void where prohibited. Proof of residency and age will be required in the sole discretion of the Sponsor, whose decisions are final. 

Employees and directors of Gastown Business Improvement Society, the Administrator and each of their subsidiaries, divisions, affiliates, and advertising or promotional agencies or individuals involved with the design, production, execution or distribution of this Contest, and the immediate family and household members of such individuals, are not eligible to enter or win a prize. “Immediate family” members shall mean parents, stepparents, children, stepchildren, siblings, stepsiblings, or spouses, regardless of where they live. “Household members” shall mean people who share the same residence at least three months a year, whether related or not.

Weekly Prizes:

There is no purchase necessary to enter this Contest. Only entries submitted within each Prize Period are eligible for that week’s draw.

To enter: Entrants must take a picture at the identified Gastown sign and tag @mygastown on Instagram in t asn Instragram post or story to be entered into our weekly or grand prize sweepstakes.⁠

To Enter with a Purchase:

For each Qualifying Post submitted in accordance with the Official Contest Rules during a Prize Period, the eligible entrant who submitted the Qualifying Post will receive one (1) entry into each subsequent Weekly Draw.

The Sponsor reserves the right to request proof of post for any submission at any time; Should an entrant be unable to produce a Qualifying Post matching any submission, the Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify an entrant from the Contest, at the Sponsor’s sole discretion.

A Qualifying Post may only be submitted one time during the Contest, by one entrant, for one entry into a Weekly Draw. If the same Qualifying Post is submitted more than one time in this Contest, any attempted entry associated with such Qualifying Post may be voided and any prize claim based on an entry made using such Qualifying Post may be disqualified. For the overall entry limit into this Contest, see Entry Limit below.

Qualifying posts must not contain any of the following content, all as determined in Sponsor’s sole discretion whose decisions are final, or they will not result in an entry:

• – sexually explicit or suggestive;

• – violent or promoting violence toward others;

• – inconsistent with a “G” audience rating;

• – derogatory of any ethnic, racial, gender, religious, professional or age group;

• – profane or pornographic, or contains nudity;

• – illegal or violates any law;

• – contains materially dangerous, inappropriate or irresponsible behaviour;

• – promotes the use of alcohol, drugs, tobacco, firearms/weapons;

• – promotes a political agenda or message;

• – is obscene or offensive;

• – endorses any form of hate;

• – is inconsistent with the desired image to which Sponsor wishes to be associated; and/or

• – is known or determined by Sponsor to violate the rights of any third parties or laws; and/or

• – is inconsistent with this Contest in any way whatsoever.

The Sponsor reserves the right at any time to request proof that the True Review that an entrant has posted online matches the image submitted through the Contest website. Should an entrant be unable to produce a review matching their submission, the Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify that entry and the entrant from this Contest, in the Sponsor’s sole discretion.

The Sponsor is not responsible for, and entries will be declared invalid if they are late, duplicated, illegible, incomplete, damaged, irregular, mutilated, forged. In the event of a dispute, entries shall be deemed to be submitted by the authorized account holder of the email address associated with the entry, as applicable. For the purposes of these Contest rules, “authorized account holder” of an email address is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an email address by an Internet access provider, on-line service provider or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses or accounts associated with the submitted email address. Each selected entrant may be required to provide the Sponsor with proof that the selected entrant is the authorized account holder of the email address associated with a winning entry.

ENTRY LIMIT: Each eligible entrant will only be eligible to submit a maximum of thirteen (13) entries (each with a different Qualifying Post) during each Weekly Prize Period.

• All Entries and entrants are subject to verification at any time and for any reason. The Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to require proof of identity and/or eligibility (in a form acceptable to the Sponsor – including, without limitation, government issued photo identification): (i) for the purposes of verifying an individual’s eligibility to participate in this Contest; (ii) for the purposes of verifying the eligibility and/or legitimacy of any Entry or any other information submitted (or purportedly submitted) for the purposes of this Contest; and/or (iii) for any other reason the Sponsor deems necessary, in its sole and absolute discretion, for the purposes of administering this Contest in accordance with these Rules. Failure to provide such proof to the complete satisfaction of the Sponsor within the timeline specified by the Sponsor may result in disqualification in the sole and absolute discretion of the Sponsor. The sole determinant of the time for the purposes of this Contest will be the Contest server machine(s).

• There is a total of five (5) prizes available to be won in this Contest as follows:

Weekly Prizes: There is one (1) weekly prize (‘Weekly Prize”) available to be won in this Contest for each Prize Period, for a total of four (4) Weekly Prizes for all four Prize Periods. 

Grand Prize:

One (1) Grand Prize is available to be won consisting of two (2) tickets to see Taylor Swift live. No separate action must be taken to be eligible to win the Grand Prize.  

