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Esports Meets Education: UIL Considers Proposal to Sanction Competitive Gaming in Texas High Schools

by | Jul 12, 2019
Everything is bigger in Texas—including esports. We asked DFW esports experts to weigh in on how a possible UIL sanction might change the future of the industry in North Texas and beyond.
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STEM Meets Sports: Texans Can Academy Hosts Beyond The Ball
by | Jun 28, 2019
Dallas - Oak Cliff's Texans Can Academy hosted the IT Immersion experience last week, giving students the chance to learn about the multitude of careers in the sports world that exist off the field.
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DreamHack Hosts Its Largest U.S. Event Yet in Dallas
by | May 31, 2019
DreamHack Dallas is more than just an esports event. The nonstop three-day festival also features a hackathon, film screenings, and concerts from EDM and metal bands.
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Virtual Tour: Step Inside Complexity Gaming’s New Headquarters at The Star

by | May 22, 2019
The first-of-its-kind, 11,000-square-foot GameStop Performance Center is officially open in Frisco. From the Innovation Lab to the Miller Lite Player Lounge, take a look around the esports facility that's situated steps away from the Dallas Cowboys World Headquarters.
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Strategic Partnerships Roll Out in Advance of Complexity Gaming’s New Esports HQ: The GameStop Performance Center
by | May 17, 2019
Dallas' Complexity Gaming has a new headquarters at The Star in Frisco. Leading up to the grand opening next week, Complexity has announced a string of partnerships—with GameStop, Mamba Sports Academy, HyperX, and MillerCoors—and a brand overhaul to better align with the Dallas Cowboys.
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Photo Gallery: North Texas Hosts the First Home Games in Esports History During a Sold-Out Weekend
by | Apr 29, 2019
Take a look inside the Bud Light Homestand Weekend at the Allen Event Center, hosted by hometown favorite Dallas Fuel, to get a taste of what the intense world of competitive esports is like. At the tournament, The Overwatch League was on-display for the first 'Homestand,' a test of the match format that all esports franchises will follow in 2020.
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Esports North Texas Emerging Technologies Summit Dallas Startup Week
‘Dallas Has Been Made for Esports’: How Startups Can Grab a Spot in the Gaming Industry
by | Apr 15, 2019
North Texas startups have the opportunity to take place in an emerging industry, experts say. Here’s what founders need to know about finding funding and the future of esports.
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Allen Event Center. [Image capture: Google Street View, July 2017. Composite: Christopher Augustine]

Overwatch League Match Gaming Festival Descends on Dallas

by | Jan 22, 2019
Allen was been selected to be the second city ever to host a regular season match for the international Overwatch League. Tickets to watch the festival at the Allen Event Center are on sale now.
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Entrepreneur of the Year
Enterprise: A Dozen Top Stories from 2018
by | Jan 12, 2019
In an annual tradition, we look back on Dallas Innovates’ most-read stories in each of our buckets of innovation: Startup, Invention, Education, Social, Creative, and Enterprise. Here’s a roundup of the “Top 12” in Enterprise for 2018.
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Meta Saas Startup: A Dozen Top Stories from 2018
Startup: A Dozen Top Stories from 2018
by | Jan 7, 2019
In an annual tradition, we look back on Dallas Innovates’ most-read stories in each of our buckets of innovation: Startup, Invention, Education, Social, Creative, and Enterprise. Here’s a roundup of the “Top 12” in Startup for 2018.
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Year In Review: Our Top 10 Most‑Read Stories of 2018
by | Dec 21, 2018
Take a look back on the stories that grabbed our readers' attention this year.
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First Look: The ‘World’s Largest Digital Festival’ DreamHack is Coming to Dallas in 2019

by | Oct 26, 2018
From esports to cosplay to LAN, DreamHack has anything you can imagine for the digital generation. The 2019 festival and arena experience is expected to be the largest U.S. footprint yet — and, it's going to be in Dallas.
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Sneak a Peek at Esports Stadium Arlington to Open in November
by | Oct 25, 2018
On the grand opening weekend, the $10 million, 100,000-square-foot esports stadium will host the world’s best Counter-Strike teams in the Esports Championship Series Finals.
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Global Sports Architecture, Design Firm Populous Opens New Dallas Office
by | Oct 3, 2018
Populous is growing its global footprint, and hopes its new Dallas office will enhance those efforts in the southern United States as well as Central and South America.
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St. Louis Sports Accelerator Launching Program in Frisco
by | Apr 30, 2018
Stadia Ventures has aligned with LaunchPad City to make its move into North Texas. Its first program in Frisco also will debut its new esports-focused track.
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