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The 2025 Call of Duty League Championship will be hosted by OverActive Media Group in Toronto and held at Kitchener Memorial Auditorium in the Waterloo region from June 26–29. It will be the first time the competitive Call of Duty event will be hosted outside of the United States. The four-day tournament will bring together […]
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OverActive Media has announced that the 2023 Overwatch League Grand Finals will be held in Toronto from September 28 to October 1, the first time the championship event will take place in Canada. The Grand Finals will see the world’s top Overwatch League players across eight teams compete for a prize pool of over $1.8 […]
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Toronto is one of the best examples of a destination that has embraced esports on all levels and in all facets of its community because of the way every from government to private industry and the tourism community work together, panelists described during one of the spotlight sessions from the 2023 EsportsTravel Summit. “The Toronto […]
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Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. announced Chris Overholt has been named senior vice president of global partnerships, effective March 27. Overholt joins MSG Sports from Overactive Media, where he was the president and chief executive officer. Overholt will oversee all global partnership sales efforts for MSG Sports and Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. “Chris brings […]
Continue ReadingChris Overholt has resigned as chief executive officer of OverActive Media but will stay on as a strategic advisor for 30 days as the Toronto-based esports organization searches for a permanent leader. Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer Adam Adamou will serve as interim chief executive officer for the group that owns several professional esports teams […]
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The world’s largest gathering of sports-event professionals returned to in-person business this week as the TEAMS Conference & Expo, held at the Atlantic City Convention Center in New Jersey, brought together hundreds of destinations and event organizers to continue the crucial work in helping rebuild the tourism industry from the COVID-19 pandemic. Sports has been […]
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OverActive Media has released the first rendering of its planned performance venue in Toronto that will be used for both esports and entertainment events throughout the region. The project, at a cost of nearly $500 million, is projected to be completed in 2025. Designed by Populous, it would include a theatre-style entertainment venue and hotel […]
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Arlington, Texas, hosted the World Series this year at the new Globe Life Field and its AT&T Stadium is annually home to some of the biggest college and pro football games of the year. Alongside those iconic venues is another in its own right — Esports Stadium Arlington, which opened in 2018 after a $10 […]
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