Philadelphia, PA-based N3rd Street Gamers (NSG), an amateur esports network, on Wednesday announced a strategic partnership with Esports Stadium Arlington (ESA), North America’s largest dedicated esports stadium.
The partnership will provide amateur esports athletes across the country with increased access to high-quality tournaments by integrating NSG’s National Championship Series into ESA’s Strike League.
“NSG strongly believes in creating new and bolstering existing opportunities for players of all skill levels to compete in esports,” Ryan Barr, COO of N3rd Street Gamers commented. “Working with Esports Stadium and their talented team to bring ESA’s Strike League into the National Championship Series will offer new options for competitors both regionally and nationally. This series of events exemplifies the experience of competing in the NCS.”
ESA’s Strike League is an open tournament league in which teams will compete across four different esports titles at local LAN tournaments hosted at Esports Stadium Arlington. At the end of each quarter, winning teams and players will qualify for the Strike League Season Finale, Final Strike, where they will compete on stage for $15,000 in prizes.
“I come from a gaming community that didn’t have many opportunities but managed to stay strong through local gatherings,” Jonathan Oudthone, president of Esports Stadium Arlington, remarks on the partnership, “NSG strengthens and understands that they are the pillars to the success of esports. We are excited to be able to contribute to the national reach that the National Championship Series will have on esports while connecting communities from all over the world.”
With growing investment in and attention to the esports industry, the partnership between NSG and ESA increases the amount of first-class competitions for amateur esports athletes and provides greater exposure to scholarship opportunities and career advancement.
“Through this partnership with NSG, we hope to leverage our existing infrastructure to bolster the legitimacy of regional amateur LAN competitions,” says Johnathon Angers, marketing and partnerships manager for ESA. “As a former founding collegiate leader, regional LAN leagues did not exist. Therefore I am especially excited to be able to bring an opportunity to the southwest region to compete on the national stage consistently across various titles.”
