esports: Karmine Corp first resident club of an arena in Europe (Évry-Courcouronnes, FRA) from 2024

Karmine Corp is to become the resident club of the Arènes de l'Agora in Évry-Courcouronnes (Essonne, FRA) from summer 2024, announced the esports club formed in 2020 by influencers Kamel "Kameto" Kebir and Amine "Prime" Mekri, on 16/09/2023.

KCorp will be "the first esports structure in Europe" to integrate an arena as a resident club. Scheduled for completion in 2024 following renovation work that began in 2018, the arena will have a capacity of 3,000, compared with 2,800 previously.

"10 to 20 esports events" will be held there every year, according to the Grand Paris Sud urban community on 16/09/2023. Karmine Corp, which describes itself as the first club to have introduced supporterism into esports, plans to market subscription offers. "It's a change of business model because it means having subscribers like in stadiums, having ticket sales like traditional clubs," explained Arthur Perticoz, CEO of KCorp, to AFP on 16/09/2023.

In addition to sponsorship, merchandise (digital and physical), payments from leagues and cash prizes, the esports club intends to develop a new source of…