The Metropolis of Los Angeles, an epicenter of sport championship occasions, is including yet one more event to its host checklist: international aggressive esports.
The World Esports Federation introduced Tuesday that it had chosen the Metropolis of Los Angeles to host the 2026 World Esports World Finals Video games, with the Los Angeles Instances Media Group Serving as a number associate.
“The Los Angeles 2026 video games will stand as an emblem of how Esports is shaping the following technology, driving alternative for constructing digital expertise and galvanizing cultural change,” stated Paul Foster, CEO of the World Esports Federation from The Instances constructing in El Segundo.
The media group will embark on reinventing a warehouse adjoining to the Instances constructing, off of Imperial Freeway, which can turn out to be a digital area for gamers and spectators, stated Dr. Patrick Quickly-Shiong, Los Angeles Instances Media Group’s government chairman.
“We now have a problem the place by July 2026, Los Angeles’ first and largest international esports stadium should be constructed on this campus and El Segundo Mayor Chris Pimentel has graciously given us his help,” Quickly-Shiong stated.
The world will home the week-long competitors and occasion celebration slated for Dec. 4, 2026.
Los Angeles and El Segundo beat out eight different worldwide cities previous to choice, and Los Angles mayor Karen Bass stated the 2 cities had been uniquely positioned to host the worldwide occasion. “We’re including yet one more main worldwide occasion to the lineup, exhibiting that Los Angeles is the place the world involves compete in each kind, from the sphere to the world to the digital stage.”
That is the primary time the esports world finals shall be hosted in the US. The comparatively new international competitors has been held beforehand in Singapore, Istanbul, Riyadh and Lima.
The aggressive video graming occasion will function a mixture of workforce sports activities and particular person video games and an estimated 1,000 athletes representing greater than 100 nations.
