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Seattle is a city that’s known for its amazing coffee, scenic views of the Puget Sound, and its booming tech industry. The last thing on your list of “must-do” activities should be visiting GameWorks Seattle! If you’re like me and you love video games and esports gaming but hate to go all-in with them because of an addiction and just want to play casually (or competitive, if that’s your thing), then this is the place for you. It’s worth checking out their gaming lounges which feature PC gaming stations and various arcade cabinets.

Detroit is quickly becoming a tech and gaming hub, with new businesses and developments popping up all over the city. One such development is Replay Cafe, which aims to provide a venue for gamers and technology enthusiasts of all levels of experience.

As LAN center owners and creators of the best esports venue management software around, we often find ourselves bombarded with questions about how to start a video game LAN center. As much as we want to help everyone, we hope this blog post will help some entrepreneurs get an idea of how to get their gaming center off the ground.

Over the past several years, the popularity of esports and online gaming has grown rapidly. Today, it’s normal to see teams of professional video game players compete against teams from other states or countries.

Established in 2019, Uptime Academy, otherwise known as Uptime Esports, is a premium esports gaming center located in Hanover, MA, Bedford, NH, and Exeter, NH. This esports venue aims to provide a venue where aspiring young gamers can train to join the world of professional gaming.

Are you finally thinking about opening your own esports gaming center business? Thinking about quitting your 9 to 5 job and starting doing something that is in line with your gaming hobby? You came to the right place but be warned, a lot of things that will be discussed here may break your expectations and may even get you discouraged from even starting.

ePLEX opened its doors in July 2020 and offered high-end PC, console, and virtual reality gaming for casual and competitive local gamers in Connection City, Missouri. This is the second location of ePLEX esports centers in the Southeastern region of the US.

ggCircuit is delighted to have new esports venue subscribers join its professional network. With the explosive growth of the gaming industry across 2020 and 2021, the call for more esports venues is thriving more than ever today.

Starting a business can be difficult. Starting an esports venue business is even more difficult. In one of the episodes of our Esports & LAN Center Show, our CEO, Zack Johnson, and I discussed the top 10 common misconceptions when opening an esports gaming center.

The Blue Pill and the Red pill both refer to choices. In the movie The Matrix, there are two pills offered to Neo: A blue pill and a red pill. The blue pill will keep him in Wonderland (the world as it seems) while the red pill will show him how deep the rabbit hole goes.

These terms have become metaphors at ggCircuit for embracing the esports venue status quo or seeing a new reality and making a change towards nirvana. These concepts apply to this article in that we will be talking about the two sides of being an esports venue owner, and how to navigate the two sides.