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Date: 8th Aug 2024
The forthcoming IOC Esports Games will take place in Saudi Arabia putting esports on a new level. It will also prove pivotal in promoting the role of esports internationally and exhibit Saudi Arabia’s desire to be the central point of this blossoming market.
This is an example of how Saudi Arabia takes esports seriously and its commitment to the development of esports. Thus, by partnering with the IOC, Saudi Arabia plans to bring esports to the same level as traditional sports. This turn demonstrates the skills, techniques as well as physical fitness needed in competitive gaming which serves to reposition esports as a serious and genuine sporting activity.
Saudi Arabia is investing a lot of money into the IOC Esports Games so that the facilities are the latest of their kind. The venues of this particular event will be outfitted with proper equipment of modern technology – high-speed Internet, powerful gaming stations, and professional broadcasting facilities. Audiences will be fully engaged by a large LCD, perfect lighting, and quality sound encircling them and making them feel they are on the field.
One of the areas that Saudi Arabia has duly focused on in the development of esports is talent development within the region. The country is starting esports academies, training programs, and local tournaments for those players who have to be prepared for the future. The strategy in this ambition is to establish a pipeline of talent that is capable of achieving success at the international level and pushing Saudi Arabia to the world stage.
The IOC Esports Games that are set to be held in Saudi Arabia will aim at showcasing the various groups of people who find many identities in esports. This event will be filled with numerous games and participants of very diverse ethnicities proving that ESports are not confined to a particular nationality. Such inclusiveness can encourage more people to participate in esports as players and or as consumers and therefore help esports to be inclusive and accepting of everybody.
It will also create economic and social benefits for Saudi Arabia since the country will be hosting the IOC Esports Games. It is believed that the event will bring in international players individual teams and fans, and thus the tourism sector will be advantaged resulting in an economic boost. Also, the awareness and subsequent success of the event will not only encourage more investment in the growth of esports in the country but also promote the growth of esports in the country generally.
The IOC Esports Games held in Saudi Arabia can be qualified as a new paradigm for physical and virtual competitiveness with the adoption of the main values of sports. Saudi Arabia has all the tools needed to move the current esports paradigm forward by incorporating the best of local talent within world-class facilities as well as embracing inclusiveness. It will indeed be a significant event since the country is getting ready to host this activity – navigating into esports’ future.