COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM
MEMBERSHIP SURVEY INCENTIVE GIVEAWAY
OFFICIAL RULES
Presented by the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum and Fender Musical Instruments
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. Sweepstakes subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws, and void where prohibited or restricted.
1. Eligibility. The COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM MEMBERSHIP SURVEY INCENTIVE GIVEAWAY (“Sweepstakes”) is open only to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia who are at least eighteen (18) years old at the time of the Entry submission and who are physically present in the United States during the Sweepstakes Period (each, a “Participant” or “you” and, collectively, “Participants”).
Employees, officers and directors of Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum, Swytchback, the Promotional Partner (if any), and their respective parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, licensees, agents, representatives, contractors, and advertising, promotion, marketing and fulfillment agencies, and such employees’, officers’ and directors’ immediate families (parents, children, siblings and spouses, and their respective spouses, regardless of where they reside) and persons living in the same household (whether related or not), are not eligible to participate or win.
By submitting an Entry, each Participant represents and warrants that he or she has read these Official Rules (“Official Rules”) and the Participant satisfies all of the eligibility requirements, and accepts and agrees to be bound by, and to fully perform under, these Official Rules and all of the decisions of the Sponsor and the Administrator, which decisions will be final and binding in all matters related to the Sweepstakes.
Any Participant who does not follow all of the Sponsor’s and/or the Administrator’s instructions, does not provide the required information, or fails to abide by these Official Rules in any other way may be disqualified and may not be eligible to participate in the prize drawing or to win a prize.
2. Sponsor: Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum, 222 Rep. John Lewis Way S, Nashville, Tennessee 37203.
Administrator: Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum, 222 Rep. John Lewis Way S, Nashville, Tennessee 37203. Administrator has engaged Swytchback, which is operated by Swytchback, Inc. to provide services and assist in administering the Sweepstakes.
3. Entry Period. The Sweepstakes begins at 10:00 a.m. Central Time on December 2, 2024 and ends when the Museum receives three hundred (300) entries, but no later than 11:59 p.m. Central Time on January 31, 2025 (“Sweepstakes Period”). All Entries must be received during the Sweepstakes Period. The Sponsor’s computer is the official time-keeping device for this Sweepstakes.
4. How to Enter. You may enter the Sweepstakes via Swytchback (the “Sweepstakes Website”) or via email or mail as described below.
To enter the Sweepstakes via Swytchback, (1) visit the following website: [https://live.swytchback.com/swydget/163810/b] and you will be directed to the Sweepstakes Website; (2) Complete the survey; (3) Enter email address; (4) Read, review and agree to the Official Rules; and (4) Press “Enter” to submit your information to the Sweepstakes Website (the “Website Entry”).
There is no cost to register or enter. Entering via Swytchback will not improve your chances of winning. All Entries will be treated the same.
To complete an entry without using Swytchback, hand print your full name, street address (no P.O. Boxes), telephone number, e-mail address and date of birth on a 3” x 5” piece of paper, and mail it in an envelope with correct postage to Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum Membership Survey Incentive Giveaway, 222 Rep. John Lewis Way South, Nashville, Tennessee 37203 or send an email with your full name, street address (no P.O. Boxes), telephone number, e-mail address, and email the information to info@countrymusichalloffame.org, each an “Entry”. You may only enter Sweepstakes once regardless of entry method. Each Entry must be received during the Sweepstakes Period.
The Website Entry and Entry via mail or email are collectively referred to herein as “Entry.” No other forms of entering the Sweepstakes are valid. Limit one (1) Entry per person, per household, per e-mail address, and/or per device during the entire Sweepstakes Period, regardless of method of entry. Multiple Participants are not permitted to share the same e-mail address, username or device. Any attempt by any Participant to obtain more than one (1) Entry by using multiple or different identities, e-mail address, usernames, devices, or any other tactics will void all of the Participant’s Entries, and the Participant will be disqualified from the Sweepstakes. Any use of robotic, repetitive, automatic, programmed, or similar entry methods or agents (including, but not limited to, sweepstakes entry services) will void all of a Participant’s Entries. All Entries generated by script, macro or other automated or inappropriate means, or with the intent to subvert the Sweepstakes entry process or the fair play of the Sweepstakes will be void.
