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Win $10,000 Cash on Valentine’s Day

Broadway Center’s Live Large raffle will conduct first early bird drawing on Feb. 14

Tacoma, Wash. –Tacoma’s Broadway Center for the Performing Arts will make someone’s Valentine’s Day very special when they draw a winner in the first scheduled early bird drawing of the LIVE LARGE: Tacoma Dream Home Raffle.  Anyone purchasing a raffle ticket through 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, February 14 is eligible for the $10K cash prize to be drawn at 9 p.m. the same day, and remain eligible for all subsequent drawings.

All proceeds from the LIVE LARGE: Tacoma Dream Home Raffle, which kicked off on New Years Eve, will support Broadway Center’s vision to lead and energize the renaissance of Downtown Tacoma and helping ensure a vital future for downtown Tacoma.

Tickets for the raffle are $99 each, with the grand prize drawing scheduled for June 26. The grand prize is a Tacoma Dream Home or $600,000 cash. First prize is a three-year lease on a 2010 Toyota Prius or $7,500 cash; second prize is a luxurious 10-day cruise for two on Holland America Line or $5,000 cash; third prize is a seven night stay in Bali, Indonesia or $1,500 cash; and fourth prize is $1,000 cash.

“We have received an outstanding response since the kickoff of our raffle,” said David Fischer, Broadway Center’s executive director. “Not only will ticket buyers have a great chance of winning an incredible prize, they are also giving back to the social fabric of this community by supporting the arts.”

A maximum number of 34,000 tickets will be sold, making the odds of winning one of the seven major prizes less than one in 5,000. A second early bird drawing will take place on April 15. Winners of both early bird drawings remain eligible for the grand prize drawing on June 26.

Tickets are available for purchase online at www.tacomaraffle.org or by calling toll-free 24/7 1.877.622.4511.

The Broadway Center was founded in 1979, bringing arts to the area and providing many public benefits to South Puget Sound patrons. Along with energizing downtown Tacoma, it hopes to improve its ability to manage the ups and downs of the U.S. economy by funding a “special board designated reserve fund.”

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The Broadway Center for the Performing Arts gratefully acknowledges the following for support of the Tacoma Dream Home Raffle Media Sponsors: The News Tribune, City Arts Magazine, Clear Channel Outdoor, Comcast and The Seattle Times. Become a supporter on Facebook at Broadway Center for the Performing Arts or on Twitter at Twitter.com@Broadway_Center.

Download Broadway Center's Live Large: Tacoma Dream Home Raffle Fact Sheet.