2015 World Championship venues

Riot·Apr 9, 2015·1 votes·402,098 views

We’ve been counting the days until we could share final details of our stops on the path to the final. The venues are locked in and we’re hyped to confirm our full line-up of host cities for this season’s grand finale! This fall, we’re bringing Worlds through Paris, London, and Brussels for group, quarters and semifinals before landing in Berlin where the two remaining teams will battle it out at the World Championship Final. We’ll be starting our journey with Group Stage games spread over two weeks in Paris at Le Dock Pullman. Along with the qualifying teams, next we’ll jump on the Eurostar to London for Quarterfinals, where we’ll be making our return to Wembley Arena, home of our 2014 LCS event. Once the top four teams emerge, we’ll head over to Brussels for the Semifinals at the Brussels Expo before hosting the Final clash for the cup in the home city of the EU LCS, Berlin, at the Mercedes-Benz Arena (currently the O2 World - Berlin). Choosing locations for the 2015 World Championship was a complex and time-intensive process. We began our search in earnest over a year ago, looking for venues and cities that gave us enough flexibility to customize live esports experiences for fans in the seats, as well as creating entertaining backdrops for players watching along at home. In the case of Paris and London, we’re thrilled to return to the major metropolitan cities that helped us blow the roof off 2014’s All-Star Game and LCS. We’re also looking forward to bringing high-level international play to Brussels for the first time, and reaching a new group of fans with live esports action within easy access of fans throughout Western Europe. Berlin has been an amazing home for the 2015 EU LCS, and we’ve chosen a World Finals location that celebrates this unique city and its esports fan community. We’re looking forward to welcoming fans from throughout EU and beyond to this final show, and can’t wait to unveil a finale to the 2015 Season that celebrates the dedication and skill of pros and teams throughout the year. We know we won’t have hit every city that fans were hoping we’d include in our journey. We count ourselves incredibly lucky that so many fans throughout Europe were passionate about us visiting their city - and we look forward to bringing live action to more fans with our EU Spring Finals in Madrid and another Summer Finals event to cap off the LCS season. Here’s the full list of dates and venues. We’ll be announcing ticket information within the next few weeks, so keep an eye on Lolesports for information on how to be a part of Worlds live later this year! Group Stages: October 1-4 and October 8-11 - Le Dock Pullman, Paris Quarterfinals: October 15-18 - SSE Arena Wembley, London Semifinals: October 24-25 - Brussels Expo, Brussels Finals: October 31 - Mercedes-Benz Arena (currently O2 World - Berlin) Halloween costume optional. See you in Europe!

188 Comments

HouwerApr 9, 201546 votes

Please Riot, in Brussels please don't use Dutch or French casters for the local crowd, just use the english broadcast !

If you do it in either language, the other part will probably be mad, so just use english ;)

DeceitApr 9, 201518 votes

As someone who lives in Flanders, I can do nothing but confirm that > 90% of dutch-speaking LoL gamers prefer English casters over their own language. (even if they try to talk English)

BuySkinToWinApr 9, 20156 votes

Definitely! Do it in English, like the person above me said, do it French: Dutch speaking people will be annoyed. Do it in Dutch: French speaking people will be annoyed.. just English.. please..

BabaSofaaApr 9, 20152 votes

They should do it in all regions. Alistar moo

hyromaruApr 9, 20156 votes

just let quickshot do it! ALL the games!

God i love quickshot

CubedJusticeApr 10, 20159 votes

I dunno man, Rivington's pretty great too.

Nothing Is TrueAug 10, 20151 votes

MonteCristo :D

QuazzymootoAug 24, 20153 votes

Have to agree with Cube, Rivington IMHO is leagues best caster out of all regions. Not to mention our NA casters are the real deal. The OG'S of leauge. #Rito

TrompetenWilliSep 7, 20151 votes

Bring back Deman! No one is or was nearly as good as him! Best caster ever!

LimbóSep 23, 20151 votes

digiWombat is the real deal though. His casts were always interesting and almost never ended up being about the game he was supposed to be casting. XD

NagasakiApr 9, 20159 votes

i live in neither place and would prefer Korean shoutcasters

IwfiKe3qjMApr 9, 201520 votes

WOW!!! From Paris to London next Brussels and then O2 Arena (will be named Mercedes-Benz Arena at the time) BERLIN!!! HOPING FOR THE HYPE BOIZ!!!

PortugaptApr 9, 20156 votes

I'm waiting it to be in Portugal, Lisbon has MEO Arena which holds up to 20k seats, for Quarters or even Semis it's a fine place(I Think). I would like to see Portugal hosting some LoL major event one day, maybe next year or the one following. Tho Riot made a good choice.

Branflakes016Apr 9, 20151 votes

YES. THAT IS THE PERFECT SPOT. I just wish they would notice Portugal.... I am supposed to be in Portugal the same time that this is going on.... Its a perfect place, its right near the water, near the mall, and obviously near a ton of restaurants. Im just waiting for it to be on the East Coast or over there

ColdCoffeeGamerApr 10, 20152 votes

These events are much more complicated than say a Rock concert that can be set up and torn down in 24 hours. First off they have to find venue that's available for five or so days, then there is also the often forgotten requirement to have warmup/practice/strategy rooms for each team.

That's probably why I think Riot started planning a year ago!

