CSU Dominguez Hills unveils esports facility

By City News Service

facility," CSUDH President Thomas Parham said.

"CSUDH recognizes the immense potential esports has for students — it empowers them to innovate, compete, collaborate, and create content within a new and burgeoning industry, providing them with transferable assets to assist them in better managing their academics, and functional skills necessary for their future careers."

The new space will provide students the opportunity to learn game building and gaming theory, access to science, technology, engineering and math disciplines and increased student engagement while addressing issues of equity, inclusion and academics, university officials said.

"It's a huge recruiting tool and gets the school international media coverage that dwarfs what most of our traditional sports receive," Nicholas Bulum, senior editor with the CSUDH Communications and Marketing office, told City News Service.

Monday's dedication ceremony began at 1 p.m. and was followed by tours of the facility and live student gaming events between students from CSUDH, Cal State Long Beach and Cal State Fullerton until 6 p.m. Sixth- through 12th-grade students from the Compton Unified School District will participate in exhibition games.

CSUDH's esports teams compete nationally in college-exclusive competitive leagues each semester. Some of the most popular competitive esports titles include Call of Duty, League of Legends, Overwatch 2, Super Smash Bros., Rocket League, Valorant, Apex Legends and Alumni.