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After offering an online summer camp last year, Cloud9 Esports will evolve its Training Grounds youth development initiative into an afterschool program in partnership with tennis great Serena Williams. Cloud9 launched Training Grounds to nurture the next generation of players in esports. A program for middle and high schools, Training Grounds emphasizes the values of […]
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The Los Angeles Chargers have released plans for a 14-acre training facility and corporate headquarters in El Segundo, California, with everything from practice fields to an esports facility encompassing the site that has a targeted spring 2024 completion date. “When searching for a location to establish our hub of football and business operations, we didn’t […]
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West Virginia University will offer an esports minor by the fall of 2022 and will start up a collegiate esports team, the school has announced. Students will have the option of pursuing a 15 credit minor in esports with video games played in highly-organized and competitive environments across campuses in Morgantown, Beckley and Keyser. “As part of our […]
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Wisdom Gaming has announced a long-term strategic partnership with Mall of America, which includes plans to debut a first-of-its-kind, 18,000 square foot broadcast studio and esports venue at the venue in Minnesota with an opening date of early 2022. The broadcast studio will offer advanced production capabilities for Wisdom’s current and future white label production […]
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Launch Esports, a joint venture between esports tournament software and management company Mainline and Steel Planet Esports (an affiliate of Steel Curtain U), has announced a full schedule of its roster of Division II, Division III, NAIA, and community college conferences and universities. The schedule includes more than 180 participating schools, beginning with fall conference […]
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UCI, the international cycling federation, will partner with the indoor fitness platform Zwift to host the 2022 UCI Cycling Esports World Championships on a course set in futuristic New York. The February 26, 2022, event will be held on a virtual course that will center around Central Park, with Zwift’s New York map transporting riders […]
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The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association and National Junior College Athletic Association have announced a partnership that will focus on their collective growth while developing esports and gaming across both of their organizations. This partnership is the first of its kind within the collegiate esports and gaming sector for the CIAA, the nation’s oldest historically Black […]
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Northstar Meetings Group has announced three future sites for the TEAMS Conference & Expo, the world’s largest gathering of sports-event organizers, taking its annual event to a trio of markets reflecting a variety of destinations that host sports events throughout the United States. Along with previously announced host cities, the conference has now announced its […]
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The International Esports Federation has announced the PanAmerican Esports Confederation, the European Esports Federation and the African Esports Association as the latest continental esports federations to join the organization. The IESF has now unified all continents in the world with the three regional federations joining the organization to advance the growth of professional esports, streamline […]
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The Global Esports Federation 2021 tour will start in late September in Los Angeles as part of a three-event schedule ahead of the Singapore 2021 Global Esports Games this year. Each tournament stage will showcase a unique esports title. The first stop will be September 27–28 in Los Angeles with Hearthstone, followed by Riyadh from […]
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