Mutterkonzern des NHL-Teams Boston Bruins investiert in Splyce

Die Firma Delaware North, Mutterkonzern des amerikanischen Eishockeyteams Boston Bruins sowie deren Spielstätte TD Garden, hat den Schritt in den eSport gewagt und in die amerikanische Organisation Splyce investiert. In Rahmen dieser Investition soll die Multigaming-Organisation von Ressourcen und Infrastruktur profitieren. Auch eSport-Events sollen im TD Garden ausgetragen werden, um eine lokale Verbindung von Splyce mit der Stadt Boston zu schaffen.

Splyce stellt aktuell neun verschiedene Sparten, zu denen auch Spieler in den eher amerikanischen eSport-Titeln wie Call of Duty und Super Smash Bros. Melee gehören. Über die Höhe des Investments gibt es keine Informationen. Damit folgt die Führung des NHL-Teams den Vorbildern von unter anderem Joshua Harris (Philadelphia 76er und New Jersey Devils), welcher bei Team Dignitas und Apex Gaming einstieg, oder Ted Leonsis (Washington Capitals und Washington Wizards), welcher Anteile bei Team Liquid erwarb. 

Statement Amy Latimer, Präsident TD Garden:

Delaware North is always looking at emerging markets and new opportunities and certainly one in the entertainment and sports space. One, because we feel like we already have some of the important elements that would make a sports franchise successful. We have a sales teams for sponsorships and ticket sales. We have a marketing engine, social. We have an arena to host events. It was an ideal partnership because we already have some of the basic elements.

We love the idea of having it here in Boston. We think that we can leverage an unbelievable sports fan base and sort of the fans we already have but also more fans. For us, we’re always looking at what’s next, and we think it fits within our culture, and we’re just excited about it from a company standpoint. We really think there’s a tremendous opportunity.

I think having a home team and having [the TD Garden] as the home facility, and we want to make it one of the toughest places to play in. Truly, we think we bring all of those attributes here. For us, it’s really just adding another Boston sports team to the landscape.

Statement Marty Strenczewilk, CEO Splyce:

For us to be competitive for players, for opportunities for growing our business, we really have to look at what is the right opportunity, and you’re looking at places like Philadelphia, Boston, New York City, Chicago, if we want to stay in the northeast, and that was really important to us,“ he said. „Boston offered not only one of the passionate fan bases in sports, but also, it’s got great infrastructure here for running a sports team. I think there are really opportunities to grow the cross-fan-base between esports and sports both directions.