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
News By | 9 September 2016
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…