Esports at The O2 as AEG partners with ESL

Lucrative esports, or competitive video-gaming, events are headed to The O2 Arena, the Barclays Center and more as AEG commits to a "long-term" alliance with promoter ESL

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive players at the ESL One tournament at Lanxess Arena, Cologne © ESL

Electronic Sports League (ESL), the world’s largest esports promoter, has signed a strategic partnership with AEG, giving it access to the latter’s global venue network for qualifying events, tournaments and world championships.

The partnership will open up over 120 AEG-operated venues, including the Barclays Center (18,103-cap.) in New York, the Oracle Arena (19,596-cap.) in Oakland, California, and the world’s leading arena, The O2 (20,000-cap.) in London, to ESL for esports – or  video-gaming – competitions.

In addition to making available…

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