The new partner of the Katowice gaming hub. President of ESL Polska: We want to be an impulse for other companies
One of the key companies in the e-sports industry announced its decision to join the newly emerging gaming and technological hub in Katowice. – We are opening a new space for further development in close cooperation with the city and other industry companies – says for “Wprost” Aleksander Szlachetko, managing director of ESL Polska
Transferring its existing production studio from Żeliwna Street to a new location in the space of the former Wieczorek mine, the company wants not only to continue its operations, but also to co -create a dynamic gaming and technological ecosystem in the capital of Upper Silesia.
Katowice the e-sports capital of Poland
ESL Gaming Polska has an established position in Katowice, organizing one of the largest e-sports tournaments in the world, including the iconic Intel Extreme Masters. Over the past decade, the company has built a huge production hub, occupying almost 8,000 square meters, including modern television studies and advanced technological infrastructure.
-We expressed the will to join the Katowice initiative to create a gaming and technological hub, to move there on the one hand and be able to develop further with the hub-said “Wprost” president of ESL Gaming Polska, a nobody.
In this project, the company sees a chance for further expansion and cooperation with other entities from the gaming and technological industries. The new space is to help strengthen the position of Katowice as an innovation and e-sport center.
Synergy instead of competition
The new gaming and technological hub is aimed at attracting not only e-sport companies, but also the broadly understood high technologies sector. ESL Gaming Polska is not afraid of competition – on the contrary, the company is counting on the synergy effect.
– We will count on coexistence, cooperation and creating synergy. So we want it to be a diversified, diverse place, which has many different entities, which each other – may not even have direct business relationships that create such tissue. He creates this synergy effect, supports the city, develops. I think that for employees, for residents, it is a base that hopefully will develop, which will be an interesting technology park, an interesting place that will focus business and constitute a great place to develop their career. – He emphasized.
The new center is to not only support the development of the gaming and e-sports market, but also to be an attractive space for specialists from the industry and young talents who want to develop their career in Katowice.
ESL Gaming Polska sees in this cooperation a chance for the development of not only its activities, but also the entire technological ecosystem in the region.
“Transferring there (gaming and technological hub-editor’s note), we will open a new space to continue to develop with the city and develop further in the city and be such an impulse for other companies from the high technology sector, but also oriented strictly on gaming and e-sport. To join this initiative and develop with us this technological market and develop the market. I hope with the benefit for the city and its inhabitants, “said Szlachetko.
Transferring activities to a gaming hub can be a key step for further strengthening Katowice as a leader in the gaming industry. The city’s cooperation with the global e-sports giant can attract further investments and develop the local technology sector even more.
