Wednesday, March 14, 2018

The City of Arlington Backs Massive Esports Stadium

The City of Arlington is getting behind a plan to open a massive, 100,000 square foot stadium specifically for the "esports" market, the city said today. Esports is the emerging, but growing, market of competitive video gaming. According to the City, it is partnering with Esports Venues to open a new facility called Open Esports Stadium Arlington, to host e-sports events year round. The city said that sports and entertainment architecture firm Populous, the City of Arlington and Esports Venues, LLC, plans to invest $10 million into the Arlington Convention Center to turn it into an esports stadium; the city said its renovation and equipment investments would be repaid through annual lease payments, event revenue, stadium naming rights revenue and other opportunities associated with catering to the esports industry.