ESPN The Weekend?

[wdhatter]

Has anyone else seen the commercials on ESPN about "ESPN The Weekend" this summer at Disney-MGM Studios?

[labst60]

I'm looking for more information on this also.

Anyone???

[OnWithTheShow]

It sounds like a pretty cool event. It seems to be along the same lines as Super Soap and Star Wars weekends....

ESPNwill be teaming up withWalt Disney WorldResort® to offer fans the opportunity to see and hear ESPN personalities and the greatest athletes of the past 25 years through "ESPN The Weekend". The celebration will be fromSaturday, July 31 to Sunday, August 1, 2004.

"ESPN The Weekend" will include:

On-site ESPN telecasts including SportsCenter, Baseball Tonight, College Game Day and ESPNEWS

Star motorcades and conversations with network personalities and athletes

Sports shows in the ESPN Theater featuring ESPN commentators and athletes

A visit from ESPN the Truck

A special sports edition of the game show attraction "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire-Play It!"

An interactive sports area allowing guests to relive the past 25 years of sports

A SportsCenter and play-by-play "role play" area

An exclusive video of blunders and thrills.

Photo locations with life size cutouts of great teams , players and moments

Video screens in selected areas that televise the action from the Sorcerer's Hat set or playback great moments in sports

ABC Commissary video monitors will play ESPN

Designated areas with billboards that recount great sports moments and statistics

The event will culminate with a final tribute to the past 25 years orchestrated to a Disney pyrotechnics show exploding over the park's 12-story Mickey's Sorcerer's Hat icon.