Executive Summary – 3rd Annual Esports Survey

By Jonathan L. Israel, Julie A. McGinnis. Bobby Sharma, Michael J. Wall, and Kevin R. Schulz, of Foley   At the end of March — amid the first wave of COVID-19-related shutdown orders — an esports record was broken when 1.3 million broadcast television viewers tuned in to watch professional NASCAR drivers compete in a virtual race on FOX and FS1.   To the broader market, it was a clear signal that life under the coronavirus might be accelerating the industry’s expansion. Earlier t