{"id":9442,"date":"2019-09-04T17:06:04","date_gmt":"2019-09-04T07:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/?p=9442"},"modified":"2019-09-04T17:06:04","modified_gmt":"2019-09-04T07:06:04","slug":"melbourne-cbd-to-get-purpose-built-esports-rpg-gaming-arena","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/news\/melbourne-cbd-to-get-purpose-built-esports-rpg-gaming-arena\/","title":{"rendered":"Melbourne CBD to get purpose-built Esports &#038; RPG gaming arena"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/27124346\/Fortress_Melbourne_Esports_Arena-Stand.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Fortress Esports Pty Ltd has today announced that the largest video game and esports venue in the Southern Hemisphere is coming to Emporium Melbourne.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nOK, I&#8217;m ready to admit it. Esports is a thing &amp; it&#8217;s only getting bigger.<\/p>\n<p>One of Melbourne CBD&#8217;s most prominent (and new) retail spaces is now converting what used to be TopShop into a 2,700m2 Esports mecca.<\/p>\n<p>Opening in early 2020 the space will boast 200+ seats for its main gameplay arena, dedicated streaming pods, bar, \u00a0tavern and dedicated RPG tabletop space.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/press-start.com.au\/news\/2019\/09\/03\/melbourne-is-getting-the-largest-games-esports-space-in-the-southern-hemisphere\/\">Melbourne Is Getting The Largest Games &amp; Esports Space In The Southern Hemisphere<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fortress Esports Pty Ltd has today announced that the largest video game and esports venue in the Southern&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[10],"tags":[94,1449,193],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"reckoner_social_message":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9442"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9442"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9442\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9444,"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9442\/revisions\/9444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}