EA SPORTS MADDEN CHALLENGE 2003 FINALS ROCK LAS VEGAS IN ONE WEEK

Players from 32 Cities Nationwide Meet and Compete at Final Showdown on Madden 2004

The best  players from the EA SPORTS Madden Challenge, an unprecedented, highly-competitive 32-city tournament, will meet and face off in “Sin City” where they will compete and show off their skills that will narrow down the best of the best until the nation’s greatest player of EA SPORTS Madden NFL ™ football is named.

The EA SPORTS Madden Challenge Finals is a result of EA’s second sanctioned public competition in the Madden NFL series and included 512 gamers per market that competed on Madden NFL 2004 for the PlayStation 2 video game system.  The champion from each city won a ticket to compete for the prestigious title of Madden Challenge Champion and the $50,000 grand prize being awarded to the Madden Challenge Champion.

Madden NFL is America’s best-selling sports video game with over 30 million copies sold.  The game Madden NFL Football was honored at the Pro Football Hall of Fame on August 2 with a display of Madden NFL 2004.

The competition kicks off on Friday, January 16 from 7 to 9 p.m. with the athlete/celebrity Pro-Am in the Foundation Room of Mandalay Bay. Then on Saturday, January 17, the Madden Challenge Finals kick off at 9 a.m. and is expected to last until 4 p.m. in the House of Blues at the Mandalay Bay.