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Sports Entertainment Acquisition Corp.

CIK 0001820852

Cash in trust

$450.1M

$450,122,927

Trust per share

$10.00

Redemption value

IPO

Oct 2020

$441.0M raised

Combination deadline

Not disclosed

Filings on record

55

Latest Feb 10, 2022

Overview

Sports Entertainment Acquisition Corp. is a special purpose acquisition company incorporated in Delaware and registered with the SEC under CIK 0001820852. It completed its initial public offering in Oct 2020, raising $441.0M in gross proceeds. The vehicle is sponsored by Sports Entertainment through Sports Entertainment Acquisition Holdings LLC. The mandate targets technology, media & entertainment. Deadline lapsed without a deal; trust returned to public shareholders.

we intend to focus on the sports and entertainment sectors as well as the technology and services that are associated with these verticals.
The mandate, as stated in the IPO prospectus

Reading the filings

Arithmetic on what Sports Entertainment Acquisition Corp. has disclosed, written the way a desk would read it. These are observations, not a rating. Nothing here scores the vehicle or implies a view on it.

  • Trust versus the $10 unit

    The trust holds $10.00 per public share, effectively the $10.00 the units were sold at, so little or no interest has accrued to the account yet.

  • Warrant coverage

    Each unit carried one-half of one warrant per unit. Warrants are dilution deferred: they cost the holder nothing until exercised, and they overhang the post-combination share count. Thinner coverage is generally a sign of a stronger book at pricing.

  • Sponsor record

    Sports Entertainment has launched 2 vehicles. Of the 2 that have resolved, 0 closed a combination and 2 liquidated, a 0% completion rate. A sponsor's record is not a forecast, but it does tell you whether the team has taken a deal across the line before.

  • Underwriting

    Goldman Sachs led the offering. It has been named on 63 SPAC IPOs, book-running 39 of them, and 4.8% of its resolved vehicles closed a deal. The syndicate has no control over whether a sponsor finds a target, but the quality of the book at pricing shapes who ends up holding the units.

SEC filing history

Free tier: filings older than 24 hours
  • SC 13G/A

    Amended beneficial ownership report (passive)

    Accession 0000315066-22-001402

    Feb 10, 2022

    4y ago

    Open filing
  • SC 13G/A

    Amended beneficial ownership report (passive)

    Accession 0000315066-22-001146

    Feb 9, 2022

    4y ago

    Open filing
  • 15-12B

    Deregistration of securities

    Accession 0001193125-22-028989

    Feb 7, 2022

    4y ago

    Open filing
  • SC 13G/A

    Amended beneficial ownership report (passive)

    Accession 0001319244-22-000052

    Jan 31, 2022

    4y ago

    Open filing
  • 25-NSE

    Notification of delisting

    Accession 0000876661-22-000098

    Jan 28, 2022

    4y ago

    Open filing
  • 8-K

    Regulation FD disclosure

    Items 7.01, 9.01 · Accession 0001193125-22-019529

    Jan 27, 2022

    4y ago

    Open filing
  • 8-K

    Submission of matters to a vote of security holders; Other events

    Items 5.07, 8.01, 9.01 · Accession 0001193125-22-018026

    Jan 26, 2022

    4y ago

    Open filing
  • DEFM14A

    Definitive merger proxy statement

    Accession 0001193125-22-008312

    Jan 13, 2022

    4y ago

    Open filing
  • 425

    Business-combination communication

    Accession 0001193125-22-005275

    Jan 10, 2022

    4y ago

    Open filing
  • 8-K

    Other events

    Items 8.01, 9.01 · Accession 0001193125-22-005271

    Jan 10, 2022

    4y ago

    Open filing
  • 8-K

    Regulation FD disclosure

    Item 7.01 · Accession 0001140361-21-041570

    Dec 14, 2021

    4y ago

    Open filing
  • DEFA14A

    Additional proxy soliciting material

    Accession 0001140361-21-040108

    Dec 2, 2021

    4y ago

    Open filing
  • 10-Q/A

    10-Q/A

    Accession 0001140361-21-040023

    Dec 1, 2021

    4y ago

    Open filing
  • 10-K/A

    10-K/A

    Accession 0001140361-21-040019

    Dec 1, 2021

    4y ago

    Open filing
  • 8-K

    Current report

    Item 4.02 · Accession 0001140361-21-039365

    Nov 24, 2021

    4y ago

    Open filing
  • 425

    Business-combination communication

    Accession 0001140361-21-038223

    Nov 17, 2021

    4y ago

    Open filing
  • 425

    Business-combination communication

    Accession 0001140361-21-038213

    Nov 17, 2021

    4y ago

    Open filing
  • 8-K

    Entry into a material definitive agreement; Notice of delisting or failure to satisfy a listing rule

    Items 1.01, 3.01, 9.01 · Accession 0001140361-21-038158

    Nov 16, 2021

    4y ago

    Open filing
  • 10-Q

    Quarterly report

    Accession 0001140361-21-037701

    Nov 12, 2021

    4y ago

    Open filing
  • 425

    Business-combination communication

    Accession 0001140361-21-037699

    Nov 12, 2021

    4y ago

    Open filing
  • SC 13G

    Beneficial ownership report (passive)

