i58 announces record prize pool as half of BYOC tickets remain

There will be £70,000 up for grabs across Multiplay Insomnia58’s various eSports tournaments – the largest prize pot in the event’s history.
Elsewhere, half of the event’s BYOC tickets have been sold.
Multiplay previously announced i58 tournaments will include League of Legends, Rocket League, and CSGO, while Overwatch will make its Insomnia debut.
It also revealed a dedicated League of Legends area – known as League Fest – which will include its own £15,000 tournament featuring both pro and amateur players.
While Multiplay says in a press release that £55,000 is up for grabs at i58, it seems that doesn’t include the £15,000 League Pro-Am.
A quick check of the i58 website shows the full prize pool break-down is actually £70,000. It’s as follows:

• Hearthstone Truesilver Championship – $30,000 (around £21,000)
• Hearthstone Insomnia Redemption Cup (for eliminated players) – £2,000
• League Fest Pro-Am – £15,000
• CSGO – £7,500
• Dota 2 – £5,000
• Overwatch – £5,000
• Team Fortress 2 – £5,000
• League of Legends – £5,000
• Rocket League – £3,000
• FIFA 16 – £750 (£250 per day)
• Smash Bros – £750 (£250 per day)

There’s also a separate pub quiz with a £2,500 prize pot, which we obviously haven’t counted towards the overall eSports prize pool.
Craig Fletcher, CEO and founder of Multiplay, said: “This is the largest Insomnia to date. We’re expecting 100,000 people in August, making Insomnia one of the biggest festivals in the UK.”
Andy Smith, Insomnia events director at Multiplay added: “We’ve already sold over 50% of our tickets, so we’d encourage anyone thinking about coming along to book now.”
Insomnia58 will be taking place at the Birmingham NEC from August 26th to 29th. Tickets are available at https://insomniagamingfestival.com/tickets/

Dom Sacco

Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He graduated from Bournemouth University with a 2:1 degree in Multi-Media Journalism in 2007.

As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late ’80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation up until February 2021, when he stepped back to work full-time on Esports News UK and offer esports consultancy and freelance services. Note: Dom still produces the British Esports newsletter on a freelance basis, so our coverage of British Esports is always kept simple – usually just covering the occasional press release – because of this conflict of interest.