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  Commission on September 16, 2020</B></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
  COMMISSION</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM S-8</B></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>UNDER</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>HALL OF
  FAME RESORT &amp; ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Exact name of registrant as specified in
  its charter)</P>
  
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      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Delaware</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>84-3235695 </B></FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; width: 49%"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(State
          or other jurisdiction of</FONT></P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">incorporation
          or organization)</FONT></P></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; width: 2%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; width: 49%"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"></P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(IRS
          Employer</FONT></P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Identification
          No.)</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>2626 Fulton
      Drive NW, Canton, Ohio </B></FONT></TD>
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      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>44718 </B></FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"></P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(Address
          of Principal Executive Offices)</FONT></P></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"></P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(Zip
          Code)</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Hall of Fame Resort &amp; Entertainment
  Company 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan </B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Inducement Restricted Stock Unit Award
  Agreement - Charnes</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Inducement Restricted Stock Unit Award
  Agreement - Muhleman </B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Full title of the plan)</P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Michael Crawford<BR>
  Chief Executive Officer<BR>
  2626 Fulton Drive NW</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Canton, OH 44718<BR>
  (330) 458-9176&nbsp;</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Name, address, including zip code, and
  telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>With copies to:</B></P>
  
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          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>J. Steven Patterson, Esq.</B></P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP</B></P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>2200 Pennsylvania Ave NW</B></P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Washington, DC 20037</B><BR>
          <B>(202) 955-1500</B></P></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 100%; font-size: 10pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company.&nbsp;&nbsp;See the definitions of &#8220;large accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;smaller reporting company&#8221; and &#8220;emerging growth company&#8221; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="width: 66%; font-size: 10pt">Large accelerated filer <FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9744;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 34%; font-size: 10pt">Accelerated filer <FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9746;</FONT></TD></TR>
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          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Non-accelerated filer <FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9744;</FONT>&nbsp;&nbsp;</P>
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          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Smaller reporting company <FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9746;</FONT></P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Emerging growth company <FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9746;</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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  registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards
  provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. <FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9744;</FONT></P>
  
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  of Registration Fee</B></FONT></P>
  
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      <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Title of securities to be registered<SUP>(1)</SUP></B></FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font-weight: bold; padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font-weight: bold; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Amount to be<BR> registered<SUP>(1)</SUP></B></FONT></TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-weight: bold; padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font-weight: bold; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Proposed<BR> Maximum<BR> Offering Price<BR> Per Share<SUP>(2)</SUP></B></FONT></TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-weight: bold; padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font-weight: bold; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Proposed<BR> Maximum<BR> Aggregate<BR> Offering<BR> Price<SUP>(2)</SUP></B></FONT></TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-weight: bold; padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font-weight: bold; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid">Amount Of<BR> Registration Fee</TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="width: 52%">Common stock, par value $0.0001 per share</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 1%; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="width: 9%; text-align: right">1,812,727</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; text-align: left"><SUP>(3)</SUP></TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 1%; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="width: 9%; text-align: right">3.95</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 1%; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="width: 9%; text-align: right">7,160,271.65</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 1%; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="width: 9%; text-align: right">929.40</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD>Common stock, par value $0.0001 per share</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: right">138,568</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left"><SUP>(4)</SUP></TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: right">3.95</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: