After the Overwatch League grand finals, the league prepares to finally go global

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The Vancouver Titans will face off against the San Francisco Shock in the Overwatch League grand finals this Sunday at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. The championship is a big day for the burgeoning e-sports league, pitting the two most dominant teams in the game against one another.

But an arguably even more important milestone happened earlier in the week — and it took place across the street. On Wednesday, the Philadelphia Fusion — the city’s OWL team — held a groundbreaking ceremony for Fusion Arena, a $50 million e-sports complex that will eventually become the team’s home ground.

It’s the first such purpose-built facility in OWL, but it likely won’t be the last. The finals are just days away, but the league is already...

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