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Gothmog

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7. Esports scene flourishes in Dallas-Fort Worth

Reply to vercetti2021 (Reply #6)

Sat Jul 28, 2018, 01:08 PM

Jul 2018

Dallas is becoming a hub of esports
http://www.espn.com/esports/story/_/id/23868444/dallas-fort-worth-becomes-second-capital-esports-us

From May to August of 2017, investors from various Dallas-Fort Worth sports teams, venture capital groups, real estate and oil companies separately came to terms to invest in three of esports' longest-tenured organizations. Between them, more than $105 million in capital has been contractually committed in acquisitions, investments and development projects related to esports.

And the growth has gone beyond pro teams, as well. By the fall, four local colleges will have school-sponsored esports programs; at the end of 2018, two esports-specific facilities will open in Frisco and Arlington; and by 2020, the Big D's first geolocated esports franchise, the Dallas Fuel, will leave Los Angeles and come home.

I am amused to see ESPN cover this area. The article is well done and covers a number of esports operations. This is big business

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