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Riot Games’ League Championship Series is coming to PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina, this spring. The League Championship Series is North America’s largest professional esports league in League of Legends. PNC Arena will host the LCS Spring Finals, delivered by Grubhub, April 8–9. “Raleigh has established itself as an international hub for esports and […]
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The 2022 Esports Awards moved to the bright lights of Las Vegas for the first time as those from the industry gathered at Resorts World on December 13 to honor the best of the best. The event took place in the theater of the $4.3 billion resort, where Katy Perry has a residence, and was […]
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Riot Games has announced a multi-year partnership with soft drink giant Coca-Cola that includes Wild Rift Esports and League of Legends: Wild Rift. The company is a worldwide founding partner of Riot Games, publisher of League of Legends. “We know that mobile gaming is a critical part of the future of gaming and we are […]
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Due to the rise of COVID-19 cases in the United States, Riot Games has made the decision not to hold the LCS Championship at the Prudential Center this year and will instead have the event at the LCS Arena in Los Angeles. Current ticket holders will be provided full refunds. “We scheduled the LCS Championship […]
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League of Legends has an official cryptocurrency sponsor after the game’s publisher, Riot Games, agreed to a sponsorship deal with cryptocurrency exchange FTX. The reported seven-year deal will grant FTX branding and sponsorship rights across LCS platforms. The branding will be on LCS broadcasts; player net worth, total team gold and gold graphs will all […]
Continue ReadingRiot Games has announced the finals of its inaugural LCS Championship will be held at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, with live spectators on hand for the first time in two years. The finals are scheduled for August 28–29 and will be presented by Grubhub. The championship replaces the old summer playoffs where […]
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Riot Games has selected Nerd Street Gamers to be the official tournament operator and producer for the first stage of its Challengers and Masters events during the inaugural 2021 Valorant Champions Tour. As part of the deal, Nerd Street Gamers will lead registration, operations and production of the Challengers events from January through March and […]
Continue ReadingRiot Games will have the 2020 and 2021 League of Legends World Championships in Shanghai, the company announced. The 2020 event will be held at Shanghai Pudong Football Stadium from September 25 through October 31 in one site instead of a tour as it traditionally has been organized. We're excited to celebrate the 2020 World […]
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While the coronavirus pandemic has disrupted life throughout the world, sports industry leaders remain optimistic that fans will flock to events once games on every level of action resume. During the Sports Business Journal’s CAA World Congress virtual event, taking the place of a scheduled in-person event in California disrupted by the coronavirus, a series […]
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The coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak continues to affect the sports-event industry. As destinations work to contain the spread of the virus, it has led many sports-event organizers to make decisions about the immediate future of their events. With so much changing so quickly, we are tracking the latest updates, both confirmations of sports events that […]
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The International Paralympic Committee will allow Russian and Belarussian athletes to compete at the 2024 Paralympics, the latest sign in the movement to allow athletes from the two countries to compete even after its government’s invasion of Ukraine.
Baseball For All, a national organization that builds gender equity in baseball, announced it will bring the Baseball For All Nationals back to The @RipkenBaseball Experience Elizabethtown in Kentucky from July 7–12, 2024.
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