2.4 billion
Hours of esports video watched last year, as millions around the world watched live streams. That figure is expected to reach 6.6 billion by 2018, according to market research firm
15,000
Seats in the world鈥檚 first dedicated esports stadium, due to open in 2017 in Hengqin, China
1972
Year of the first known video game contest. On 19 October Stanford University hosted students fighting it out in Spacewar. The prize? A year鈥檚 subscription to Rolling Stone
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$1.1 million
Earnings since 2011 of of the Chinese team Newbee (pictured, second from right), which plays DOTA 2. He became the highest-paid esports player when his team shared a $5million prize at The International (see 鈥�Esports: Live from the world鈥檚 biggest esports event鈥�).
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