DU won a free concert last week through the Skyllzone fantasy sports website, a site where one can draft a new NBA or NFL team daily for the chance to win cash. The website promised a free concert by The Chainsmokers, an EDM duo, to whichever university had the most people register with their site and create a free NBA fantasy basketball team. The race for the rave began Tuesday, March 18, and ran until midnight on Monday, April 7.
Each registration and fantasy draft earned 100 points for the school. The school with the most points at the end of the contest would win the concert. Anyone was allowed to take part, including current students, alumni and any school supporters. Information for the contest spread through social media, particularly Facebook.
DU was one of 288 schools in the contest, and ended in first place with 96,100 points, almost 2,000 more than second place UC-Davis.
The rest of the top five included the University of Washington, UC-Santa Barbara and the University of Texas in Austin.
DU was the only private school in the top five, with Cornell in eighth place. DU was by far the smallest school in the top ten, with the closest school in size being Cornell again at 21,000.
The Chainsmokers were formed in 2012 in New York City. In 2014, they rose to international success with the release of their first official single, “#Selfie.”
The date and location have not yet been decided.