Esports Stadium Arlington
City owned esports arena, 100,000 square feet, 2,500 seats · Arlington, Dallas Fort Worth
- Founded
- 2018
- Entered
- 2018
- Status 2026
- Active
- Metro
- Dallas Fort Worth
- Embeddedness
- 3 connections
- Confidence
- verified · strongest source trade or financial press
Method
The City of Arlington converts its convention center into a 100,000 square foot, 2,500 seat esports venue for 10 million dollars, opening on November 26, 2018 with Esports Venues LLC, owned by Texas Rangers co owner Neil Leibman, as operator with NGAGE Esports. It hosts the FACEIT Counter-Strike finals in 2018, the Esports Awards in 2019 and 2021, Dallas Fuel homestands, Call of Duty League majors and the PGL Dota 2 Major in 2022. The rung that breaks is the calendar: the venue closes in February 2020, lays off all but two employees in December 2020, reopens in July 2021, and Envy buys the operating contract on January 13, 2022, after which D Magazine counts six to eight tournaments a year. From May 2024 All Elite Wrestling fills the dates, returning for a four show Collision residency in January 2026, so a city funded esports arena now runs partly as a wrestling television studio.
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Representation, events, tools
- hostsEnvy GamingEnvy Gaming buys the operating contract for Esports Stadium Arlington from Esports Venues LLC on January 13, 2022, opening with the CDL Kickoff Classic on January 21 to 23.2022
- hostsOpTic GamingOpTic operates the Arlington venue after the Envy brand retires in June 2022 and hosts the OpTic Texas Major III there on March 9 to 12, 2023.2022 to present
- hostsDallas FuelEsports Stadium Arlington is the Fuel's home venue in its 2022 championship season and final 2023 season.2022 to 2023