right">547,343.60</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: right">71.05</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD>Common stock, par value $0.0001 per share</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: right">144,613</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left"><SUP>(5)</SUP></TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: right">3.95</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: right">571,221.35</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: right">74.15</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD>Total:</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: right">2,095,908</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">N/A</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: right">8,278,836.60</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: right">1,075.00</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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  <TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in; text-align: left">(1)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933,
  as amended (the &#8220;Securities Act&#8221;), this Registration Statement also covers such additional securities as may hereinafter
  be offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting from any share split, share dividends, recapitalization or certain other capital
  adjustments.</TD>
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  <TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in; text-align: left">(2)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration
  fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act, based on an average of the high and low prices of the Company&#8217;s common
  stock as reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on September 15, 2020.</TD>
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  <TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in; text-align: left">(3)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">This registration statement (this &#8220;Registration Statement&#8221;)
  covers the registration of 1,812,727 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the &#8220;Common Stock&#8221;), of
  Hall of Fame Resort &amp; Entertainment Company (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) which may be offered and sold upon the exercise or
  vesting of stock-based award or the issuance of stock-based awards which may hereinafter be issued under the Hall of Fame Resort
  &amp; Entertainment Company 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the &#8220;Plan&#8221;).</TD>
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  <TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in; text-align: left">(4)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Consists of 138,568 shares of Common Stock issuable upon
  vesting of restricted stock units granted to Tara Charnes, the General Counsel of the Company, on September 16, 2020. <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT><BR>
  <BR></TD>
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  <TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in; text-align: left">(5)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Consists of 144,613 shares of Common Stock issuable upon
  vesting of restricted stock units granted to Erica Muhleman, the Executive Vice President of New Business Development/Marketing
  &amp; Sales of the Company, on September 16, 2020.</TD>
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Hall of Fame Resort
  &amp; Entertainment Company (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;) has prepared this registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 to register 1,812,727
  shares of the Company&rsquo;s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the &ldquo;Common Stock&rdquo;), for issuance under the
  Hall of Fame Resort &amp; Entertainment Company 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as amended, formerly known as the GPAQ Acquisition
  Holdings, Inc. 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the &ldquo;Plan&rdquo;). This Registration Statement additionally registers 138,568
  shares of Common Stock issuable upon the vesting of a restricted stock unit award granted to Tara Charnes, General Counsel of the
  Company, on September 16, 2020, pursuant to the terms of a Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement by and between the Company and
  Ms. Charnes, dated as of September 16, 2020 (the &ldquo;Charnes Award Agreement&rdquo;) as an inducement material to her entering
  into employment with the Company, and (iii) 144,613 shares of Common Stock issuable upon the vesting of a restricted stock unit
  award granted to Erica Muhleman, Executive Vice President of New Business Development/Marketing &amp; Sales of the Company, on
  September 16, 2020, pursuant to the terms of a Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement by and between the Company and Ms. Muhleman,
  dated as of September 16, 2020 (the &ldquo;Muhleman Award Agreement&rdquo;) as an inducement material to her entering into employment
  with the Company.</P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">PART
  I</FONT><BR>
  <BR>
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
  <TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Item 1.</FONT></TD><TD>Plan Information.*</TD></TR></TABLE>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt; background-color: white">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The
  documents containing the information specified in this Part I will be delivered as required by Rule 428(b)(1). Such documents are
  not required to be filed with the Commission as part of this Registration Statement.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
  <TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Item 2.</FONT></TD><TD>Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*</TD></TR></TABLE>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"></P>
  
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  <TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; width: 100%"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: justify">
  <TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in; text-align: left">*</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">As permitted by Rule 428 under the Securities Act this
  registration statement omits the information specified in Part I of Form S-8. The documents containing the information specified
  in Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to employees as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act. These documents
  need not be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;) either as part of this registration
  statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act. These documents and the
  documents incorporated by reference in this registration statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this registration statement,
  taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.</TD>