WulfyApr 10, 20154 votes

Based on Rotation schedule, I think NA will be hosting it next year, not Europe.

Matsuura KananApr 21, 20153 votes

actually it will probably be in china

LNMgKFSjmcApr 9, 20159 votes

Nice spread of venues. Should be an awesome experience!

X3N0T3CHApr 9, 20158 votes

I hope they come to Chicago some day!!!! item 3151

LolMaster0206Apr 9, 20156 votes

Ya or hit up DC summoner 31

CritShotBoiiApr 10, 20152 votes

I would die if that were to happen

DPRK Rammus RamApr 9, 20152 votes

I'm not sure Riot's map of NA goes that far past the rockies.. There's always hope for when they do a set of places with good connection to the LatAm server though ^^

...would totally love to see them locally though

ArangelaApr 9, 20156 votes

Really, REALLY disappointed to see Berlin on the list at all. It's not fair, EU LCS is always there!

However, quite sure the British crowd will once again show you that we're a great crowd to have:)

TerraRisingApr 9, 20155 votes

Capacity-wise, seems like a downgrade. Less than half the number of seats from the Korean show.

However, I'm sure the show for those at home will be awesome!

FNC HoloApr 9, 20155 votes

Paris, London??? they had LCS events before. Spain gets 2nd event in few days time. Poland has IEM Katowice, Germany has regular season. you guys need to travel to other locations as well Prague(Czech Republic) or Italy, Romania, Denmark (home of the best midlaners eu/na), Sweden, etc. you know "Europe" is not just France, UK and Germany.

and by the way, i'm sure you find venues, hotels, airports and other things related with such events in these places. you're asking us to go to 2 of the most expensive cities in the world to spend 100 euro/night at a cheap hostel in Paris/London and i'm sure that Brussels is close by.

KratastrofApr 9, 20153 votes

Lots of cheap hotels in Brussels. Just need to book them early. And, btw, in Brussels, no need to sleep. Go to the LCS, then hang out in e-sports bars drinking beers all night long :)

Brussels if waaaaaaaay less expensive than Paris and London. Just don't get trapped in tourists hot spots.

RekeniApr 9, 20153 votes

At the LCS event In London me and some Friends were able to stay in London for the night for £15 less than a £5-£10 Journey from wembley arena It's really not that expensive

VixanysApr 9, 20152 votes

Can never please everyone. Make it, as you say, Prague, Italy, Romania, Denmark, Sweden etc, and everyone else is going to be pissed.

When was the last Russian LoL Event, how about Brazil, Canada, Australia? Jeez, OMG you pick such nice places RITO PLZ.

Also, dafaq, Worlds in Paris and London. MSI in Talahassee, FL. T.T This is messed up!

BaronBargyApr 10, 20152 votes

I can think of a few good reasons why Russia might not get picked, starting with its terrible track record regarding LGBT rights, and ending with the way the 2014 Winter Olympics were such a hotbed of controversies. (And not just because of the LGBT rights problems, either.)

There's also that ongoing thing with Ukraine, but as we all know, Russia denies any "official" involvement in that one.

RohenDarApr 9, 20155 votes

I live about 15min away from Brussels Expo, don't know why you would choose this place. It's old and small. It's squished into this weird location with the national football stadion. It's OUTSIDE the city, right next to the major ring highway. The only thing it has going for it is a lot of easy parking, but it does mean tourists are completely cut off from actual Brussels tourist places. Not a great way to attract foreign people to come.

If people are coming from out of the country, there is almost no easy/cheap hotels to stay at close by. People are going to have to take public transport from the city center to it, which is notoriously bad, especially late hours.

As a local, so much the better. If your goal is to have the stadion fill up only with Belgians than great.

DecsuApr 9, 20154 votes

Malphite MFW

Officer ObviousApr 9, 20153 votes

Hell Yeah! Berlin I'm coming!!

IcCedApr 9, 20153 votes

BERLIN BERLIN WIR FAHREN NACH BERLIN!

SilotriXXApr 9, 20153 votes

O2 World in Berlin? 17.000 Only :O I mean last Worlds there were much more! Take it to the Olymipastadion 100.000 inc. :D

TerraRisingApr 9, 20151 votes

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O2 World in Berlin? 17.000 Only :O I mean last Worlds there were much more! Take it to the Olymipastadion 100.000 inc. :D

Actually, with production necessities, expect around 13 to 14 k seats to be available.

joselmp95Apr 9, 20154 votes

Even worse, it s quite sad to see that instead make it bigger, improve the event and influency, they are making it smaller than even s3 when League was less popular.

Young MobyApr 9, 20151 votes

Well the stadium they used last year had a capacity of over 66,000 seats and less then of it was filled so i think 17,000 is reasonable

TerraRisingApr 9, 20159 votes

There were ~45,000 seats available at the Seoul WorldCup stadium and they sold out.

V POct 12, 20151 votes

Do you not get that litterally every person in south korea plays league with passion. Diamond there is like challenger here. Bronze there is challenger in lan. They love it with passion they of course would all go to the worlds.

TerraRisingOct 12, 20151 votes

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Do you not get that litterally every person in south korea plays league with passion. Diamond there is like challenger here. Bronze there is challenger in lan. They love it with passion they of course would all go to the worlds.

I can't tell if you're trolling or not.