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Champions to be held at Volkswagen Arena with live crowd

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August 19, 2022

Riot have announced that Valorant Champions will play out in the Volkswagen Arena in Istanbul, Turkey. Additionally, a live crowd will be present for the playoffs, similarly to Stage 2 Masters: Copenhagen.

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@ValorantEsports

Hey players! We’re excited to share that #VALORANTChampions İstanbul will take place at the VW Arena & have a live audience starting with the Play-Off bracket, Sep 9-18th!

Live audiences at international events have been a highly-anticipated aspect of Valorant esports due to the game's release in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. This time around, unlike Stage 2 Masters: Copenhagen, crowds will be present for the entire playoffs stage, as opposed to the final three days of the event.

The official capacity of the Volkswagen Arena is lower than that of Forum Copenhagen's, with the range estimated to be between 4,500 and 5,800 spectators depending on seating configurations.

At the time of writing, tickets are not available for purchase.

Group stage play is set to kick off on Wed, Aug 31 and run through Thurs, Sept 8. The playoffs will commence the day after, on Sept 9.

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uncommon riot W

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W, L car brand though

Tesla clears

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Who Cars?

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Bro said tesla

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average beta tesla driver
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average sigma petrol car driver
VROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMM

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tesla LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO petrol-powered cars are better dont care if we are all dying

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Downvoted but holy based

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They aren’t remotely direct competitors

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name checks out

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damn i didnt know they had cars in zimbabwe

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nice! a lot better with top 8 than top 4

riot W

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Capacity is lower than the Forum???
😂😂😂

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https://twitter.com/da1monnn/status/1559980962980761600 ...

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10k is still abysmal lmao

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most big CS events have 10k maybe 12

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That's specifically official capacity with standard seating alone. That can fluctuate depending on space for standing spectators, the main stage arrangement, and COVID-19 restrictions.

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https://imgur.com/OdoaFh8

Go make another post like this

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Valorant lives rent free in this guy's head LMAO.

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Bro's got SSs 💀💀💀

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https://youtu.be/jcMpGz1Xudo

I think it’s looks great

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https://youtu.be/IMRwuRE0h64?t=2607 this was also in the same arena for a league game, I was there :)

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MEGA W

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W 30 minutes to my house (sadge my old house looks to arena)

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Rare riot W

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Blast had an event in Istanbul. It literally had like 13k+ crowd capacity...
I know it all comes to availability of the place and all but still if they're about to host an arena event than than they should book it in advance, especially in a country like turkey where the playerbase is massive compared to other games..

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i mean its still like 3 weeks till playoffs so

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This is the second time there introducing a crowd, why buy out a bigger place when I almost guarantee even this stadium won’t be packed. We shall see though

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GOOD STAGE

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Rito W????

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Its Always in fucking Germany even when the Country is called Türkiye...

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Why not Sinan Erdem Arena with 22k capacity. VW Arena home team tier 2 basketball team Darüşaffaka.
https://www.futbolmedya.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/1000px-Sinan_Erdem_Dome_Panaroma.jpg

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L, arena is small af. event is gonna be really bad

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EsL cOLoGnE iS THe ONLy rEAl eVeNT

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?? what does Cologne have to do with it, btw Cologne is insane event

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Bro as someone who has been to this place many times for basketball games you don’t know what you are talking about it’s enough for esports games

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W venue but L for not giving the details on time for people to plan a trip

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W if i go there

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Why only for playoffs? Why just have a live crowd throughout the whole event? :/

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maybe the arena to rent is expensive

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what does mean W?

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Welcome to vlr

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W es el corto de Win. Se usa como jerga para aprobar algo.
L sería lo contrario, cuando no estas contento con una decisión o así.

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Yeetus Yeetus

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not getting Sinan Erdem or Ulker is a fucking tragedy ngl. sub 6000 crowd for a world championship

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