In the event of a dispute as to identity of the person submitting an Entry, the Entry will be deemed to have been submitted by the natural person in whose name the e-mail address or the user account is registered, at the time of the Entry submission. A potential winner may be required to provide to the Sponsor proof, to the Sponsor’s satisfaction, in its sole discretion, that the potential winner is, and at all relevant times was, the owner of the e-mail address or user account associated with the winning Entry.
Submitted Entries become the sole property of the Sponsor and will not be acknowledged or returned. Proof of entering the Sweepstakes will not constitute proof of receipt by the Sponsor.
The Sponsor is not responsible or liable for: any Entries that are altered, delayed, deleted, destroyed, forged, fraudulent, improperly accessed, inaccurate, incomplete, interrupted, irregular in any way, late, lost, misrouted, multiple, non-delivered, stolen, unauthorized, unintelligible, or otherwise not in compliance with these Official Rules; lost, interrupted or unavailable network, server, Internet Service Provider, website or other connections; miscommunications; telephone, computer hardware or computer software failures, errors or difficulties; Internet traffic congestion; garbled or jumbled transmissions; undeliverable e-mails resulting from any form of active or passive e-mail filtering; the e-mail account settings; unauthorized human intervention; or any other errors of any kind, whether due to electronic, human, mechanical, printing, production or technical errors or other causes, even if caused by the negligence of the Sponsor or the Administrator.
5. Prize Drawing; Odds of Winning. The Sponsor will select the potential winners of a Grand Prize (“Grand Prize”) from among all eligible Entries, in a random drawing conducted on or about January 30, 2025. The decision of the Sponsor will be final and binding. Odds of winning the Grand Prize depend on the total number of eligible Entries received. A purchase will not improve your chances of winning.
6. Prize. Subject to the conditions set out below, the Sponsor will award three (3) Grand Prize consisting of one (1) gift card equal to seventy-five dollars ($75.00) to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s The Museum Store.
All expenses and other costs not expressly stated in the prize description above are the sole responsibility of the Grand Prize winners. The Grand Prize is non-negotiable. For purposes of clarification, Grand Prize does not include any transportation or travel expenses.
7. Approximate retail value (“ARV”) of the Grand Prize: $75.00 per Grand Prize. The ARV of the prize represents the Sponsor’s good faith determination, is final and binding, and cannot be appealed.
The Sponsor makes no representation that the prize can be sold or traded at the stated value. The winners will not receive any difference between the stated approximate and the actual retail value of the prize. The winners are responsible for all federal, state and local taxes, and the winners will receive an IRS Form 1099 reflecting the actual cost of the Grand Prize, for the tax year in which the prize is awarded. Unclaimed prizes will not be awarded.
The Grand Prize winners must comply with all of the Sponsor and Promotional Partner’s instructions with respect to the prize fulfillment and their attending, and traveling to, from, and in connection with the museum visit, failure to do so may result in forfeiture of the prize. All elements of the prize must be redeemed at the same time, and no changes will be permitted after confirmation of any redemption.
For avoidance of confusion, in no event will there be more than three (3) Grand Prize winners. In the event that a winner engage in behavior that, as determined by the Sponsor, in its sole discretion, is obnoxious or threatening, illegal, or intended to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass, the Sponsor reserves the right to terminate the prize, in whole or in part.
No portion of the Grand Prize is redeemable or exchangeable for cash, and all portions of the Grand Prize are subject to availability and to terms and conditions of use.
The Sponsor, Administrator, and/or Promotional Partner (if any) is not responsible if a potential Grand Prize winner is unable or unavailable to accept or use the prize or a portion of the prize. The prize and any portion of the Grand Prize is non-transferable and shall not be sold or bartered. If any portion of the prize is returned as undeliverable or is declined, the entire prize will be forfeited. An unclaimed prize will not be awarded. The Sponsor is not responsible for lost or mutilated documents or shipping errors related to the Grand Prize, and none will be replaced or accepted.
