[UPDATE (as of 02/09): Ticket prices for the BLAST Premier World Final are now out, with fans able to catch the action from 1 to 3 November. The full details are as follows:
- S$38 (General Admission, 1 November)
- S$68 (General Admission, 2 November)
- S$78 (General Admission, 3 November)
- S$148 (3-Day General Admission)
- S$168 (3-Day Premium Seating)
- S$248 (BLAST Premier Bundle)
The BLAST Premier Bundle includes 1 X Premium Reserved Seat in the best seats in the house for all three live event dates and 1 X Official Blast Premier Merchandise item. Tickets can now be purchased on Ticketmaster.]
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BLAST, a Denmark-based esports media production company, has announced that this year’s BLAST Premier World Final will be held from 30 October to 3 November at Resorts World Convention Centre in Sentosa, making its debut on the shores of sunny Singapore.
BLAST Premier is a Counter-Strike 2 (CS2) professional esports league launched in 2020. Since then, it’s garnered an eye-watering US$15.1 million in its cumulative prize pool. The Blast Premier World Final will serve as the finale of the 2024 Blast Premier season, seeing eight of the world’s best CS2 teams battle it out for the largest slice of a US$1 million prize pot.
Three of four teams have already been granted automatic qualification in the Blast Premier World Final — through winning S-tier CS2 events throughout the year. Winners of the PGL Major Copenhagen, Natus Vincere (Na’Vi), earned their place back in March. Team Spirit has followed in vain, and will be in attendance after their legendary run at the Intel Extreme Masters (IEM) Katowice. New to the party is Team Vitality, who were recently crowned champions of IEM Cologne just last week. The last invite will be sent out to the winners of the BLAST Premier Fall Final happening at the end of September.
The last four slots will be taken by teams with the highest points on the BLAST World Ranking. With FaZe Clan and G2 Esports already having enough points to guarantee qualification, the race is on for the remaining three spots. Should the BLAST Premier Fall Final be won by Na’Vi, Spirit, or Vitality too, that spot will then go to a World Ranking team instead.
The Blast Premier World Final 2024 will be the first time an S-tiered CS2 event is hosted in Southeast Asia. However, Singapore’s no stranger to hosting major esports tournaments. In recent years, the island-state has played host to massive events in the form of Mobile Legends: Bang Bang‘s M2 and M3 World Championships. And who can forget about The International 11?
Overall, with aspirations of being considered as a world-class esports destination, hosting this final is a huge win for Singapore. Backed by the Singapore Tourism Board, one can hope that all parties will put in the work, and reaffirm Singapore’s place as a global esports and gaming hub.
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