With esports gaining perilous love and attention from the Indian crowd and creating opportunities for the youth lately, expanding the avenues to upscale it becomes necessary. Recently, Mobile Global Esports Inc. (MOGO) has partnered with Somaiya Vidyavihar University, Mumbai, to build what is apparently the first professional esports arena. It will be equipped with a sizeable seating capacity for live audiences.
Great performance by Indian Esports at Commonwealth Esports Championship 2022
After being listed on NASDAQ, MOGO gained appreciations and successfully accumulated ₹55 crores which they are looking forward to invest in growing the esports industry in India and other markets of South Asia. As our Indian team created a mark in the Commonwealth Esports Championship by winning bronze medal in Dota 2, esports vertical is looked up with great interests both in the business and entertainment circles.
Sunny Bhandarkar, CEO, MOGO Esports says, “This is a big day for all Esports lovers in India. We are happy to announce that we are the first ones to build an arena dedicated to Esports. We would also like to thank the management of Somaiya Vidyavihar University, especially the sports director for taking this step with us. Since beginning our focus was creating a platform for students who could choose Esports as a career and we have been constantly working towards it. This is a new dawn and we hope to see many more universities take the same approach. We have also joined hands with SVU to start an eSports academy with qualified eSports coaches. This will commence in November 2022.”
Call of Duty Tournament announced for this season by MOGO
Taking it to the next level, MOGO CEO aspires to conduct the next season of Call of Duty tournament in this arena on a national level. Also for this season, the winner of this tournament will get a cash prize of ₹1 million.
With such developments in the pipeline, the future holds great promises for esports industry. Building esports infrastructure and offering lucrative opportunities to esports players via tournaments are just some of the initial breakthroughs that’s going to help us take India on the mainstream of global esports platform.
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