The Gap

The world's most profitable sport has nowhere to play

Football is the favorite sport of 41% of US adults, four times the next sport on the list. NFL programs took 89 of the top 100 TV shows last season. Almost none of those fans have thrown a pass since high school.

The pull travels. Wembley filled to the mid-80,000s for the 2025 London games, and more than 6 million people in the UK watched them on TV or online.

Competitive socializing built a bay for every other sport. The UK alone runs more than 800 sites, up 58% since 2018.

Sport Where you play it

Golf Driving bay

Bowling Lane

Darts Oche

Racing Sim rig

Pickleball Court

Axe throwing Throwing lane

American football No bay. Anywhere.

Gridiron Social Huddle

The Huddle

A stadium in 165 square feet

A Gridiron Huddle is an enclosed simulator bay measuring 16.5 feet long by 10 feet wide by 10 feet high. Players step onto turf, pick a difficulty and a challenge, and throw a real football at live targets on a curved screen showing a 3D stadium. The patent-pending Snap launcher deploys the ball to the player on the snap. Every target hit and every touchdown posts before the next player steps up.

Score

Level

Throw

Touchdowns

Footprint 16.5 ft L × 10 ft W × 10 ft H
Ball delivery Snap launcher, patent pending
Game modes Difficulty levels and named challenges
Tracking Pass speed and distance, every throw
Identity Persistent profile, cross-venue

The Loop

The score is the reason they come back

Hardware sells the first session. The loop underneath sells every session after it, in this order.

01 / PLAY

Score in seconds

Pick a difficulty, run a challenge, throw. Every target hit and every touchdown lands on screen in seconds, and the round total goes straight to the venue board.

02 / RETURN

A reason for session two

Player levels carry between sessions. Leaderboards and cross-venue rivalry pull groups back, and they return with more people than they brought the first time.

03 / COMPOUND

Data builds the moat

Every throw writes pass speed and distance to a persistent player profile, and the data set grows with every session. Hardware gets copied. A returning community and its data do not.

Deployment

Dead space becomes the main attraction

Gridiron builds no venues and signs no leases. Huddles install into rooms already carrying traffic. The operator runs the bay and keeps the spend on site. We supply the hardware, the software, and the player network. The first bays go into the UK, where 30% of adults already play at a competitive socializing venue. The US install spec is identical.

Gridiron Social in a bar and gaming venue — Bars & Gaming Floors

Existing traffic. New reason to stay.

Gridiron Social in a retail and leisure venue — Retail & Leisure

Turn passing traffic into players

Gridiron Social in a stadium concourse — Stadium Concourses

Captive crowds on match day

Questions

Straight answers

What is Gridiron Social?

Gridiron Social builds immersive American football simulators called Huddles and installs them into existing entertainment venues. Players throw a real football at live targets on a 3D stadium screen, pick a difficulty and a challenge, and score against the venue leaderboard. The first Huddles go live in the UK in 2026, and US installs follow the same spec.

What is a Gridiron Huddle?

A Huddle is an enclosed simulator bay measuring 16.5 feet long by 10 feet wide by 10 feet high. Players stand on turf, pick a challenge, and throw at live targets on a curved screen showing a 3D stadium. The system tracks every throw, records pass speed and distance, and posts the score to a leaderboard.

How much space does a Huddle need?

165 square feet of floor area and 10 feet of ceiling height. The bay fits frontage, concourse, and floor space most venues write off as dead.

How does scoring work?

Each round gives the player three throws. Points land for every target hit and every touchdown, the round total posts to the venue leaderboard, and the player moves up levels as results improve.

What is the Snap launcher?

The Snap launcher is Gridiron's patent-pending ball delivery system. It sits flush with the turf at the throw line and deploys the football up to the player on the snap, so the session keeps moving and nobody chases a loose ball.

Do you need football experience to play?

No. Players pick a difficulty level and a challenge to match the group, so a first session works from the opening throw. Most players outside North America have never thrown a pass, and the game is built for them.

What kinds of venues install a Huddle?

Bars and gaming floors, retail and leisure destinations, and stadium concourses. Any room with steady traffic and 165 square feet of unused floor suits the install.

Does Gridiron Social build or operate its own venues?

No. Gridiron signs no leases and runs no rooms. The company supplies the hardware, the software, and the player network. The venue operator runs the bay and keeps the spend on site, which makes the model asset light and scalable across many venues at once.

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