The Grand Prize is subject to availability. The Sponsor, Administrator and/or Promotional Partner (if any) is not responsible for any circumstances that make it impractical or impossible to fulfill all elements of the Grand Prize.
The Grand Prize is awarded “as is” and without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including, without limitation, any implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. Participants acknowledge that the Sponsor, Administrator, and Promotional Partner (if any) have not made, and is not in any manner responsible or liable for, any warranty, representation, or guarantee, expressed or implied, in fact or in law, relating to this Sweepstakes or the prize, in whole or in part.
The prize restrictions and conditions stated in these Official Rules are not all-inclusive and the Grand Prize described above may be subject to additional restrictions and/or conditions. Any prize depiction is for illustrative purposes only. The Sponsor may cancel or modify this Sweepstakes in its discretion and may award a substitute prize of comparable or greater value, including, without limitation, a cash prize equivalent to the ARV of the Grand Prize as stated in these Official Rules.
8. Notification of Winner. The Grand Prize will be awarded only upon the Sponsor’s verification of the potential winner’s eligibility and upon final approval by the Sponsor. The potential winners will be notified by the Sponsor, via an e-mail, within seventy-two (72) hours after the prize drawing, or as soon thereafter as reasonably practical. The potential winners will have one (1) day from the time of the notification to confirm that the notification has been received and to provide to the Sponsor the potential prize winners’ full name, home address, telephone number, and all other information as may be necessary for the Sponsor’s prize fulfillment, which may include, without limitation, satisfactory proof of age, identity and residency. To the extent permitted by law, the Sponsor reserves the right to perform a detailed publicity and background check on the potential Grand Prize winners, of any and all records (including, without limitation civil and criminal court records, and police reports), and, based on its results, may disqualify a potential winner, in the Sponsor's sole discretion. By participating in the Sweepstakes, you hereby authorize the Sponsor, to the extent permitted by law, to perform such publicity and background check in the event that you are selected as a potential Grand Prize winner. A potential Grand Prize winner who is disqualified for any reason will forfeit the entire prize and he/she will not be entitled to any form of prize, award or compensation.
After a potential winner responds to the initial notification and he/she is verified and determined to be eligible to accept and participate in the Grand Prize, the Sponsor will send to the potential winner a Winner Notification, an Affidavit of Eligibility, Winner Liability Releases, and an IRS W-9 Tax Form. All documents must be completed according to the instructions in the Winner Notification. An electronic copy of the completed documents must be returned to the Sponsor by e-mail, no later than twelve (12) hours from the time of the notification, and the original completed documents must be returned by mail, postmarked no later than three (3) business days from the date on the Winner Notification, and addressed and otherwise sent as indicated in the Winner Notification. Participant agrees and acknowledges that she/he/they will be required to coordinate with both Sponsor and Promotional Partner with respect to the eligibility and fulfillment of the Grand Prize.
If the Winner Notification or any subsequent communications to a potential winner are returned as undeliverable, if a potential winner does not respond to the Sponsor’s notification or subsequent communications within the set time period, if a potential winner is determined to be ineligible, if a potential winner otherwise fails to fully comply with these Official Rules, or if a potential winner declines any portion of the prize, he/she will forfeit the entire Grand Prize, and he/she will not be entitled to any form of prize, award or compensation, and an alternative potential Grand Prize winner may be selected, time permitting, in the Sponsor’s sole discretion. Up to twelve (12) alternative potential Grand Prize winners may be selected. Alternative potential winners will be selected in a random drawing from among the remaining eligible non-winning Entries received during the Sweepstakes Period, and each such winner will be subject to verification. If all alternative potential winners are disqualified, the Grand Prize will not be awarded.
A potential winner may be confirmed as a “winner” only after all of requested information and completed documents are received by the Sponsor and after the potential winner’s eligibility is verified by the Sponsor.
The Sponsor is not responsible, and will not be liable, for late, lost, misdirected, or unsuccessful efforts to notify a potential Grand Prize winner, or for any change in the potential winner’s e-mail address or telephone number.