  </TR></TABLE>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">PART
  II</FONT>&nbsp;<BR>
  <BR>
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
  <TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Item 3.</FONT></TD><TD>Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</TD></TR></TABLE>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The following
  documents filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
  amended (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;) are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof:</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(a) GPAQ&#8217;s
  Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019, filed with the Commission on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1708176/000121390020005888/f10k2019_gordonpointe.htm">March
  10, 2020</A> (File No. 001-38363);</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(b) GPAQ&#8217;s
  and the Company&#8217;s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2020, filed with the Commission on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1708176/000121390020011715/f10q0320_gordonpointeacqu.htm">May
  11, 2020</A>, and Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2020, filed with the Commission on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1708176/000121390020021122/f10q0620_halloffame.htm">August 10, 2020</A> (File No. 001-38363);</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(c) GPAQ&#8217;s
  and the Company&#8217;s Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1708176/000121390020000968/f8k010820_gordonpointe.htm">January
  14, 2020</A>,&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1708176/000121390020001787/f8k012420_gordonpointe.htm">January
  24, 2020</A>,&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1708176/000121390020004531/f8k022120_gordonpointe.htm">February
  24, 2020</A>,&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1708176/000121390020004940/ea119112-8k_gordonpointe.htm">February
  27, 2020</A>,&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1708176/000121390020006538/ea119679-8k_gordonpointe.htm">March
  16, 2020</A>,&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1708176/000121390020007534/ea120030-8k_gordon.htm">March 26,
  2020</A>,&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1708176/000121390020007706/ea120114-8k_gordonpointe.htm">March 27,
  2020</A>,&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1708176/000121390020008343/ea120326-8k_gordonpointe.htm">April 1,
  2020</A>,&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1708176/000121390020010491/ea121204-8k_gordonpointe.htm">April 30,
  2020</A>,&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1708176/000121390020011681/ea121637-8k_gordonpointe.htm">May 11,
  2020</A>,&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1708176/000121390020012870/ea122063-8k_gordonpointe.htm">May 19,
  2020</A>,&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1708176/000121390020013614/ea122430-8k_gordonpointe.htm">May 28,
  2020</A>,&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1708176/000121390020014250/ea122752-8k_gordonpointeacq.htm">June
  5, 2020</A>,&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1708176/000121390020015023/ea123083-8k_gordonpointe.htm">June
  15, 2020</A>,&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1708176/000121390020016578/ea123486-8k_gordonpointe.htm">July
  2, 2020</A>,&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1708176/000121390020016991/ea123926-8k_halloffame.htm">July 8,
  2020</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1708176/000121390020021259/ea125222-8ka1_halloffame.htm">August 11, 2020</A> (amendment to previous Form 8-K filed on July 8, 2020), and <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1708176/000121390020025526/ea126527-8k_halloffame.htm">September 8, 2020</A> (in each case, excluding those portions furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 and Item 7.01, if applicable) (File No. 001-38363);
  and</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(d) the
  description of our Common Stock contained in our Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-38363), filed with the Commission on
  <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1708176/000121390020016991/ea123926-8k_halloffame.htm">July 8, 2020</A>, including
  any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">All reports and
  other documents that we file in accordance with Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d)&nbsp;of the Exchange Act after the
  date of this registration statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this registration statement that
  indicates that all securities offered by this registration statement have been sold or that deregisters all securities
  covered hereby then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this registration statement and to
  be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.&nbsp;&nbsp;If any document that we file changes anything stated
  in this registration statement or in an earlier document that is incorporated into this registration statement, the later
  document will modify or supersede what is stated in this registration statement or the earlier document.&nbsp;&nbsp;Unless
  expressly incorporated by reference into this registration statement, nothing in this Item&nbsp;3 shall be deemed to
  incorporate information furnished by us on Form&nbsp;8-K (pursuant to the requirements of Regulation FD or otherwise) that,
  pursuant to and in accordance with the rules&nbsp;and regulations of the Commission, is not deemed &#8220;filed&#8221; for
  purposes of the Exchange Act.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>
  
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  <TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Item 4.</FONT></TD><TD>Description of Securities</TD></TR></TABLE>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Not applicable.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
  <TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Item 5.</FONT></TD><TD>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</TD></TR></TABLE>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Not applicable.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
  <TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Item 6.</FONT></TD><TD>Indemnification of Officers and Directors</TD></TR></TABLE>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 145 of the Delaware
  General Corporation Law (the &#8220;DGCL&#8221;) provides that a corporation may indemnify directors and officers as well as other
  employees and individuals against expenses (including attorneys&#8217; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually
  and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with any threatened, pending or completed actions, suits or proceedings in
  which such person is made a party by reason of such person being or having been a director, officer, employee or agent of the registrant.