    Accession 0000315066-21-001839

    Nov 10, 2021

    4y ago

    Open filing
  • 425

    Business-combination communication

    Accession 0001140361-21-032947

    Sep 29, 2021

    5y ago

    Open filing
  • 8-K

    Entry into a material definitive agreement

    Items 1.01, 2.03 · Accession 0001140361-21-028883

    Aug 19, 2021

    5y ago

    Open filing
  • 10-Q

    Quarterly report

    Accession 0001140361-21-028412

    Aug 16, 2021

    5y ago

    Open filing
  • 10-Q

    Quarterly report

    Accession 0001140361-21-022356

    Jun 25, 2021

    5y ago

    Open filing
  • 10-K/A

    10-K/A

    Accession 0001140361-21-021782

    Jun 21, 2021

    5y ago

    Open filing
  • 8-K

    Notice of delisting or failure to satisfy a listing rule

    Items 3.01, 4.02, 9.01 · Accession 0001140361-21-019257

    May 28, 2021

    5y ago

    Open filing
  • NT 10-Q

    Late quarterly report notification

    Accession 0001140361-21-017434

    May 14, 2021

    5y ago

    Open filing
  • SC 13G

    Beneficial ownership report (passive)

    Accession 0000919574-21-003301

    May 10, 2021

    5y ago

    Open filing
  • DEFA14A

    Additional proxy soliciting material

    Accession 0001140361-21-014358

    Apr 26, 2021

    5y ago

    Open filing

Sports Entertainment Acquisition Corp.: questions answered

What is Sports Entertainment Acquisition Corp.?

Sports Entertainment Acquisition Corp. is a special purpose acquisition company incorporated in Delaware and registered with the SEC under CIK 0001820852. It completed its initial public offering in Oct 2020, raising $441.0M in gross proceeds. The vehicle is sponsored by Sports Entertainment through Sports Entertainment Acquisition Holdings LLC. The mandate targets technology, media & entertainment. Deadline lapsed without a deal; trust returned to public shareholders.

How much does Sports Entertainment Acquisition Corp. hold in trust?

Approximately $450,122,927, or about $10.00 per public share, as at the most recent filing on record. Trust balances move: shareholders redeem at extension votes and at the combination vote, and sponsors pay contributions in to extend. Treat the figure as a point-in-time disclosure, not a running balance.

When must Sports Entertainment Acquisition Corp. complete a merger?

No combination deadline appears in the filings we have indexed. The date is stated in the charter and repeated in each quarterly report; where our parser could not establish it with confidence we leave it blank rather than infer one.

What happens if Sports Entertainment Acquisition Corp. does not find a target in time?

The charter requires the vehicle to redeem 100% of the public shares and return the trust, pro rata, to public shareholders. That is the mechanism working as designed rather than a default. Founder shares and warrants are worthless in that outcome, which is why the sponsor's incentive is to get a deal done or to buy more time. Across the market, deadline lapsed without a deal; trust returned to public shareholders.

Can I redeem shares in Sports Entertainment Acquisition Corp., and at what price?

Public shareholders may elect to redeem in connection with a combination vote and at each extension vote, at the pro-rata trust value on the relevant record date, most recently disclosed at about $10.00 per share. Redemption is a right attached to the public shares only; warrants and rights carry no claim on the trust. The mechanics and the deadline for electing are set out in the proxy statement for the vote in question.

Is the trust value the same as the share price for Sports Entertainment Acquisition Corp.?

No. Trust per share is a disclosed, contractual figure: what a redeeming holder receives. The market price is whatever the shares change hands at, which can sit above the trust when a deal is well received or below it when the market doubts one will close. We do not have a current quote for this vehicle, so no spread is shown.

How much dilution do Sports Entertainment Acquisition Corp.'s founder shares and warrants create?

Each unit also carried one-half of one warrant per unit, which is dilution deferred until exercise. Both are disclosed in the prospectus and both survive into the combined company, which is why a de-SPAC at $10 is not economically the same as an IPO at $10.

Who sponsors Sports Entertainment Acquisition Corp., and what is their track record?

Sports Entertainment Acquisition Holdings LLC is the sponsor entity, part of the Sports Entertainment franchise. That franchise has launched 2 vehicles in total, of which 0 closed a combination and 2 liquidated, a 0% completion rate on resolved vehicles. Named principals: Eric Grubman, John Collins.

Which banks underwrote the Sports Entertainment Acquisition Corp. IPO?

Goldman Sachs, PJT Partners. Goldman Sachs was credited as book-running manager on the cover. Syndicate membership and role are read from the prospectus cover and the underwriting section.

Is Sports Entertainment Acquisition Corp. a good investment?

That is not a question this site answers. Sports Entertainment Acquisition Corp. is covered here as reference data: what the company filed, when it filed it, and what the numbers in those filings say. The Edge, FOMO and Potential scores on this page are derived measures with a published formula, not ratings of investment merit: they describe the setup, and every component is shown so you can take them apart. We publish no price targets and no recommendations, and nothing here should be read as advice. The figures are a starting point for your own work, and each one carries the accession number of the filing it came from.

Where does this Sports Entertainment Acquisition Corp. data come from?

Filings Sports Entertainment Acquisition Corp. submitted to the SEC under CIK 0001820852: the registration statement and final prospectus for the structure, quarterly and annual reports for the trust, current reports and proxy statements for deals, votes and extensions. Trust economics are taken from the registrant's own XBRL tags rather than parsed from prose, which is why they are exact. Every filing in the history above is listed with its accession number, which identifies the document uniquely on EDGAR; Pro accounts open it directly from the row.

Compiled by the SPACListing research desk

Last reconciled Sep 4, 2026

Every figure on this page is read from documents the registrants filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, principally the IPO prospectus (Form 424B4), quarterly and annual reports, current reports and proxy statements, the registrant's own XBRL tags for trust economics. Nothing is sourced from press coverage, from the companies themselves, or from a third-party aggregator. Where a filing does not disclose something, the field is left blank rather than estimated.

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