9. Publicity Release. Except where prohibited or restricted by law, and even if a Grand Prize winner may be required to sign a separate Publicity Release, acceptance of the Grand Prize constitutes agreement and consent by the winners to the Sponsor’s: (1) use of a winner’s, if any, name, likeness, image, voice, hometown location and appearance as they may be embodied in any pictures, photographs, video recordings, audiotapes, digital images and/or any other audio, visual or audio-visual work made by the Promotional Partner (if any), Sponsor, or on the Sponsor’s behalf in connection with the Grand Prize, or during any other event related to the acceptance or use of the Grand Prize; and (2) use of the statements made by the winner regarding the Grand Prize, the Sweepstakes, the Sponsor, Promotional Partner (if any) and/or the Administrator, and the related publication of the winner’s full name, city and state of residence, Entry, likeness, image, voice and appearance, all for any and all purposes, including, but not limited to, advertising, trade and/or promotion on behalf of the Sponsor, and in any and all forms of media, now known or hereafter devised, including, but not limited to, print, TV, radio, electronic, cable or World Wide Web, without any limitation or restriction, and without any obligation, compensation or notice to, or review or approval by, the winner or anyone else, and the winner agrees that the Sponsor has and will at all times have complete ownership of all materials produced by the Sponsor, including the entire copyright therein.
10. Privacy. By completing an Entry, each Participant agrees to share his or her personal information with the Sponsor and Promotional Partner. Personal information collected by the Sponsor will be used for administration of the Sweepstakes and of the Grand Prize award. In addition, by entering, you agree to collection, use and disclosure of your personal information as described in the Sponsor’s privacy policy, available at https://countrymusichalloffame.org/index.php/contentpages/privacy-policy. If Participant entered using the Website Entry method, the personal information collected by Swytchback will be subject to Swytchback’s privacy policy and terms and conditions, available at https://www.swytchback.com/privacy-policy. f Participant has signed up for the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum’s Newsletter, you agree to the collection, use and disclosure of your personal information as described in Sponsor’s privacy policy, available at https://countrymusichalloffame.org/index.php/contentpages/privacy-policy. The Administrator and Sponsor do not control any third parties’, such as Swytchback’s, use of Participant’s personal information. Please visit said third parties’ website to confirm how your personal information will be used. The Sponsor and the Administrator are concerned about the safety of online information of children under the age of 13 and do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under the age of 13. If the parent/legal guardian of a child under 13 believes that his or her child provided any personal data in connection with this Sweepstakes, the parent/legal guardian should contact the Sponsor or the Administrator and request that the child’s personal information be deleted.
11. Release; Limitation of Liability: You agree, as a condition of participation in this Sweepstakes, that the Sponsor, the Administrator, the Promotional Partners, if any, Swytchback, and each of their respective parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, licensees, agents, representatives, contractors, and advertising, promotion, marketing and fulfillment agencies, and the successors, assigns and licensees of each of them, and their respective officers, directors, agents, employees, shareholders, contractors and representatives (“Released Parties”) will have no liability, and you will hold the Released Parties harmless, for any claim, action, liability, loss, injury or damage, of any kind, to any person (including, without limitation, death) or property, arising out of, or related or otherwise due to, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, participation or attempt to participate in this Sweepstakes, and/or acceptance, possession, use or misuse of any prize or any portion of the prize, including, without limitation, attending, and travel to, from and in connection with any portion of the Grand Prize.
YOU WAIVE ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT THE FOREGOING IS A COMPLETE RELEASE AND DISCHARGE OF ALL CLAIMS AND RIGHTS AGAINST THE RELEASED PARTIES, AND THAT YOU HAVE BEEN GIVEN A FULL AND COMPLETE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW AND ANALYZE THE FOREGOING RELEASE BEFORE SUBMITTING YOUR ENTRY, ACCEPTING ANY PRIZE OR CONSENTING TO YOUR MINOR CHILD’S OR WARD’S PARTICIPATION, AND YOU WAIVE ANY AND ALL RIGHTS TO DISPUTE THE SCOPE OF THE RELEASE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THAT IT IS A GENERAL RELEASE AND/OR A RELEASE OF UNKNOWN CLAIMS.
