Celebrity Flag Football Challenge

Footballs will be flyin' during Super Week in the Bay Area, with some of the highest-profile spirals spinning at Berkeley’s California Memorial Stadium in a celebrity-studded contest.

The 26th Annual Celebrity Flag Football Challenge® is set for Thursday February 5. Doors open at 5:30 pm with a Visit Berkeley-curated Tailgate Party on the Plaza featuring local food and drink.

Tickets are limited; get the details at Cal Bears tickets online.

“As the Bay Area comes alive with Super Bowl festivities, Berkeley is excited to play a key role by hosting the Celebrity Flag Football Challenge®,” said Berkeley Mayor Adena Ishii. “It’s a wonderful opportunity to introduce new visitors to our dynamic city, honor our first responders and military service members, and share in the excitement happening across the region.”

“Berkeley is honored to host the Celebrity Flag Football Challenge®,” said Jeffrey Church, CEO of Visit Berkeley. “Berkeley and the entire East Bay region will provide affordable, and authentic places for visitors to stay, dine, and explore during this fantastic celebration the first week of February. From big-screen watch parties to themed community events, the “blue zone” of Berkeley will be first & goal to go!”

Over twenty athletes and celebrities will play in this competitive Flag Football game. Celebrity Sweat’s Flag Football game has been an annual event for the past twenty-five years, and this year, the game will feature NBA Hall of Famer and 8-time All Star, Dwight Howard going up against the Global Music Icon, Quavo. It promises to be a high-energy, star-studded event with celebrities from the world of entertainment and sports including 3x WNBA champion Jewell Loyd, UFC favorites Dustin Poirier and Demetrius “Mighty Mouse” Johnson, football legends Doug Flutie, Adrian Petersen, and Leonard Fournette, musicians Jay Cinco, NLE Choppa, Roscoe Dash, and actor Kevin Dillon.

For those unable to attend the Flag Football Challenge®, the event will be shown live on YouTube (The Celebrity Sweat YouTube Channel), beginning at 7:00pm PST, and subsequently, the AFN, American Forces Network, will be able to air the game for our Military on bases worldwide in 168 countries.

The Celebrity Flag Football Challenge® is presented by Visit Berkeley and sponsored, in part, by Under Armour and Gatorade. NBC Bay Area will serve as a media sponsor, with promotional coverage beginning in January and continuing through game day.

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