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Why a gaming team?
MaRs Gaming is an amateur eSports team based out of St. Louis, Missouri. The team was founded in 2016, and acquired by Gateway Baseball in 2017. While the MaRs roster does feature GBL players, the team is not exclusive to Gateway Baseball members.
eSports is the fastest growing sport globally, and the proof is in the numbers: Some 205 million people watched or played eSports in 2014, according to market research firm Newzoo -- meaning that if the eSports nation were actually a nation, it would be the fifth largest in the world. (They're coming for you next, Indonesia!) And while eSports have long been biggest in Asia, especially gaming-mad Korea, North America and Europe now claim 28 million eSports fans and the number is growing by 21 percent a year. [ESPN]
Click here to learn even more about how quickly this sport is growing!
That being said, MaRs Gaming was the perfect addition to the Gateway family. In fact, MaRs is the first sports team acquired by Gateway Baseball LLC originating from outside the GBL.
eSports is the fastest growing sport globally, and the proof is in the numbers: Some 205 million people watched or played eSports in 2014, according to market research firm Newzoo -- meaning that if the eSports nation were actually a nation, it would be the fifth largest in the world. (They're coming for you next, Indonesia!) And while eSports have long been biggest in Asia, especially gaming-mad Korea, North America and Europe now claim 28 million eSports fans and the number is growing by 21 percent a year. [ESPN]
Click here to learn even more about how quickly this sport is growing!
That being said, MaRs Gaming was the perfect addition to the Gateway family. In fact, MaRs is the first sports team acquired by Gateway Baseball LLC originating from outside the GBL.