The Grand Prize shall be awarded to the qualified winner (“Grand Prize Winner”) of the fifth (5th) draw in this Contest (the “Grand Prize Draw”) which shall take place on November 24, 2024, or as soon as practicable thereafter.

The Grand Prize may not be sold, raffled, transferred or monetized in any way. The Grand Prize winner is responsible for all costs and expenses associated with the Grand Prize, other than the two (2) tickets awarded, including, but not limited to, any travel accommodation costs. 

The Grand Prize winner is responsible for themselves and their guest gaining access to the venue. The Sponsor is not liable in any way for the Grand Prize winner or their guest failing to gain access to, or being removed or excluded from, the venue. The venue may restrict access for any reason. The Grand Prize winner is solely responsible for ensuring that they and their guest comply with all venue instructions, requirements, rules or restrictions.

In the event that this concert is canceled, the Grand Prize Winner will receive the face value of the tickets in the form of a pre-paid Visa Gift Card.

• Following the end of each Prize Period, the Sponsor will select one (1) entrant by way of a random draw from all eligible entries received. Any remaining entries submitted by all entrants will be carried over for entry in any subsequent Weekly Prize Draw(s). Entrants are only eligible to win a total of one (1) Weekly Prize Draw.
  
  Winners will be required to answer the Sponsor’s mathematical skill-testing question as a condition of winning any prize in this Contest. 
  
  

• If a Weekly Draw winner or the Grand Prize Draw winner does not respond within 24-hours of initial notification, they may be disqualified and will not receive the Prize and another entrant will be selected (as determined by the Sponsor in its sole discretion) until such time as an entrant satisfies all Official Contest Rules. The Sponsor is not responsible for the failure for any reason whatsoever of a selected entrant to receive notification if sent to the email address provided in the entry or for the Sponsor to receive a selected entrant’s response. 
  
  
• All Entries become the property of the Sponsor. This Contest is subject to all applicable federal, provincial and municipal laws. The decisions of the Sponsor with respect to all aspects of this Contest are final and binding on all entrants without the right of appeal, including, without limitation, any decisions regarding the eligibility/disqualification of Entries and/or entrants. ANYONE DEEMED BY THE SPONSOR TO BE IN VIOLATION OF THESE RULES FOR ANY REASON IS SUBJECT TO DISQUALIFICATION IN THE SOLE AND ABSOLUTE DISCRETION OF THE SPONSOR AT ANY TIME.
  
  
• The Released Parties will not be liable for: (i) any failure of any website during the Contest; (ii) any technical malfunction or other problems of any nature whatsoever, including, without limitation, those relating to the telephone network or lines, computer on-line systems, servers, access providers, computer equipment or software; (iii) the failure of any Entry or other information to be received, captured or recorded for any reason whatsoever, including, but not limited to, technical problems or traffic congestion on the internet or at any website; (iv) any injury or damage to an entrant’s or any other person’s computer or other device related to or resulting from participating in the Contest; and/or (v) any combination of the above
  
  
• Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, by participating in the Contest, each entrant releases the Released Parties from any and all liability in connection with this Contest and his/her participation therein.
  
  
• In the event of a dispute regarding who submitted an Entry, the Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to require any individual who purports to be the entrant that submitted the Entry in question to provide proof to the complete satisfaction of the Sponsor (as determined by the Sponsor in its sole and absolute discretion) of being the entrant that submitted such Entry. Failure to provide such proof to the complete satisfaction of the Sponsor within the timeline specified by the Sponsor may result in disqualification (as determined by the Sponsor in its sole and absolute discretion).
  
  
• The Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to withdraw, amend or suspend this Contest (or to amend these Rules) in any way, in the event of any cause beyond the reasonable control of the Sponsor that interferes with the proper conduct of this Contest as contemplated by these Rules, including, without limitation, any error, technical problem, computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud or technical failure. Any attempt to deliberately damage any website or to undermine the legitimate operation of this Contest in any way (as determined by Sponsor in its sole and absolute discretion) is a violation of criminal and civil laws and should such an attempt be made, the Sponsor reserves the right to seek remedies and damages to the fullest extent permitted by law. The Sponsor, in its sole and absolute discretion, reserves the right to cancel, amend or suspend this Contest, or to amend these Rules, in any way without prior notice or obligation, in the event of any accident, printing, administrative, or other error of any kind, or for any other reason whatsoever. Without limiting the generality of the forgoing, the Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to administer an alternate test of skill as it deems appropriate based on the circumstances and/or to comply with applicable law.
  
  
• By entering this Contest, each entrant expressly consents to the Sponsor, its agents and/or representatives, storing, sharing and using the personal information submitted with his/her Entry only for the purpose of administering the Contest and in accordance with the Sponsor’s privacy policy.
  
  
• This section does not limit any other consent(s) that an individual may provide the Sponsor or others in relation to the collection, use and/or disclosure of their personal information.

The Sponsor will provide details to the Grand Prize Winner following the selection on November 24, 2024.