{"id":3730,"date":"2023-12-02T12:41:11","date_gmt":"2023-12-02T12:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uaenewsroom.com\/phenomenal-abu-dhabi-infrastructure-ideal-for-esports-says-ceo-of-gaming-platform-blast\/"},"modified":"2023-12-02T12:41:11","modified_gmt":"2023-12-02T12:41:11","slug":"phenomenal-abu-dhabi-infrastructure-ideal-for-esports-says-ceo-of-gaming-platform-blast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uaenewsroom.com\/en\/phenomenal-abu-dhabi-infrastructure-ideal-for-esports-says-ceo-of-gaming-platform-blast\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Phenomenal\u2019 Abu Dhabi infrastructure ideal for esports, says CEO of gaming platform BLAST"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\nThe closing months of the year are traditionally a time when many sporting events dominate the entertainment industry in the Gulf region, and particularly the UAE.<\/p>\n<p>\nFormula 1, UFC, NBA and Supercross events have already graced the 2023 calendar, with tennis yet to come.<\/p>\n<p>\nYou can now add esports to that list.<\/p>\n<p>\nOn Dec. 16-17, the BLAST Premier World Final returns to Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi with world\u2019s finest Counter-Strike players competing for a total prize pool of $1 million.<\/p>\n<p>\nRobbie Douek, CEO of BLAST, says he is \u201cproud\u201d to be involved with Abu Dhabi Gaming for the event, and&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/node\/2418981\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The closing months of the year are traditionally a time when many sporting events dominate the entertainment industry in the Gulf region, and particularly the UAE. Formula 1, UFC, NBA and Supercross events have already graced the 2023 calendar, with tennis yet to come. You can now add esports to that list. On Dec. 16-17, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[123,10],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3730","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-sports","7":"category-sports-ar"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uaenewsroom.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uaenewsroom.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uaenewsroom.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uaenewsroom.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uaenewsroom.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3730"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/uaenewsroom.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3730\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uaenewsroom.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uaenewsroom.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uaenewsroom.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}