Instead of forcing all 10 teams to play in one stadium, Teams that are able to play at home should have half their games at home. The biggest, best crowds are home crowds, look at Sao Paulo when Loud was playing, Look at the blue wall , Look at any Japan cround.
It is way, way more expensive to run, but there are (imo) big benefits.
- Crowds are at least the same size if not larger, with a better atmosphere than currently (no wii crowds).
- Fans get to engage more with their team. They can get a season ticket to a whole year's worth of league games as opposed to seeing 0 games if they don't live in LA/Berlin/Seoul. They can get to know the other fans, come up with team songs that aren't "lets go x", maybe even go on away trips to derby games (e.g.: Furia vs Loud , Kru vs Leviatan).
- Orgs actually get to make some money from their team playing. They can sell tickets, add undercard events, sell merchandise at the ground, get their content creation arm more involved because the games aren't half a continent away.
- Sponsors (org specific, maybe vcl) get to sell at more than 3 venues.
- Traditional sports teams/venue owners get to say to investors that they have a foothold in Esports, by hosting these games.
Sources: it came to me in a dream.
Obviously this will never happen because it would require Riot give up control, because visa issues, because most orgs are already broke having spent VC money on huge salaries and crypto, etc. But a fan can dream. I will say that the current set up is a waste of potential for all 30 organisations involved, and we all know it. 300 people to watch KOI vs KC? Give over, they could get 10x, maybe even 30x that if it was in Madrid or Paris.
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