Challenge
Four show days. No loose ends.
Deliver a championship experience across venue operations, fan entertainment, the Challengers tournament and broadcast—while coordinating multiple production partners inside a 360-degree arena environment.
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Arena production · Broadcast · Tournament operations
CDL Champs 2025
The Aud · Waterloo, CanadaThe brief
An arena-scale championship weekend built around competition, fans and a record-setting global broadcast.
BroadcastLive EventsAVLOperations
- Market
- Esports & Gaming
- Date
- June 24–27, 2025
- Location
- The Aud · Waterloo, Canada
- Partners
- OverActive Media · Activision Blizzard · EFG
- Scope
- Venue management, in-house entertainment, vendor logistics, tournament operations, broadcast truck and equipment
353,525Peak viewers
360°Arena stage
4 daysLive event
Solution
One command across arena and broadcast.
Maelstrom led venue management and front-of-house entertainment, coordinated vendors, operated the Challengers tournament and supplied full broadcast support, including a broadcast truck and production equipment.
Outcome
A championship built for the room and the world.
The event peaked at 353,525 viewers and became the most-watched Call of Duty League event at the time, as well as the second most-watched Call of Duty esports event ever.
Production proof
Every live layer had an owner.
The result came from treating venue, competition and transmission as one operating plan.
- 01Venue + front of house
- 02Challengers tournament
- 03Broadcast truck + equipment
- 04353,525 peak viewers
Bring us the hard part
Planning a production with this much moving at once?
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