Braves Join Fortnite Backers for Metaverse Field of Dreams, and Dollars
Now this is a field of dreams. On Thursday, the Atlanta Braves unveiled the first MLB stadium built in the metaverse, an online replica of Truist Park that hosted a few…
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Man City Breaks Ground on Metaverse e-Tihad as Stadiums Go Virtual
Manchester City is headed to the metaverse, and they won’t be alone when they get there. Overlapping trends in camera tech, fan engagement strategies and blockchain…
Play-To-Earn Sports Games Take Center Stage With Turner Sports’ Blocklete Golf Launch
A year after NBA Top Shot’s boom introduced the concept of NFTs to sports fans, Turner Sports is hoping Blocklete Golf can do the same for play-to-earn gaming. In the…
Pandemic, MLB Hiatus Open Doors for Online Absurdist Sensation Blaseball
Baseball fans looking for a diversion from the ceaseless bargaining updates full of proposals and counterproposals can find an escape in the world of “Blaseball”, though…
Brooklyn Leaps Into the ‘Netaverse’ With Canon Broadcast Tech
The line between video game and reality continues to blur. A year ago, soccer leagues leaned on Electronic Arts’ soundtracks to recreate fan noise in stadiums emptied by…
New Fan Controlled Football Teams Tackle Metaverse After $40M Raise
The Fan Controlled Football league is about to become feline-controlled football. Following a $40 million Series A funding round, the experimental sports startup is…
$100K for a Character in a Virtual Basketball Game That Can’t Be Played Yet? Sold.
As gaming industry veteran and crypto convert Marcus Bläsche tracked last year’s blockchain boom, he could see three distinct trends, as well as an opportunity. There…
Michael, Jeffrey Jordan Jump Into the Metaverse With HEIR, Raising $10 Million
HEIR, supported by Michael Jordan and co-founded by his son Jeffrey, has raised $10 million in seed funding to launch a blockchain-based platform that will connect…
Horse Racing Metaverse Expands With Startup Selling NFT Farms
Canadian startup Oly Sport wants to build a metaverse around horse racing, allowing users to not only own and trade NFT thoroughbreds, but also the virtual stables that…
Game Maker GreenPark Raises $31 Million to Build a Sports Metaverse
Game developer GreenPark Sports has raised a $31 million Series B round to build a digital world for sports fans. Terraform Capital led the round, joined by Galaxy…
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What the Metaverse Means, and What It Means for Sports
There was blockchain, and cryptocurrency, and then DAOs. Ethereum, fungible tokens, gas fees. As our lives have become digitized and gamified over the last year, there…
LaLiga Joins Sports Fans’ Metaverse as Part of U.S. Market Push
As LaLiga braces for the reality of a post-Messi world, the top Spanish soccer league is also joining a virtual universe. Starting today, fans will be able to cheer on…
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