  The DGCL provides that Section 145 is not exclusive of other rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled under
  any bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise. Our Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws
  provide for indemnification by us of our directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 102(b)(7) of
  the DGCL permits a corporation to provide in its Certificate of Incorporation that a director of the corporation shall not be personally
  liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability
  (1) for any breach of the director&#8217;s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (2) for acts or omissions not
  in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (3) for unlawful payments of dividends or
  unlawful stock repurchases, redemptions or other distributions or (4) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper
  personal benefit. Our Certificate of Incorporation provides for such limitation of liability to the fullest extent permitted by
  the DGCL.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">We maintain standard
  policies of insurance under which coverage is provided (1) to our directors and officers against loss arising from claims made
  by reason of breach of duty or other wrongful act, while acting in their capacity as our directors and officers, and (2) to us
  with respect to payments which may be made by us to such officers and directors pursuant to any indemnification provision contained
  in our Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws or otherwise as a matter of law.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</P>
  
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  <TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">Item 7.</TD><TD>Exemption From Registration Claimed</TD></TR></TABLE>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Not applicable.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in"></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">&nbsp;</P>
  
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  <TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">Item 8.</TD><TD>Exhibits</TD></TR></TABLE>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"></P>
  
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      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; width: 9%">
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Exhibit</B></P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Number</B></P></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; width: 90%">
          <P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><B>Description</B>&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD>5.1</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; padding-left: 2.15pt"><A HREF="ea126874ex5-1_halloffame.htm">Opinion of Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP</A></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: White">
      <TD>21.1</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; padding-left: 2.15pt"><A HREF="ea126874ex21-1_halloffame.htm">Subsidiaries of Hall of Fame Resort &amp; Entertainment Company</A></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD>23.1</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; padding-left: 2.15pt"><A HREF="ea126874ex23-1_halloffame.htm">Consent of Marcum LLP</A></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: White">
      <TD>23.2</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; padding-left: 2.15pt"><A HREF="ea126874ex23-2_halloffame.htm">Consent of Marcum LLP</A></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD>23.4</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; padding-left: 2.15pt"><A HREF="ea126874ex5-1_halloffame.htm">Consent of Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)</A></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: White">
      <TD>24.1</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; padding-left: 2.15pt"><A HREF="#poa_001">Power of Attorney (contained on the signature page this registration statement)</A></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD>99.1</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; padding-left: 2.15pt"><A HREF="ea126874ex99-1_halloffame.htm">Hall of Fame Resort &amp; Entertainment Company 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan</A></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: White">
      <TD>99.2</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; padding-left: 2.15pt"><A HREF="ea126874ex99-2_halloffame.htm">Form of Restricted Stock Award Agreement under Hall of Fame Resort &amp; Entertainment Company 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan</A></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD>99.3</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; padding-left: 2.15pt"><A HREF="ea126874ex99-3_halloffame.htm">Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement, by and between the Company and Tara Charnes, dated as of September 16, 2020</A></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: White">
      <TD>99.4</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; padding-left: 2.15pt"><A HREF="ea126874ex99-4_halloffame.htm">Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement, by and between the Company and Erica Muhleman, dated as of September 16, 2020</A></TD></TR>
  
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">99.5</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; padding-left: 2.15pt; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="ea126874ex99-5_halloffame.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement under Hall of Fame Resort &amp; Entertainment Company 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: White">
      <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">99.6</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; padding-left: 2.15pt; font-size: 10pt"><P STYLE="text-align: justify; margin: 0pt 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><A HREF="ea126874ex99-6_halloffame.htm">Form of Non-Employee Director Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement under Hall of Fame Resort &amp; Entertainment Company 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan</A></P></TD></TR>
  </TABLE>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
  <TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><B>Item 9.</B></TD><TD><B>Undertakings</B></TD></TR></TABLE>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in">The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(1) To
  file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(i) to
  include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#8220;Securities Act&#8221;);</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(ii) to
  reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent
  post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
  forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if
  the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high
  end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
  (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;) pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more
  than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#8220;Calculation of Registration Fee&#8221; table
  in the effective registration statement; and</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(iii) to
  include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement
  or any material change to such information in the registration statement;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify"><I>&nbsp;</I></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify"><I>provided, however</I>, that:
  Paragraphs (a)(1)(i), (a)(1)(ii) and (a)(1)(iii) of this section do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective
  amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section
  13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;), that are incorporated
  by reference in the registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part
  of the registration statement.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(2) That,
  for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
  a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall
