Today, investors in Hall of Fame Resort & Entertainment (NASDAQ:HOFV) and HOFV stock experienced a pretty dramatic stock price decline. At the time of writing, shares in HOFV stock are down more than 20%.
Why the pessimism?
Well, it appears today’s announcement on the company’s planned move into fantasy sports has been met with an underwhelming response by investors. Accordingly, a “sell-the-news” approach appears to be taking hold today, as stocks are broadly down.
Let’s take a look at what the announcement was, and why investors seem to be so disappointed with the news.
The Announcement HOFV Stock Investors Were Waiting For
Today, Hall of Fame came through with its promise to release some game-changing information on March 30.
However, it appears this news wasn’t what investors were expecting.
The company announced a unique fantasy experience for users. This came in the form of the company’s Hall of Fantasy League, a community-driven professional sports league. Hall of Fame notes that each franchise “will be managed by a dedicated front office consisting of prominent fantasy experts and will include high-profile personalities from the world of professional football as team ambassadors.”
Additionally, this league is unique in that investors can stake each franchise. This allows large communities of fantasy players and fans to come together in support of their team. Like other fantasy leagues, participants have the potential to take home some winnings at the end of the season.
The ten teams that were announced include the following:
- Atlanta Hot Wings
- Boston Barflies
- Chicago Hogmollies
- Los Angeles Sidekicks
- New York Bodega Cats
- Ohio GOATS
- Philadelphia Powderkegs
- Seattle Haze
- Texas Y’allers
- Vegas Pocket Kings
Announcement Lacking NFT Specifics
Indeed, it appears the ultimate takeaway from today’s announcement is that little in the way of tangible news on the company’s NFT strategy came from this announcement.
Indeed, Hall of Fame did note in its press release that “HOFV plans to leverage its partnership with Dolphin Entertainment to offer fans opportunities to buy and sell NFTs associated with the HOFL’s unique gameplay, content and talent.”
However, that appears to be vague enough to invite crypto enthusiasts to consider other NFT plays right now. A dearth of direct NFT stocks are now available on the market, and investors appear impatient with respect to how fast companies are able to execute on their NFT strategies.
Thus, this announcement appears to have underwhelmed the market today. Indeed, these highly volatile stocks are living up to their potential right now. Accordingly, investors ought to practice prudence with sizing such positions accordingly in their portfolios.
On the date of publication, Chris MacDonald did not have (either directly or indirectly) any positions in the securities mentioned in this article.
