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Issuer:     Hall of Fame Resort & Entertainment Co (—)
CIK:        0001708176
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-03-18T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001013762-25-000641
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

CEO Michael Crawford to resign May 18, 2025; board begins successor search
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- CEO, President & Chairman Michael Crawford resigns effective May 18, 2025 to pursue other opportunity; no disagreement with company.
- Retention bonus of $300k ($73k for unused vacation) payable in three $100k installments on Mar 31, Apr 30, May 31, 2025.
- Crawford to provide up to 10 hrs/week consulting from May 18 to Aug 18, 2025 at $500/hr; non-compete for 6 months after consulting.
- Board has started recruiting successor candidates; Crawford will remain in roles through May 18.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1708176/000101376225000641/0001013762-25-000641-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1708176/000101376225000641/ea0234840-8k_halloffame.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001013762-25-000641

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