CS:GO is coming to ESL New York

This year Counter-Strike: Global Offensive will be the main game at ESL One’s annual event in New York.

The two-day event will be hosted at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on October 1-2. The Barclays Center is a 19,000-seat stadium which usually hosts major sports events, such as Stanley Cup playoffs. ESL One NY will be the first esports event for the arena.

Eight teams will compete for the $250,000 prize pool. Six teams received direct invites and two are determined by online qualifiers, one for Europe and one for North America. The EU qualifier took place on September 4th and was won by Astralis. There is yet no specific date for the North American qualifier.

ESL New York participating teams:

• SK Gaming – Direct invite
• G2 Esports – Direct invite
• Team Liquid – Direct invite
• Virtus.pro – Direct invite
• Natus Vincere– Direct invite
• Fnatic– Direct invite
• Astralis – EU qualifier
• TBA – NA qualifier

The North American qualifier will feature Cloud9, CLG, Echo Fox, TSM, OptTic Gaming, NRG, compLexity, and Immortals. We expect the matches to be played before September 30.