  be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(3) To
  remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
  termination of the offering.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(4) That,
  for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act to any purchaser:</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(i) Each
  prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the
  date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(ii) Each
  prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5) or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on
  Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii) or (x) for the purpose of providing the information
  required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of
  the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of
  securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any
  person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement
  relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities
  at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide</I> offering thereof. <I>Provided</I>, <I>however</I>, that no statement
  made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or
  deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will,
  as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made
  in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately
  prior to such effective date.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(5) That,
  for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act to any purchaser in the initial distribution
  of the securities, the undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant
  pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if
  the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant
  will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(i) Any
  preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule
  424;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(ii) Any
  free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to
  by the undersigned registrant;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(iii) The
  portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant
  or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(iv) Any
  other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(b) Insofar as
  indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
  persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the
  opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
  unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
  registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful
  defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
  securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
  controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
  against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>SIGNATURES</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements
  of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
  thereunto duly authorized in the City of Canton, State of Ohio, on September 16, 2020.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse">
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="3"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">HALL OF FAME RESORT &amp; ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="width: 60%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 4%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 5%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 31%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">By:</FONT></TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Michael Crawford</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Name:</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Michael Crawford</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Title:</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><I>Chief Executive Officer</I></FONT></TD></TR>
  </TABLE>
  
  <P STYLE="text-align: center; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B><A NAME="poa_001"></A>POWER
  OF ATTORNEY</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Each of the undersigned,
  whose signature appears below, hereby constitutes and appoints Michael Crawford and Jason Krom, and each of them, his or her true
  and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name,
  place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments to this registration statement and to file the same with
  all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
  attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing necessary or appropriate to
  be done with respect to this registration statement or any amendments hereto in the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes
  as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of
  them, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements
  of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and
  on the date indicated.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse">
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD STYLE="width: 30%; border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Signature</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 1%; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 48%; border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Capacity in Which Signed</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 1%; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 20%; border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Date</B></FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Michael Crawford</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Chief Executive Officer and Director </FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">September 16, 2020</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Michael Crawford</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(Principal Executive Officer)</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Jason Krom</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Chief Financial Officer</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">September 16, 2020</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Jason Krom</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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text: As filed with the Securities and Exchange
  Commission on September 16, 2020
  UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
  COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C. 20549
  FORM S-8
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  UNDER
  THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  HALL OF
  FAME RESORT & ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY
  (Exact name of registrant as specified in
  its charter)
  Delaware
  84-3235695
  (State
          or other jurisdiction of
  incorporation
          or organization)
  (IRS
          Employer
  Identification
          No.)
  2626 Fulton
      Drive NW, Canton, Ohio
  44718
  (Address
          of Principal Executive Offices)
  (Zip
          Code)
  Hall of Fame Resort & Entertainment
  Company 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan
  Inducement Restricted Stock Unit Award
  Agreement - Charnes
  Inducement Restricted Stock Unit Award
  Agreement - Muhleman
  (Full title of the plan)
  Michael Crawford
  Chief Executive Officer
  2626 Fulton Drive NW
  Canton, OH 44718
  (330) 458-9176
  (Name, address, including zip code, and
  telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
  With copies to:
  J. Steven Patterson, Esq.
  Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
  2200 Pennsylvania Ave NW
  Washington, DC 20037
  (202) 955-1500
  Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company.  See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company" and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
  Large accelerated filer
  ☐
  Accelerated filer
  ☒
  Non-accelerated filer
  ☐
  Smaller reporting company
  ☒
  Emerging growth company
  ☒
  If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the
  registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards
  provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.
