LA 2024 organizers show big interest in Esports at Olympics

The organizing group of LA 2024 Olympics bid showed some huge interest in the act of Esports as a potential Olympic event in case of US ended up running the games on its soil in 2024, as they see this virtual sport to be one with huge global attention that would help millennials go back to watch Olympics more.

In the press release issued by the LA 2024 group the League World Championship was among the prime examples of Esports popularity. In its finals, the World Championship managed to fill Staples Center in LA to its max with 21,000 attendants and millions of viewers via broadcasts and websites. These huge numbers are what makes LA 2024 think it will do good at the Olympics as the viewership rates are continuously decreasing for people of younger ages, as the average Esports viewer is said to be 24-27 according to researches.

LA 2024 hopes that the US will provide good ground for Esports at the Olympics in 2024, as this future sports keeps expanding and growing more than ever.