City Chase is an urban adventure event, originating in
Toronto
Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the ancho ...
, Canada, in which teams compete to obtain the most "ChasePoints" (also known as Check Points).
Background
It originated in
Toronto
Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the ancho ...
,
Ontario
Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central Ca ...
, in 2003, has expanded to fifteen other countries, and events have occurred in a series in eight U.S. cities.
[Burton, Lynsi (August 6, 2008]
"City Chase and Urban Dare: Let the Urban Adventure Begin."''Seattle Post-Intelligencer''
Accessed December 2011. Two-person teams compete over a four- to six-hour time span, to navigate through a city and find certain clues, or engage in various events that present physical, intellectual, and humorous challenges. The event has been sponsored in the past by Bell ("Bell City Chase") and is now sponsored by
Scion
Scion may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional entities
*Scion, a playable class in the game ''Path of Exile'' (2013)
*Atlantean Scion, a device in the ''Tomb Raider'' video game series
*Scions, an alien race in the video game ''Ba ...
("The Scion City Chase"). The event was created by the host, Nick Jelinek and Infield Marketing Group. Depending on the city the participants may be required to only use transit and their feet. A very similar game was designed as a part of
Encounter
Encounter or Encounters may refer to:
Film
*''Encounter'', a 1997 Indian film by Nimmala Shankar
* ''Encounter'' (2013 film), a Bengali film
* ''Encounter'' (2018 film), an American sci-fi film
* ''Encounter'' (2021 film), a British sci-fi film
* ...
project in Eastern Europe. These games were called
Points and are held on regular basis in several countries worldwide.
Often for teams that win the city-based race they are then invited to represent their province/state or country at a national/international festival.
Events
Events are designed to "push comfort zones". Examples of events that push comfort zones include "Strip
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...
" or "Strip
Bowling
Bowling is a target sport and recreational activity in which a player rolls a ball toward pins (in pin bowling) or another target (in target bowling). The term ''bowling'' usually refers to pin bowling (most commonly ten-pin bowling), though ...
" which is a bowling game in which participants are required to "remove a layer of clothing, down to their
underwear
Undergarments, underclothing, or underwear are items of clothing worn beneath outer clothes, usually in direct contact with the skin, although they may comprise more than a single layer. They serve to keep outer garments from being soiled o ...
" each time both members of a team miss the target by more than a specified distance.
City Chase Sydney
/ref> Other events in the 2009 Vancouver CityChase included "Heat Heat Heat" where competitors had to don firefighter equipment and do their drills, go dragon boating and more.
See also
* Encounter (game)
Encounter is an international network of active urban games. Also known as "Схватка" (reads as 'skhvatka') (translated "Combat" from Russian) – the game that gave birth to this project.
Project history
The game rules applied today we ...
References
* {{cite web , author=Karpowicz, Katie , date=August 26, 2011 , url=http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/City-Chase-Gets-Ready-to-Rumble-127552343.html , publisher=NBC Chicago
WMAQ-TV (channel 5) is a television station in Chicago, Illinois, United States, airing programming from the NBC network. It is owned and operated by the network's NBC Owned Television Stations division alongside Telemundo outlet WSNS-TV (cha ...
, title=City Chase Gets Ready to Rumble , accessdate=December 3, 2011
External links
City Chase main website
City Chase Holland
Outdoor locating games