  ☐
  Calculation
  of Registration Fee
  Title of securities to be registered
  (1)
  Amount to be
  registered
  (1)
  Proposed
  Maximum
  Offering Price
  Per Share
  (2)
  Proposed
  Maximum
  Aggregate
  Offering
  Price
  (2)
  Amount Of
  Registration Fee
  Common stock, par value $0.0001 per share
  1,812,727
  (3)
  $
  3.95
  $
  7,160,271.65
  $
  929.40
  Common stock, par value $0.0001 per share
  138,568
  (4)
  $
  3.95
  $
  547,343.60
  $
  71.05
  Common stock, par value $0.0001 per share
  144,613
  (5)
  $
  3.95
  $
  571,221.35
  $
  74.15
  Total:
  2,095,908
  N/A
  $
  8,278,836.60
  $
  1,075.00
  (1)
  Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933,
  as amended (the "Securities Act"), this Registration Statement also covers such additional securities as may hereinafter
  be offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting from any share split, share dividends, recapitalization or certain other capital
  adjustments.
  (2)
  Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration
  fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act, based on an average of the high and low prices of the Company's common
  stock as reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on September 15, 2020.
  (3)
  This registration statement (this "Registration Statement")
  covers the registration of 1,812,727 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the "Common Stock"), of
  Hall of Fame Resort & Entertainment Company (the "Company") which may be offered and sold upon the exercise or
  vesting of stock-based award or the issuance of stock-based awards which may hereinafter be issued under the Hall of Fame Resort
  & Entertainment Company 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the "Plan").
  (4)
  Consists of 138,568 shares of Common Stock issuable upon
  vesting of restricted stock units granted to Tara Charnes, the General Counsel of the Company, on September 16, 2020.
  (5)
  Consists of 144,613 shares of Common Stock issuable upon
  vesting of restricted stock units granted to Erica Muhleman, the Executive Vice President of New Business Development/Marketing
  & Sales of the Company, on September 16, 2020.
  EXPLANATORY NOTE
  Hall of Fame Resort
  & Entertainment Company (the "Company") has prepared this registration statement on Form S-8 to register 1,812,727
  shares of the Company's common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the "Common Stock"), for issuance under the
  Hall of Fame Resort & Entertainment Company 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as amended, formerly known as the GPAQ Acquisition
  Holdings, Inc. 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the "Plan"). This Registration Statement additionally registers 138,568
  shares of Common Stock issuable upon the vesting of a restricted stock unit award granted to Tara Charnes, General Counsel of the
  Company, on September 16, 2020, pursuant to the terms of a Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement by and between the Company and
  Ms. Charnes, dated as of September 16, 2020 (the "Charnes Award Agreement") as an inducement material to her entering
  into employment with the Company, and (iii) 144,613 shares of Common Stock issuable upon the vesting of a restricted stock unit
  award granted to Erica Muhleman, Executive Vice President of New Business Development/Marketing & Sales of the Company, on
  September 16, 2020, pursuant to the terms of a Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement by and between the Company and Ms. Muhleman,
  dated as of September 16, 2020 (the "Muhleman Award Agreement") as an inducement material to her entering into employment
  with the Company.
  PART
  I
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
  Item 1.
  Plan Information.*
  The
  documents containing the information specified in this Part I will be delivered as required by Rule 428(b)(1). Such documents are
  not required to be filed with the Commission as part of this Registration Statement.
  Item 2.
  Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*
  *
  As permitted by Rule 428 under the Securities Act this
  registration statement omits the information specified in Part I of Form S-8. The documents containing the information specified
  in Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to employees as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act. These documents
  need not be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") either as part of this registration
  statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act. These documents and the
  documents incorporated by reference in this registration statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this registration statement,
  taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
  1
  PART
  II
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  Item 3.
