New Real Madrid Bernabéu Stadium to Feature Esports Arena

The rise of popularity in esports has led to many traditional professional sports organizations and leaders to invest into the ever growing and expanding industry. From NBA teams to owners of NFL teams and many more, the worlds of traditional sports and esports continues to merge on a regular basis.

One of the latest merges comes by the way of popular soccer club Real Madrid, as the organization revealed in a video showcasing the new changes that will be made to its Estadio Santiago Bernabéu stadium that its upgraded venue will feature a dedicated esports arena. 

You can view the first glimpse of the dedicated esports arena that will be featured in the new Real Madrid stadium at the 2:13 mark of the view embedded below. 

The addition of the competitive gaming arena in the new and upgraded Real Madrid stadium would be the first official step into the professional gaming industry for Real Madrid as the organization does not currently have any investments into the industry or have any players signed to a contract.

With the video of the new Real Madrid stadium showing off what looks to be a competitive FIFA match between the two League of Legends teams of Isurus Gaming and Furious Gaming, the first footage of the stadium's esports arena could be pointing to the possibility that Real Madrid will soon be entering both the esports scenes for FIFA and League of Legends.

However, the mixed footage of the two different competitive scenes for two of the most popular titles in the world could also have been a possible unintentional mix up of the teams and the game they compete in. 

Fans of both esports and Real Madrid can now be extremely excited at the fact that their favorite soccer club has begun to make moves to make a name for itself in the industry that is breaking barriers every single day. 

(cover photo courtesy of The Spain Event)