Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick comments on the company's esports bets
It was the first competitive gaming league structured as a global city-based franchise that imitated traditional sports leagues, with each of the 14 owners reportedly paying $20 million for a slot.
Gamers of the Philadelphia Fusion, left, and London Spitfire teams compete during the Activision Blizzard Inc. Overwatch League Grand Finals at Barclay Center in the Brooklyn Borough of New York, U.S., on Friday, July 27, 2018.crowned the San Francisco Shock as its second Overwatch League champion on Sunday in front of a sold-out crowd at Philadelphia's Wells Fargo Center arena.
For its second season, six teams -- including the owners of the NHL's Vancouver Canucks -- joined the league with ESPN reporting that they paid between $30 million to $60 million in expansion fees. This was also the year Activision introduced what it called Homestand Weekends, a home-game format that it is expanding next season in another step to emulate traditional sports leagues.
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