  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
  The following
  documents filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
  amended (the "Exchange Act") are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof:
  (a) GPAQ's
  Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019, filed with the Commission on
  March
  10, 2020
  (File No. 001-38363);
  (b) GPAQ's
  and the Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2020, filed with the Commission on
  May
  11, 2020
  , and Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2020, filed with the Commission on
  August 10, 2020
  (File No. 001-38363);
  (c) GPAQ's
  and the Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on
  January
  14, 2020
  ,
  January
  24, 2020
  ,
  February
  24, 2020
  ,
  February
  27, 2020
  ,
  March
  16, 2020
  ,
  March 26,
  2020
  ,
  March 27,
  2020
  ,
  April 1,
  2020
  ,
  April 30,
  2020
  ,
  May 11,
  2020
  ,
  May 19,
  2020
  ,
  May 28,
  2020
  ,
  June
  5, 2020
  ,
  June
  15, 2020
  ,
  July
  2, 2020
  ,
  July 8,
  2020
  ,
  August 11, 2020
  (amendment to previous Form 8-K filed on July 8, 2020), and
  September 8, 2020
  (in each case, excluding those portions furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 and Item 7.01, if applicable) (File No. 001-38363);
  and
  (d) the
  description of our Common Stock contained in our Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-38363), filed with the Commission on
  July 8, 2020
  , including
  any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.
  All reports and
  other documents that we file in accordance with Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the
  date of this registration statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this registration statement that
  indicates that all securities offered by this registration statement have been sold or that deregisters all securities
  covered hereby then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this registration statement and to
  be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.  If any document that we file changes anything stated
  in this registration statement or in an earlier document that is incorporated into this registration statement, the later
  document will modify or supersede what is stated in this registration statement or the earlier document.  Unless
  expressly incorporated by reference into this registration statement, nothing in this Item 3 shall be deemed to
  incorporate information furnished by us on Form 8-K (pursuant to the requirements of Regulation FD or otherwise) that,
  pursuant to and in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Commission, is not deemed "filed" for
  purposes of the Exchange Act.
  2
  Item 4.
  Description of Securities
  Not applicable.
  Item 5.
  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
  Not applicable.
  Item 6.
  Indemnification of Officers and Directors
  Section 145 of the Delaware
  General Corporation Law (the "DGCL") provides that a corporation may indemnify directors and officers as well as other
  employees and individuals against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually
  and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with any threatened, pending or completed actions, suits or proceedings in
  which such person is made a party by reason of such person being or having been a director, officer, employee or agent of the registrant.
  The DGCL provides that Section 145 is not exclusive of other rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled under
  any bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise. Our Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws
  provide for indemnification by us of our directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL.
  Section 102(b)(7) of
  the DGCL permits a corporation to provide in its Certificate of Incorporation that a director of the corporation shall not be personally
  liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability
  (1) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (2) for acts or omissions not
  in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (3) for unlawful payments of dividends or
  unlawful stock repurchases, redemptions or other distributions or (4) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper
  personal benefit. Our Certificate of Incorporation provides for such limitation of liability to the fullest extent permitted by
  the DGCL.
  We maintain standard
  policies of insurance under which coverage is provided (1) to our directors and officers against loss arising from claims made
  by reason of breach of duty or other wrongful act, while acting in their capacity as our directors and officers, and (2) to us
  with respect to payments which may be made by us to such officers and directors pursuant to any indemnification provision contained
  in our Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws or otherwise as a matter of law.
  Item 7.
  Exemption From Registration Claimed
  Not applicable.
  3
  Item 8.
