Team Liquid and Alienware launch \u201cworld\u2019s largest\u201d esports facility in Brazil Team LiquidTeam Liquid and Alienware have announced the opening of a massive multi-million dollar facility in S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil. It is the \u201clargest esports operations, housing and training center\u201d in the world, according to the international organization. The \u2018Alienware Training Facility\u2019, as it is called by Team Liquid, occupies an entire 13-story building on Avenida Ang\u00e9lica, in the heart of S\u00e3o Paulo, and will serve as the organization\u2019s headquarters for training and operations in Brazil. Boasting 3,092 m2 of floor area, the new base is twice the size of Team Liquid\u2019s other facilities, located in Los Angeles, California, and Utrecht, Netherlands. It is capable of housing the over 80 employees that Team Liquid have in Brazil, 90% of whom will be using the facility on a daily basis. The facility was designed to cater to all facets of an operation of this size, complete with dormitories for players, staff, and visiting teams, training rooms, production studios, streaming stations, dedicated spaces for physical and mental health, a restaurant, and an open-air rooftop lounge area. It will also give Team Liquid more ways to interact with the community as it will house the organization\u2019s first physical store and also a fan zone. \u201cWe have committed to a ten-year lease, and the investment in the build and hardware within the facility is multiple millions of dollars,\u201d Claire Hungate, COO and President of Team Liquid, told Dexerto. \u201cWe see esports and our investment in Brazil, as elsewhere, as a long-term commitment and investment.\u201d Planning of the new facility began in early 2021, though the location scouting only started closer to the end of the year because of the global health crisis, Rafael Queiroz, general manager of Team Liquid in Brazil, told Dexerto. \u201cWhen we saw this building it immediately clicked, and after making the decision in early 2022 it took seven months of architecture and project management, and then five months of construction to finish the facility,\u201d Queiroz added. The opening of this state-of-the-art facility in S\u00e3o Paulo highlights the central role that Brazil plays in Team Liquid\u2019s global strategy. The esports organization currently manages three teams in this country \u2013 Valorant, Rainbow Six Siege, and Fortnite -, with 24 members, between players, content creators, and streamers. Queiroz acknowledged that the new facility will make it easier for Team Liquid to expand their esports footprint in Brazil should they decide to sign new teams in the future. \u201cWe are constantly looking into new opportunities, and this building was set up so it can be future proof, and meet our growth and requirements for the next ten years,\u201d he said. \u201cSo if we do decide to pick up another roster, we\u2019ll have the space for them. Making the decision to sign a new roster always depends on whether the game provides a long-term opportunity to an organization like ours, and if there are local rosters capable of competing at a global level.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Team Liquid and Alienware launch \u201cworld\u2019s largest\u201d esports facility in Brazil Team LiquidTeam Liquid and Alienware have announced the opening of a massive multi-million dollar facility in S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil. It is the \u201clargest esports operations, housing and training center\u201d in the world, according to the international organization. The \u2018Alienware Training Facility\u2019, as it is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67016\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}