Kick-Start an Esports Initiative at Your Casino
Esports initiative success depends on achieving integration into the existing casino ecosystem.
- You're having difficulty estimating the value of an esports venue.
- There's a lack of understanding of the esports culture at your casino.
- You're unsure of the technical infrastructure required for esports.
- Esports is an unfamiliar revenue and visitation business model compared to traditional casino and hospitality venues.
Our Advice
Critical Insight
- Esports is not about having a big tournament a couple of times a year. Rather, it's about developing a culture of esports so that the casino can grow with the changing preferences of the younger demographic.
- Leverage your existing technology suppliers to get the gear you need to build out the lounges.
- Casinos should experiment with low cost esports initiatives to see how customers respond to different design considerations.
Impact and Result
- Use Info-Tech’s research to understand the esports culture and how that culture can be best approached by casinos to create a sustainable business venture that engages a sought-after demographic.
- Review the technical requirements that a casino needs to purchase or outsource to implement different esports initiatives.
Workshop: Kick-Start an Esports Initiative at Your Casino
Workshops offer an easy way to accelerate your project. If you are unable to do the project yourself, and a Guided Implementation isn't enough, we offer low-cost delivery of our project workshops. We take you through every phase of your project and ensure that you have a roadmap in place to complete your project successfully.
Module 1: Create a Vision for the Esports Initiative
The Purpose
- Conceive of an esports initiative that aligns with the business goals.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Completed concept, rationale, and business-goal sections of MVBC.
Activities
Outputs
Define the concept for your esports initiative.
Align esports with business priorities.
- Completed concept, rationale, and business-goal sections of MVBC.
Module 2: Determine High-Level Costs, Benefits, and Risks
The Purpose
- Calculate an initial cost-benefits analysis and consider the risks and mitigation efforts for the initiative.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Completed cost-benefits analysis and risks-and-mitigation sections of MVBC.
Activities
Outputs
Gather high-level technical requirements.
Calculate an initial cost-benefits analysis for the initiative.
Identify risks and mitigation efforts.
- Completed cost-benefits analysis and risks-and-mitigation sections of MVBC.
Module 3: Gain Support and Prepare a Business Case
The Purpose
- Create a plan for presenting the MVBC for esports to stakeholders.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Approval to move on with full business case.
Activities
Outputs
Seek approval from key decision makers.
Prepare for the full business case.
- Create a plan to present the MVBC for esports to stakeholders.
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We produce unbiased and highly relevant research to help CIOs and IT leaders make strategic, timely, and well-informed decisions. We partner closely with IT teams to provide everything they need, from actionable tools to analyst guidance, ensuring they deliver measurable results for their organizations.
What Is a Blueprint?
A blueprint is designed to be a roadmap, containing a methodology and the tools and templates you need to solve your IT problems.
Each blueprint can be accompanied by a Guided Implementation that provides you access to our world-class analysts to help you get through the project.
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Guided Implementation 1: Create a vision for the esports initiative
- Call 1: Discuss how esports can best fit into the existing goals and ecosystem at the casino.
Guided Implementation 2: Determine high-level costs, benefits, and risks
- Call 1: Discuss the technical requirements.
- Call 2: Finalize the MVBC for esports.
Guided Implementation 3: Gain support and prepare business case
- Call 1: Plan to present the MVBC for esports to decision makers.
Contributors
- Spiro Khouri, VP Marketing, The Gaming Stadium
- Alex Igelman, Founder and Managing Director, Esports Capital Corp.
- Chris Garrow, Gaming Operations Director, Prairie Band Casino & Resort
- Zack Johnson, Founder, ggCircuit LLC
- Jennifer Roberts, Associate Director, UNLV International Center for Gaming Regulation
- Anthony Gaud, President and Chief Creative Officer, INGAME ESPORTS
- 1 anonymous contributor