{"id":842,"date":"2016-06-29T09:47:45","date_gmt":"2016-06-29T09:47:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/?p=842"},"modified":"2016-06-29T09:47:45","modified_gmt":"2016-06-29T09:47:45","slug":"eleagues-season-one-semifinals-championship-held-july-29-30-cobb-energy-performing-arts-centre-atlanta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/2016\/06\/29\/eleagues-season-one-semifinals-championship-held-july-29-30-cobb-energy-performing-arts-centre-atlanta\/","title":{"rendered":"ELEAGUE\u2019s Season One Semifinals and Championship to be held July 29-30 at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in Atlanta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ELEAGUE, a professional eSports league formed in partnership between Turner and WME | IMG, will host the semifinals and championship \u2013 featuring Valve\u2019s popular Counter-Strike Global Offensive game \u2013 for its inaugural season at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in Atlanta.  The first semifinal will take place Friday, July 29, at 5 p.m. ET, followed by the second semifinal at 10 p.m.  The season one championship will be held Saturday, July 30, at 4 p.m. with the top two CS:GO teams facing off in a best-of-three series. <\/p>\n<p>Tickets for the full weekend of matches are available now via Ticketmaster.com and the link below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ticketmaster.com\/eleague-championships-atlanta-georgia-07-29-2016\/event\/0E0050D49FF14F7B?artistid=2258528&#038;majorcatid=10005&#038;minorcatid=0\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to purchase tickets<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Doors will open Friday, July 29, at 4 p.m. with the first semifinal match broadcast live on Twitch at 5 p.m.  The second match will air at 10 p.m. live on TBS and Twitch. On Saturday, guests can enter the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre at 2 p.m., with the championship beginning at 4 p.m. on TBS and Twitch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re thrilled with the fan response to the first season of ELEAGUE and look forward to hosting our first championship event at the state-of-the-art Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre,\u201d said Christina Alejandre, general manager of ELEAGUE.  \u201cThis venue will provide a best-in-class spectator experience and allow even more fans to come out and enjoy ELEAGUE\u2019s live event atmosphere.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre will serve as an incredible backdrop for the ELEAGUE season finale,\u201d said Min-Sik Ko, commissioner of ELEAGUE. \u201cWe look forward to welcoming the eSports community to Atlanta next month and continuing the showcase everything ELEAGUE has to offer.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ELEAGUE, a professional eSports league formed in partnership between Turner and WME | IMG, will host the semifinals and championship \u2013 featuring Valve\u2019s popular Counter-Strike Global Offensive game \u2013 for its inaugural season at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in Atlanta. The first semifinal will take place Friday, July 29, at 5 p.m. ET, followed &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/2016\/06\/29\/eleagues-season-one-semifinals-championship-held-july-29-30-cobb-energy-performing-arts-centre-atlanta\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-esports-news","item-wrap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=842"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/842\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":843,"href":"https:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/842\/revisions\/843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}