While the Esports industry is very young, franchising has allowed for it to mature much faster than its traditional sports counterpart. With franchising coming into play there are many different groups and people buying in, and these entities want esports teams in their cities.
This means that many fans will start to want to see their teams in person and thus esports arenas are the next step, you can check out why that is here.
The teams in League of Legends have not officially stated what cities they will be based in, so some of this is a bit of guessing as either they were founded in these cities or have major investments from them.
Now here is a list of US/NA cities that already have multiple teams in them:
Boston:
- Boston Uprising (Overwatch League)
- Celtics Crossover Gaming (NBA2k)
Cleveland:
- 100 Thieves (League of Legends)
- Cavs Legion (NBA2k)
Dallas:
- Dallas Fuel (Overwatch League)
- Mavs Gaming (NBA2k)
Houston:
- Clutch City (League of Legends)
- Houston Outlaws (Overwatch League)
- OpTic Gaming (League of Legends)
Los Angeles:
- LA Gladiators (Overwatch League)
- LA Valiant (Overwatch League)
- The Overwatch League
- NALCS
Miami:
- Florida Mayhem (Overwatch League)
- Heat Check Gaming (NBA2k)
Milwaukee:
- Bucks Gaming (NBA2k)
- FlyQuest (League of Legends)
New York:
- Counter Logic Gaming (League of Legends)
- Echo Fox (League of Legends)
- Knicks Gaming (NBA2k)
- New York Excelsior (Overwatch League)
Oakland/San Francisco Bay Area:
- Golden State Guardians (League of Legends)
- San Francisco Shock (Overwatch League)
- Warriors Gaming Squad (NBA2k)
Philadelphia:
- 76ers GC (NBA2k)
- Philadelphia Fusion (Overwatch League)
Toronto:
- Raptors Uprising GC (NBA2k)
- Team Solo Mid (League of Legends)
We will make sure to continue updating this list as more esports franchise, more teams commit to cities, and more teams join the already franchised leagues. An EU and Asia list will come out once a couple other franchising esports leagues finalize.
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