{"id":1029,"date":"2019-07-24T15:19:25","date_gmt":"2019-07-24T15:19:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/owl-local-homestands-2020"},"modified":"2024-07-20T21:51:17","modified_gmt":"2024-07-20T21:51:17","slug":"owl-local-homestands-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/overwatch\/owl-local-homestands-2020","title":{"rendered":"Overwatch League to start moving to local homestands in 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p><p>After nearly two years of the <a aria-label=\"Overwatch League (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/overwatch\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Overwatch League<\/a> being played out almost entirely in Los Angeles&#8217; Blizzard Arena, the Overwatch League has announced that it is having a serious format overhaul for the upcoming 2020 season.<\/p><p><\/p><p>Starting its third season, the league will start to see its city-based franchising system fall into place as teams begin to play matches in their local cities.<\/p><p><\/p><p>The new format will expand on the &acirc;&#128;&#156;homestand&acirc;&#128;&#157; approach that has been introduced this year, with the Dallas Fuel, Atlanta Reign, and Los Angeles Valiant each hosting a weekend of matches throughout the season.<\/p><p><\/p><figure><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"PHI-v-LON-OWL.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-cf.ginx.tv\/imgcdn\/Dalu5f7ZUMGFW6FqaQ3ISEp3nMPUSvnwO0Wdy5J0NW8\/rs:fill:0:0:1\/g:ce\/aHR0cDovL2dpbngudHYvd3AtY29udGVudC91cGxvYWRzLzIwMTkvMDcvUEhJLXYtTE9OLU9XTC5qcGc\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" loading=\"lazy\">\r\n<figcaption>Credit: Bryan Bedder\/Getty Images for Blizzard Entertainment<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure><p><\/p><p>In Season 3 every single match will be played out in one of the teams&acirc;&#128;&#153; home venues, with the league essentially becoming a touring production that travels between different local stadiums. Each team will host at least two homestands during the season, meaning every city represented by a team is guaranteed to see competition.<\/p><p><\/p><p>This is the first big step towards a vastly different industry than the one we currently know and love &acirc;&#128;&#147; whilst city-based franchising has had more than its fair share of criticism, giving cities a chance to watch their local team without having to travel to Los Angeles is a huge step in the right direction.<\/p><p><\/p><p>&acirc;&#128;&#156;Next year is really when we start to run,&acirc;&#128;&#157; says Jon Spector, senior product director for the&nbsp;Overwatch&nbsp;League.<\/p><p><\/p><p>&acirc;&#128;&#156;The homestands this year were explicitly designed as a test and an opportunity to learn,&acirc;&#128;&#157; he continues. &acirc;&#128;&#156;The initial feedback on the model has been nothing but positive, and we feel really good about moving forward with it into next year.&acirc;&#128;&#157;<\/p><p><\/p><p>With the upcoming Call of Duty League being a city-based franchise league, we may well see something similar come to CoD esports in the coming years.<\/p><p><\/p><p>Below is a list of all the current Overwatch League teams and the division they&#8217;re in, so you can get a better idea of the matchups you might get to see.<\/p><p><\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Atlantic Conference<\/h2><p><\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">North Division<\/h3><p><\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n\t<li>Boston Uprising<\/li>\r\n\t<li>London Spitfire<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Toronto Defiant<\/li>\r\n\t<li>New York Excelsior<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Paris Eternal<\/li>\r\n<\/ul><p><\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">South Division<\/h3><p><\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n\t<li>Atlanta Reign<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Florida Mayhem<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Washington Justice<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Philadelphia Fusion<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Houston Outlaws<\/li>\r\n<\/ul><p><\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pacific Conference<\/h2><p><\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">West Division<\/h3><p><\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n\t<li>Los Angeles Gladiators<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Los Angeles Valiant<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Dallas Fuel<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Vancouver Titans<\/li>\r\n\t<li>San Francisco Shock<\/li>\r\n<\/ul><p><\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">East Division<\/h3><p><\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n\t<li>Chengdu Hunters<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Guangzhou Charge<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Hangzhou Spark<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Shanghai Dragons<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Seoul Dynasty<\/li>\r\n<\/ul><p><\/p><p>Stage Four of the Overwatch League kicks off July 25th, but fans will have to wait until next year to see their team&#8217;s local homestand.<\/p><p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After nearly two years of the Overwatch League being played out almost entirely in Los Angeles&#8217; Blizzard Arena, the Overwatch League has announced that it&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1030,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-overwatch"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - 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