BLAST, the organisers of the Rocket League Championship Collection (RLCS), has introduced a partnership with Go to Raleigh.
Because of the deal, the Higher Raleigh Conference and Guests Bureau will likely be built-in throughout the occasion’s broadcast and act as a part of the venue’s on-site branding.
Along with the Go to Raleigh branding showing on-site and throughout the published, the collaboration goals to showcase ‘Higher Raleigh’s vibrant tradition, world-class hospitality and repute as a hub for innovation.’
The RLCS Raleigh Main takes place on the Lenovo Heart from June twenty sixth to twenty ninth, 2025, that includes 16 groups from around the globe competing for a share of a $351,000 (~£257,962) prize pool.
“The RLCS Raleigh Main is a landmark occasion for Rocket League and for the vacation spot,” mentioned James Woollard, Director of Market Improvement at BLAST.
“Partnering with Go to Raleigh permits us to actually showcase the area’s attraction to a world viewers. These occasions aren’t simply concerning the leisure; they bring about actual financial influence via tourism and native enterprise, and we’re proud to assist gas that momentum in Higher Raleigh.”
RLCS’s Raleigh Main is the second RLCS LAN occasion of the 2025 season. The primary befell in Birmingham, UK, recording peak viewing figures of 287,987 in response to Esports Charts.
Has Raleigh Change into An Esports Hub?
The town of Raleigh, North Carolina, has turn into a hotbed for the esports trade lately. In April, town hosted ESL One, the primary US Dota 2 occasion operated by ESL FACEIT Group in six years.
In 2023, town additionally hosted the LCS Spring Finals, with the occasion reportedly producing $2.74m (~£2m) of direct financial influence into town.
With the RLCS heading to town on the finish of June, Raleigh continues to see the worth of internet hosting large-scale esports occasions at venues inside the metropolis and the encompassing space.