  Exhibits
  Exhibit
  Number
  Description
  5.1
  Opinion of Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
  21.1
  Subsidiaries of Hall of Fame Resort & Entertainment Company
  23.1
  Consent of Marcum LLP
  23.2
  Consent of Marcum LLP
  23.4
  Consent of Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
  24.1
  Power of Attorney (contained on the signature page this registration statement)
  99.1
  Hall of Fame Resort & Entertainment Company 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan
  99.2
  Form of Restricted Stock Award Agreement under Hall of Fame Resort & Entertainment Company 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan
  99.3
  Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement, by and between the Company and Tara Charnes, dated as of September 16, 2020
  99.4
  Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement, by and between the Company and Erica Muhleman, dated as of September 16, 2020
  99.5
  Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement under Hall of Fame Resort & Entertainment Company 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan
  99.6
  Form of Non-Employee Director Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement under Hall of Fame Resort & Entertainment Company 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan
  Item 9.
  Undertakings
  The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
  (1) To
  file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
  (i) to
  include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act");
  (ii) to
  reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent
  post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
  forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if
  the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high
  end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
  (the "Commission") pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more
  than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table
  in the effective registration statement; and
  (iii) to
  include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement
  or any material change to such information in the registration statement;
  provided, however
  , that:
  Paragraphs (a)(1)(i), (a)(1)(ii) and (a)(1)(iii) of this section do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective
  amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section
  13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), that are incorporated
  by reference in the registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part
  of the registration statement.
  (2) That,
  for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
  a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall
  be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
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  (3) To
  remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
  termination of the offering.
  (4) That,
  for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act to any purchaser:
  (i) Each
  prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the
  date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and
  (ii) Each
  prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5) or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on
  Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii) or (x) for the purpose of providing the information
  required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of
  the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of
  securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any
  person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement
  relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities
  at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
  bona fide
  offering thereof.
  Provided
  ,
  however
  , that no statement
  made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or
  deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will,
  as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made
  in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately
  prior to such effective date.
  (5) That,
  for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act to any purchaser in the initial distribution
  of the securities, the undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant
  pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if
  the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant
  will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:
  (i) Any
  preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule
  424;
  (ii) Any
  free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to
  by the undersigned registrant;
  (iii) The
  portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant
  or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and
  (iv) Any
  other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.
  (b) Insofar as
  indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
  persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the
  opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
  unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
  registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful
  defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
  securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
  controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
  against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant to the requirements
  of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
  thereunto duly authorized in the City of Canton, State of Ohio, on September 16, 2020.
  HALL OF FAME RESORT & ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY
  By:
  /s/ Michael Crawford
  Name:
  Michael Crawford
  Title:
  Chief Executive Officer
  POWER
  OF ATTORNEY
  Each of the undersigned,
  whose signature appears below, hereby constitutes and appoints Michael Crawford and Jason Krom, and each of them, his or her true
  and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name,
  place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments to this registration statement and to file the same with
  all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
  attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing necessary or appropriate to
  be done with respect to this registration statement or any amendments hereto in the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes
  as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of
  them, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
  Pursuant to the requirements
  of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and
  on the date indicated.
  Signature
  Capacity in Which Signed
  Date
  /s/ Michael Crawford
  Chief Executive Officer and Director
  September 16, 2020
  Michael Crawford
  (Principal Executive Officer)
  /s/ Jason Krom
  Chief Financial Officer
  September 16, 2020
  Jason Krom
  (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
  /s/ Anthony J. Buzzelli
  Director
  September 16, 2020
  Anthony J. Buzzelli
  /s/ David Dennis
  Director
  September 16, 2020
  David Dennis
  /s/ James J. Dolan
  Director
  September 16, 2020
  James J. Dolan
  /s/ Karl L. Holz
  Director
  September 16, 2020
  Karl K. Holz
  Director
  September 16, 2020
  Stuart Lichter
  /s/ Curtis
          Martin
  Director
  September 16, 2020
  Curtis Martin
  /s/ Mary Owen
  Director
  September 16, 2020
  Mary Owen
  Director
  September 16, 2020
  Edward J. Roth III
  /s/ Kimberly K. Schaefer
  Director
  September 16, 2020
  Kimberly K. Schaefer
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