2025 EsportsTravel Summit to be Held in Bloomington, Minnesota
The EsportsTravel Summit is the world’s largest gathering of esports tournament and video-game event organizers and the only business conference focused on the travel side of the esports industry. Organized by the Northstar Meetings Group, the 2025 summit will be staged June 16–18, in Bloomington, Minnesota, a destination that has activated successful esports events at one of its largest civic assets, the Mall of America, as well as in its area hotels. The EsportsTravel Summit, which began in 2017, offers esports tournament organizers the chance to meet one-on-one in a dedicated marketplace with destinations and venues interested in hosting events, and suppliers interested in supporting those events.
The conference also includes high-level education featuring industry thought leaders and focused on trends in the industry. This year’s program will include several case studies on successful esports events held at the professional, collegiate and grass-roots levels. Other sessions will include a state-of-the-industry roundtable discussion, a deep dive on how Bloomington has found its niche in esports with the venues at its disposal and updates from a dozen esports event organizers on their upcoming tournaments.
“We remain optimistic on what the future of in-person esports tournaments can mean for the travel industry, which has shown a keen interest in finding ways to work with esports event organizers and enhance the in-person experience,” said Jason Gewirtz, vice president of the Northstar Meetings Group Sports Division. “But there is a place in these discussions for a wider range of voices, from the legal profession to the medical industry and more — voices we feel are key to the evolution of the industry. The esports industry has been fast to evolve and the EsportsTravel Summit serves a significant role in educating the travel industry on this dynamic market, and the esports industry on what destinations and venues can do to support their events as they have been doing for decades in traditional sports.”
The EsportsTravel Summit is produced in partnership with the Bloomington MN Convention & Visitors Bureau. Education sessions will be held at the conference’s host hotel, the JW Marriott Minneapolis Mall of America. For more information and to register, please visit www.esportstravelsummit.com.