'London is ready to level up and lead the world in esports': Mayor of London wants to use big events to stimulate economy and create opportunities for young people

As a Brit, I know London for many things: the always slightly too warm but no less incredible 'tube' transport network, all the times I've overheard my fellow Brits mistake the Houses of Parliament for 'a big church,' and black snot. Okay, maybe that last one was oversharing. Anyway the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, wants to add esports to that list.

Khan has been in Tokyo, Japan this week and visited the Red Bull Gaming Sphere alongside London-based esports company Fnatic yesterday. The Mayor expressed he wants to make London the "the esports capital of the world" in a post about the visit on X.

The Mayor also wrote, "London is ready to level up and lead the world in esports." A London Assembly press release goes on to elaborate on these ambitions, explaining that "Esports has grown into a multi-billion global industry over the last decade, and is predicted to grow from $2 billion to nearly $10 billion by 2033."

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