On Februrary 18 Modern Times Group MTG AB\u2019s (MTG) esports portfolio companies ESL and DreamHack announced an agreement with the worlds thirteen leading esports teams for participation in their esports circuits, among these the ESL Pro League. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The new agreement \u2013 informally called \u2018The Louvre Agreement\u2019 by all parties \u2013 was signed by Astralis, Complexity, Evil Geniuses, ENCE, FaZe Clan, Fnatic, G2 Esports, Mousesports, Natus Vincere, Ninjas in Pyjamas, Team Liquid, Team Vitality, and 100 Thieves following a meeting with ESL in Paris in January 2020. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Top teams in esports have committed to appearing in ESL and DreamHack competitions, and they’ll get a share of ESL Pro Tour revenues. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
“We are pleased to see this agreement which further establishes the ESL Pro Tour as the leading esports circuit format globally. This serves as yet another example of ESL’s and DreamHack’s shared ambition to build and commercially professionalize the global business of esports.” <\/p> J\u00f8rgen Madsen Lindemann, MTG president and CEO<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
The signatories of the agreement have won 28 ESL and DreamHack Masters-level competitions and two Intel(R) Grand Slams in the last four years, representing all of the top 10 ranked teams in the world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The agreement will introduce a new structure for ESL Pro League, grant partner teams a share of revenues from ESL Pro Tour competitions, instill a global division for ESL Pro League and regulate the way teams can influence ESL Pro League.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
On Februrary 18 Modern Times Group MTG AB\u2019s (MTG) esports portfolio companies ESL and DreamHack announced an agreement with the worlds thirteen leading esports teams for participation in their esports circuits, among these the ESL Pro League. The new agreement \u2013 informally called \u2018The Louvre Agreement\u2019 by all parties \u2013 was signed by Astralis, Complexity, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":1277,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[252,160,240,239,242,238,241,244,245,246,247,172,248,249,250,251],"class_list":["post-1250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-100-thieves","tag-astralis","tag-complexity","tag-dreamhack","tag-ence","tag-esl","tag-evil-geniuses","tag-faze-clan","tag-fnatic","tag-g2-esports","tag-mousesports","tag-mtg","tag-natus-vincere","tag-ninjas-in-pyjamas","tag-team-liquid","tag-team-vitality"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t