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The 2021 NBA 2K League playoffs will take place in person for the first time since 2019 starting August 26 at the Mavs Gaming Hub in Dallas. Due to COVID-19, the last in-person competition was the 2019 finals in New York. The top five teams from the Eastern and Western conferences qualify. Thirteen other teams […]
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Cedar Fair Entertainment Company is looking to add to the Cedar Point Sports Center in Sandusky, Ohio, with the potential development of an esports arena that would serve as a Midwest hub for youth and collegiate gaming and esports events. Plans are to have up to space for up to 1,500 fans with 200 gaming […]
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Evil Geniuses has announced a partnership with Wolverhampton Wanderers FC, a founding member of the English Football League, combining the worlds of traditional sports and esports. Fosun, which acquired Wolves in 2016, has agreed to make a minority investment in Evil Geniuses, valuing the team at $255 million post-investment. Evil Geniuses will be the first […]
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Three years after Hashtag Gaming Arena opened its first community center for games and gaming culture, the flagship arena near Washington, D.C., has expanded into a new 8,000-square-foot venue that will now include Glytch Battle Stations for play. Glytch recently launched its first crowdfunding campaign for the product in partnership with Cornerstone and Alienware. Within […]
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DreamHack will partner with Full Sail University to host DreamHack Beyond, a new hybrid festival and online multiplayer game that will provide week-long interactive experiences with Full Sail producing select panels and streaming events. Dreamhack Beyond will begin July 24 and last through July 31. It was created to complement and showcase the best of the […]
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Riot 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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The International Esports Federation has launched the first year-round online International Esports Referee Academy to support the next wave of esports referees from around the world. The academy is dedicated to developing the highest standards of referee training for IESF’s 104 member nations. The academy’s curriculum has been designed by IESF and its partners to […]
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CSL Esports, the National Association of Collegiate Esports, Nerd Street Gamers and Mainline will partner to establish the NACE Starleague, which will become the largest collegiate esports league in North America with more than 600 colleges and universities. Operations will begin in fall 2021 and feature multiple tiers of skill levels from clubs to school-sanctioned […]
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The esports industry has been around for a while, but within the past few years it has started to gain momentum and interest from big-time investors, collegiate athletic departments and fans. As the industry grows there is an escalated need for venues to host events. Esports stadiums and arenas are being built or converted from […]
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The International Esports Federation has partnered with the North America Scholastic Esports Federation to use NASEF’s curriculum and programs help teachers leverage esports as a tool for education and career preparation. As part of the deal, IESF has appointed NASEF Executive Director Gerald Solomon as chair of the federation’s World Esports Education Commission. With the […]
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Ties between two future Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games hosts were continuing to deepen this week as a delegation of governmental officials from France’s Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, part of the French Alps 2030 Games, are visiting Salt Lake City.
.@MLSNEXT, a youth soccer competition, has announced a new tier that will increase the number of clubs in the program and expand the overall pool of players and coaches with @3StepSports as one of the regional operators.
As multiple massive wildfires continue to burn across Los Angeles County, the sports world has felt the effects, with postponements and the possible relocation of an NFL playoff game.
Kansas City will host a professional softball series in June featuring the Florida Vibe, New York Rise and Kansas City Diamonds to run concurrently with the Top Gun Invitational, a softball tournament that brings over 300 teams to the Kansas City.
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