Riot Games Given the big surprise with Worlds 2022, confirming that Mexico City will be home of the play-in. Making the return of the great international competences, after a International Wildcard Invitational in 2016. But not everything was honey on flakes, since it did not take long to emerge a question about the enclosure where the meetings will be held.
The organization of the tournament will maintain a trend that comes from 2018. Instead of having a huge building with great capacity, Play-in is usually carried out in the local sands of the host country. It is not exclusive to Worlds, it also happens with the Mid-Season Invitational. Then, we have that the editions of 2017, 2018 and 2019 played in the study of the CBOL, in that of LEC and the VCS. By 2021 there was an exceptional case, since Iceland guaranteed the relevant measures for a secure tournament. With the successful success, he was also a house of the League of Legends World Cup.
For 2022, however, the idea is to return to the Tour model by important cities. Canada, the United States and Mexico are the confirmed countries. From the group stage and up to the grand final, it is planned to play in stadiums and sands of good capacity. As regards Mexico, Play-in will be organized at the Latin American League House.
In case of not knowing, the LA has its own Sand of ESPORTS in Mexico City. Located in the Plaza Art Federal, it was the great step of 2020 to raise Riot Games competitions in the region. The enclosure not only has League of Legends, also uses for Valorant and, more recent, Wild Rift. He left as a personalized cinema room, with 4K screens and a clear view towards players, analysis panel and narrators. Being located in a popular area, prices for tickets were around $149 (around €6.31) dated 2020. However, it is not safe to stay for Worlds 2022.
Usually, the sand of the LO can receive up to 100 people. Recall that it is a cinema room, so you can not have the more than 400 fans who do cover the LOL Park. In comparison with Europe, it has 74 meters less, becoming the lowest capacity enclosure for the play-in so far. That said, it is not even possible to confirm that the organizers allow live audience.
According to Javier Magical Spain, manager of content in Latin America, a lot is missing for defining. Because the pandemic of the coronavirus (COVID-19) continues, at the moment you can not talk about available tickets and prices. In the same way, we are a year that starts international competition, so some things can be modified on the fly. What is safe, at least at the moment, is that Art Federal will be the sand of the play-in.
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