eSport er løbende steget i popularitet over hele verden, så derfor er det kun naturligt at en storby som Washington også ønsker at ekspandere for at kunne akkommodere denne nye trend.
Max Brown, der sidder i regeringen som leder af alle konventioner, sportsbegivenheder og underholdning i Washington, har for nylig talt med Mashable, og her har han bekræftet konstruktionen af et nyt stadium i byen. Dette stadium er dedikeret til eSport, og koster $65 millioner. Der er plads til 4200 tilskuere.
NRG Esports, som har hold i spil som Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive vil desuden også blive sponsoreret af byen, som sikkert ikke er en dårlig aftale for holdet.
"We have a bunch of universities here in Washington. There are lots of younger kids who are here and are coming here every year through our universities so we think it makes a lot of sense for us as a city to plant a flag [for esports], and ultimately be the capital of esports like we're the capital of the United States." siger Brown om satsningen.
NRG Esports' medstifter Andy Miller roser også arenaen:
"These events sell out in two seconds, you need to travel, you need to spend good money and they're big and they're fun and they're super cool but it's not like, 'I want to go watch my team play this weekend, head down and check them out at the local arena. That just doesn't happen in esports, and that's something that's missing when you want to have a real connection with an organization and with players."
Arenaen forventes at være klar til næste år. Synes du det samme burde ske i Danmark?