California
university builds eSports arena, recruits 'League of
Legends' team
Good news, gamers:
League of Legends might **w be an acceptable extracurricular activity to list on those college applications
The
university of California, Irvine
an**unced this week it will be the first public institution to offer video gaming scholarships, and it is set to launch its new
eSports initiative with the opening of a 3,500 square-foot gaming arena this fall
The
arena, which is expected to open in late September, will be built at the university's Student Center and equipped with gaming PCs, a
League of Legends competition stage and studio for live webcasting tournaments
The
university also plans to offer as many as 10 half-tuition scholarships, worth about $5,500, to students on its collegiate
League of Legends team, UCI student programming assistant director Mark Deppe told
Mashable.
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