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The Simon Cup, a new esports competition, will have regional finals and festivals in New York and Los Angeles before culminating in a Grand Final at Las Vegas’ HyperX Esports Arena with a $50,000 shopping grand prize going to the winner. The Fortnite event will be co-produced by Allied Esports and Simon, the owner of […]
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Nerd Street Gamers, a national esports infrastructure company, will bring a gaming space to the Wells Fargo Center, the first time a major sports arena in the United States will house an esports center as an amenity. The center will include localhosts, which are esports facilities that feature the same computers professional gamers use in […]
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For the first time, the NBA 2K League will have a team based outside the United States and not affiliated with one of the league’s teams. The NBA 2K League has announced that esports company Gen.G will field a team from Shanghai in 2020 that will compete against the other 22 teams in the league, […]
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The Esports Championship Series Season 8 Finals for tournament organizer and platform FaceIt will be held at the Esports Stadium Arlington in Arlington, Texas, from November 28 through December 1. ECS made the announcement on Twitter earlier in the week. It is a return to Arlington after the season 6 finals were held at the […]
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The NBA will launch the inaugural NBA 2K20 Global Championship, a championship event for the popular NBA 2K game, in partnership with the game’s publisher, the National Basketball Players Association, and esports event organizer ESL. The esports event is designed for aspiring NBA 2K20 players worldwide and will feature head-to-head competition in a series of online […]
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A 7,500-square-foot facility dedicated to esports will be built in Glassboro, New Jersey, as part of a partnership between Rowan University and Philadelphia-based amateur esports network N3rd Street Gamers. N3rd Street Gamers will invest over $1 million to help build the facility, and then work with Rowan to develop classes related to esports while creating […]
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Esports will be even more a part of the fabric of collegiate sports through the National Junior College Athletic Association, which has announced the creation of NJCAA Esports to provide two-year colleges with official national championships in the sport. The new framework will also provide guidance for colleges to build and operate esports programs, as […]
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The live streaming platform Twitch has been added as a founding partner of Allegiant Stadium, the upcoming home of the NFL’s Raiders in Las Vegas, with promises of a Twitch-branded lounge at the stadium and the potential to host esports competitions in the future. As part of the partnership between Twitch and the Raiders, the […]
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The 2020 ESL Pro Tour will be a new partnership between ESL and DreamHack, linking over 2o tournaments and leagues into one Counter-Strike competition that will have over $5 million in prize money. The partnership connects a group of ESL and DreamHack tournaments into one tour. There will be three tiers of competition with championships […]
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The city of South Bend is looking to be the first city in Indiana to have a dedicated esports arena by converting an old theatre into a 500-seat arena. The 700-seat Bendix Theatre would be converted into an esports arena thanks to $2 million in bed tax collections from the St. Joseph County hotel-motel tax […]
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