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    Leveling Up

    Jul 25, 2022 4 minutes
    BY MARC D. ALLAN
    Illustration by CURT MERLO

    INSIDE A SPACE once noted for chicken and waffles, the future of college athletics is taking shape. On August 24, the former Metro Diner on Butler University’s campus opens as Butler Esports Park, a 7,500-square-foot space featuring approximately 40 PCs, gaming consoles, virtual-reality stations, and a cafe. Here, Butler will field teams that compete against Big East schools in online video games such as League of Legends and Rocket League, competitions that will be broadcast on Twitch and YouTube.

    Ovid Butler’s university, which opened in 1855 offering courses in, among other things, Tacitus (Roman historian and politician) and Greek antiquities, today grants a minor in esports communication that begins with a course called

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