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Hudson Yards Hunt

Epic Team Building

Our newest challenge, set along the West Side of New York City, this course is perfect for teams who want to explore over, under, around and through Hudson Yards, the High Line and Moynihan Station.

Shorter than our traditional challenges, you'll see the West Side like you never have before, all while experiencing GGC's signature brand of puzzles hidden in plain sight! Book today for an experience your team will cherish for years to come.

  • Location: Westside of Manhattan. The High Line, Moynihan Station and Hudson Yards
  • Travel Distance: 1.5 miles
  • Duration: 1.5 - 2 hours
  • Challenge Rating: Moderate
  • Great For: Teams who want to explore the latest and greatest from GGC!
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What is a Challenge?

The Great Gotham Challenge is an immersive puzzle adventure that combines mind-bending puzzles, food, live theater, history, and technology to create unforgettable team building experiences on city streets. It's like nothing else out there.

As the clock ticks, competing teams race to find and decode a series of interactive clues that engage the rich culture and history of the city around us.

Our two-to-four-hour experiences are designed to build cooperation, encourage out-of-the-box thinking, reveal hidden or unused talents, and explore the city as you’ve never seen it before.

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How It Works

Flexible enough to accommodate teams from four to 4000, large groups are divided into smaller teams that compete to find and decode a series of interactive clues cleverly embedded into the city's landscape.

Our state-of-the-art web app delivers visual, auditory, and tactile clues that prompt challengers to race between secret locations and perform interactive tasks to advance to the next clue. This might mean tasting a dessert to find the puzzle hidden within, retrieving a burner phone from under a park bench, receiving a keyword on a napkin in a speakeasy, or striking up a conversation with a seeming passer-by. Once they’ve solved all the clues, teams join each other again at the finish line to share food, drink, and tales of their experiences.

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Our Challenges

View other challenges.

  • Three people in Grand Central Terminal looking at the ceiling. Terminal Time Trial
  • Four women solve a clue together Vanguards Of The Village
  • Three people running in the shadows through a tunnel. Central Park Sprint
  • Three people walking on the streets of New York while a woman points at an off camera. New Amsterdam Scramble
  • Two people dressed in blue jumpsuits address a crowd on the Highline. Hudson Yards Hunt
  • Three people stand back to back in times square looking at a cellphone and the billboards around. 42nd Street Dash
  • A woman solves a clue in a speakeasy. Mystery in the Mighty Metropolis
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Terminal Time Trial

Entirely set in Grand Central Terminal, explore the hidden hallways, delicious vendors, and compelling history of this NYC landmark. Completely indoors - great for cold-season play or to hedge against weather.


Distance: < 1 mile | Duration: 1.5 - 2 hours | Challenge Rating: Moderate

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Vanguards Of The Village

Our most popular offering! Weave through the village haunts of the captivating cadres of artists, hippies, and musicians that became inseparable from the city’s identity.


Distance: 2.5 miles | Duration: 3 hours | Challenge Rating: Moderate

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Central Park Sprint

Our shortest challenge, set entirely in the Crown Jewel of NYC - Central Park - great for teams who wish to spend time outside the gridlock.


Distance: 1 mile | Duration: 1.5 - 2 hours | Challenge Rating: As Easy As GGC Gets :)

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New Amsterdam Scramble

High stakes in lower Manhattan! Dart in and out of back alleys, curious shops, and little-known locations in the oldest parts of the island, all while competing against your group in this test of wits, will, and googling.


Distance: 2 miles | Duration: 3 hours | Challenge Rating: Moderate

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Hudson Yards Hunt

Great for groups in and around the Westside of Manhattan, this course takes players over, under, around and through Hudson Yards, the High Line and Moynihan Station.


Distance: 1.5 miles | Duration: 2 hours | Challenge Rating: Moderate

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42nd Street Dash

A race through the corporate canyons of midtown, prompting you to "look up" and see the lights and buildings that make Midtown great. Especially fun after dark!


Distance: 2.5 miles | Duration: 3 hours | Challenge Rating: Challenging

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Mystery in the Mighty Metropolis

Our twist on a murder mystery party, this year-round offering takes place indoors, and will have your team conversing with character actors, puzzling, and eating and drinking their way to the solution of a dramatic and dastardly deed.

CUSTOM EVENTS

Our “off-the-shelf” challenges are available to run on pre-set courses. However, what if you want something more bespoke?

Our custom challenges give our clients complete freedom to shape the experience as they see fit, from format to difficulty to theme - we add special details like inside jokes, product or industry themes, or company history, mission and vision elements.

We can build in premium experiences (like buzzing down the river in a speedboat;) luxurious, private locations; or even build bespoke challenges in a completely new city for your special event. If a custom event sounds like a good match for your team and fits within your budget, we’d love to help. Just ask!


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WHAT PLAYERS SAY

"We had high expectations and they were far exceeded. The challenges were difficult, extremely creative, and completely customized to our group. Suffice it to say our group couldn't have possibly had more fun. Thank you for making me look great!"

Robin Manager, Hedge fund office

"I'm always very skeptical of these "team-building" events, but this one was over the top. They successfully handled our 120-person team, with puzzles that were really challenging. The whole experience couldn't have been more engaging!"

Grace Lab manager, IBM Quantum Computing

"One of our directors told me it was one of the best organized online challenges they've done."

Mike Team Lead, Google

"[The challenge] shattered any expectations I had. For a fully remote event, I expected a bit of cheesy fun, but the production quality is unbelievable. I absolutely recommend everyone to try it."

Raj Tech Team Member, Meta

"To quote one of my teammates: "This [challenge] was mean and hard, and resultantly perfect." Thank you for the stellar experience, service, and fun."

Danica Team Lead, Software engineering company

"For a few hours, you get to feel like a secret agent as you traverse the mundane real world with a VIP pass for curated wonder."

Room Escape Artist Industry Review,

"A mixture of live actors, custom puzzles, and clues built around pre-existing and famous structures in lends the event a sort of glam DaVinci Code energy."

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GET IN TOUCH

Great Gotham Challenge is a once-in-a-lifetime event that starts at $2000 for our most basic, 2-hour in-person experience. However, most of our events are several times that scale - If you're dreaming big for a custom event, so are we!

To get in touch with one of our Bespokespeople, enter your information below, including any helpful details about date, number of participants, and budget.

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