A method of operating a multi-sport challenge system, the method comprising:
- providing a multi-sport facility including a plurality of sport grounds, wherein each of the sport grounds includes a full sport grounds, partial sport grounds, sport simulator grounds, or combination thereof;
- providing a plurality of different sport challenges that a participant may select to attempt to perform through interaction with the sport grounds corresponding to the selected sport challenge sport, each sport challenge having an associated entry fee for an opportunity to attempt the sport challenge and an associated and financial prize to be awarded if the attempt successfully performs the sport challenge, wherein the sport grounds include at least four different types of sport grounds, each hosting at least one of the sport challenges, and wherein the at least four different types of sport grounds and the at least one corresponding at least one sport challenge hosted by the sport grounds are selected from the group consisting of:
- a pitcher's mound and home plate that hosts a corresponding sport challenge comprising awarding the associated financial prize to the participant if the participant successfully throws a strike over the home plate from the pitcher's mound,
- a bowling lane that hosts a corresponding sport challenge comprising the participant bowling a bowling ball down the bowling lane and awarding the associated financial prize to the participant if the participant successfully achieves a specified number of strikes in a row,
- at least a partial basketball court including a basketball goal that hosts a corresponding sport challenge comprising the participant shooting a basketball from one or more specified locations on the at least partial basketball court and awarding the associated financial prize to the participant if the participant successfully shoots the basketball through a hoop of the basketball goal from the one or more specified locations,
- at least a partial baseball field including an outfield and home plate that hosts a corresponding sport challenge comprising the participant throwing a baseball from the outfield toward home plate and awarding the participant the associated financial prize if the participant successfully hits a target located near the home plate,
- a par 3 golf hole that hosts a corresponding sport challenge comprising the participant hitting a golf ball from a tee box of the par 3 golf hole and awarding the participant the associated financial prize if the participant successfully gets a hole-in-one,
- an American football uprights and at least a partial football field that hosts a corresponding sport challenge comprising the participant kicking a football from a specified distance on the football field and awarding the participant the associated financial prize if the participant successfully kicks the football through the uprights, and
- a soccer goal and at least a partial soccer field that hosts a corresponding sport challenge comprising the participant kicking a soccer ball and awarding the participant the associated financial prize if the participant successfully kicks the soccer ball into the soccer goal;
- receiving sport challenge selections made by participants;
- collecting the associated entry fees for the selected sport challenges;
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- distributing the associated financial prizes to participants upon their successful performance of the selected sport challenges.