As a further condition of participating in the Sweepstakes, including accepting a prize or a portion of a prize, you agree, on your own behalf: (1) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action that may relate to or arise out of the Sweepstakes or any prize will be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action; (2) any and all claims, judgments and awards will be limited to actual third-party, out-of-pocket costs incurred (if any), not to exceed Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00), but in no event will attorneys’ fees be awarded or recoverable; (3) under no circumstances will you or your child or ward be permitted to obtain any award for, and you hereby knowingly and expressly waive, all rights to seek, punitive, incidental, consequential or special damages, lost profits or any other damages other than actual out-of-pocket expenses (if any) not to exceed Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00), and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased; and (4) all claims are limited to a claim for money damages (if any) and you irrevocably waive any and all right to seek injunctive or equitable relief. Some jurisdictions do not allow the limitations or exclusion of liability for incidental or consequential damages, and the above may not apply to you.
12. Suspension; Modification; Termination: The Sponsor and the Administrator, and their respective contractors and/or agents, are not responsible for printing or typographical errors in these Official Rules or in any Sweepstakes-related materials. If the Sweepstakes is not capable of running as planned due to any reason, including, but not limited to, infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, fraud, unauthorized intervention, technical failures or any other causes that may corrupt or impair the integrity, fairness or proper play of the Sweepstakes, the Sponsor may, in its sole discretion, terminate, suspend, cancel or modify the Sweepstakes and may award the Grand Prize from among all eligible, non-suspect Entries received as of the date of termination or modification, as applicable, using the winner selection process outlined in Section 16 above, or otherwise in a random drawing. The Sponsor and the Administrator are not responsible or liable for any events that may cause any errors or failure and/or may cause the Sweepstakes to be suspended, modified or terminated, including, but not limited to, any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction, or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, the Entries, nor are they responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any computer, telephone, network, telephone lines, computer online systems, servers, cable, satellite or Internet Service Providers, computer equipment, mobile equipment, software, or for any injury or damage to a Participant’s or any other person’s computer or mobile device relating to or resulting from participation in this Sweepstakes or accessing or downloading any materials in this Sweepstakes. The Sponsor and the Administrator are not responsible for any computer, mobile, mechanical, technical, electronic, network or other errors or problems, including any errors or problems that may occur in connection with the administration of the Sweepstakes, the processing of the Entries, or in any other Sweepstakes-related materials. The Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify and void the Entry of any Participant who is found or believed to have attempted to tamper with or to impair the administration, security, fairness or proper play of this Sweepstakes, or to have otherwise acted in violation of these Official Rules, or in an un-sportsmanlike, obscene, immoral or disruptive manner, or with the intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass. Should more prizes be awarded through a computer, hardware, or software malfunction, error or failure, or for any other reason, than are stated in these Official Rules, the Sponsor reserves the right to award only the number of prizes stated in the Official Rules. In no event will more prizes be awarded than as described in Section 6.
CAUTION: ANY ACT OR ATTEMPT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEB SITE, PLATFORM OR APPLICATION, OR TO UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THIS SWEEPSTAKES IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS. SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, THE SPONSOR AND THE ADMINISTRATOR RESERVE THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES AND OTHER REMEDIES (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ATTORNEYS’ FEES) FROM ANY SUCH INDIVIDUAL(S) TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
13. Governing Law and Jurisdiction. These Official Rules and the Sweepstakes are governed by U.S. law and are subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of the Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of a Participant and the Sponsor in connection with the Sweepstakes, will be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Tennessee, without regard to any provision of Tennessee law that may require a court to apply the substantive law of any other state. Any legal proceedings with respect to either the Official Rules and/or the Sweepstakes will take place in Davidson County, Tennessee. The Participants agree that the state and federal courts seated in Davidson County, Tennessee and the related appellate courts will have exclusive personal jurisdiction with respect to any matter of controversy arising from or with respect to this Sweepstakes and irrevocably consent to such courts’ jurisdiction and waive any and all claims of forum non conveniens or lack of personal jurisdiction.
14. Winner’s List. For a copy of the winner’s list, send a stamped, self-addressed envelope, no later than May 1, 2025 to: COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM SURVEY SWEEPSTAKES Winner List, 222 Rep. John Lewis Way S, Nashville, Tennessee 37203.