EStars Fortnite tournament to take place at football stadiums across the UK and Ireland

Tournament series EStars has announced a new Fortnite grassroots esports tournament taking place in stadiums across the UK and Ireland.

The solo battle royale competition starts on January 4th 2019 at Glasgow’s Celtic Park Stadium and culminates in the finals at Chelsea FC’s Stamford Bridge in London on March 31st. It’s open to anyone aged 12 and up.
The total prize pool is £50,000, with £25,000 going to the winner. EStars says there are more than 600 individual cash prizes to be won spread across the following ten different locations:

• 4^th, 5^th & 6^th January 2019 – Celtic Park Stadium, Glasgow, Scotland
• 11^th, 12^th & 13^th January 2019 – Emirates Stadium, London, England
• 18^th, 19^th & 20^th January 2019 – Amex Stadium, Brighton, England
• 1^st, 2^nd & 3^rd February 2019 – Liberty Stadium, Swansea, Wales
• 15^th, 16^th & 17^th February 2019 – Croke Park, Dublin, Ireland
• 22^nd, 23^rd & 24^th February 2019 – Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton, England.
• 1^st, 2^nd & 3^rd March 2019 – St. James’ Park Stadium, Newcastle, England.
• 8^th, 9^th, & 10^th March 2019 – The National Stadium at Windsor Park, Belfast, NI
• 22^nd, 23^rd & 24^th March 2019 – Etihad Stadium, Manchester, England.
• 29^th & 30^th March 2019 – Stamford Bridge, London, England.
• Final: 31^st March 2019 – Stamford Bridge, London, England

There will also be dance contests (shudders at the thought of parents trying to do the flossing dance), VIP meet and greets and opportunities to win esports prizes.

Maeve Finnegan from EStars said:”We are delighted to bring the most popular game in the world to life across the UK and Ireland. EStars featuring Fortnite is for fans of Fortnite to play together. It promises to be an engrossing extravaganza that will be spectacular for the gamers.”

EStars aims to give players at all levels the chance to compete in tournaments and focus on community gaming events.

EStars held a League of Legends tournament earlier this year, with rosters representing Irish football teams.

General tickets to the Fortnite tournament are on sale on www.estars.pro priced at £25 or €30.

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.