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BLAST Pro Series - Facts, pictures and future

Facts:

  • Saturday's event was the World Premiere of BLAST Pro Series, invented and owned by RFRSH Entertainment. The format is new to esports, and it is expeted that one or more of the cities on the 2018 circuit of BLAST Pro Series will be presented later this year.
       
  • 6 of the 7 best teams in the world battled it out at a "first ever" event of 3 simultaneous matches live on stage. 
       
  • Total Prize Pool: 250.000 dollars
       
  • Audience: 12.000 spectators - sold out last Friday, the day before the event.
       
  • The 5 Brazilians of SK Gaming beat Astralis in an intense final over 3 maps, last map going into overtime. Astralis was without one of the best players in the world, Nicolai "dev1ce" Reedtz, who due to a medica leave was replaced with Swedish Dennis "dennis" Edman.
      
  • BLAST Pro Series was officially opened by Brian Mikkelsen, Danish Minister for Industry, Business and Financial Affairs and Sophie Haestorp Andersen, Chairman of the Regional Council in the Capital Region of Denmark, who also presented the gold medals to the players and coach of SK Gaming.
       
  • 2.500 fans waited in line when the Arena opened 2 hours before the first game. 
       
  • The crowd was a mix of fans of competitive entertainment of all ages, including His Royal Highness, Prince Christian of Denmark.
       
  • More than 130 media representatives from 14 countries received an accreditation for the event.
       
  • The event was streamed globally on Twitch in a dozen languages. On top of this, tv channels in 12 countries broadcasted the full event or parts thereof. Total viewership will be available later.
       

Nikolaj Nyholm, CEO and co-Founder of RFRSH Entertainment:

"We are extremely proud of the event in Royal Arena and the way our new tournament format has been received by fans, viewers, players, partners and broadcasters. We intend to add 3-5 cities to the circuit in 2018, where we, alongside a number of international cities, also expect to return to Copenhagen."

"We would like to say a big "thank you for the support" to the Council of Greater Copenhagen and Wonderful Copenhagen, and we are honoured and proud to receive the backing from the Danish Minister of Industry, Business and Financial Affairs. The same goes to fans, broadcasters and our partners. We look forward to presenting the next events, cities and venues."

All pictures from the event on mynewsdesk.com/blastproseries/images are for free media/editorial use. Credit: RFRSH Entertainment

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