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Potential revenue growth in selected sports worldwide 2020
The eSports industry experienced an unprecedented boom in 2020, thanks in part to the coronavirus pandemic which caused the cancelation of many traditional sporting events and leagues. During an August 2020 survey among sports industry leaders worldwide, some 86.3 percent identified simulated eSports as an industry with a very high potential to grow revenues.