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Overwatch League Grand Finals Sells Out Barclays Center

The debate over whether esports are really sports is becoming moot. Today, the Overwatch League announced that it had sold more than 20,000 tickets for the league’s Grand Finals to be played at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn at the end of July. In comparison, the average attendance for a Nets game last season was […]

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The Early Evolution of the NBA 2K Studio Experience

One thing is certain after the first few weeks of the inaugural season of the NBA 2K League: for fans more used the watching esports on Twitch, the live viewing experience is something wonderful to behold. The competitors sit on large, comfy chairs in the center of the intimately small studio. Teams of five face off […]

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LA Kings Get New Ice Out of Thin Air

This past season, the ice at Staples Center came right out of the arena’s air. Or at least the water for that ice did. The Kings spent the year piloting climate control tech made by a company called BluEco Technology Group that cleans and dries air, producing water as a byproduct. That water was then […]

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Google Pay Joins Mobile Ticketing Trend

Sports fans with iPhones have long been scanning their tickets at the turnstile with Apple Wallet’s Passbook feature. Now Android users will be able to do the same. Google Pay, the Android maker’s version of the same mobile wallet feature, will accept event tickets and airline boarding passes. Google has reportedly already formed a partnership […]

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