The prize fund ESL One Cologne 2016 will be $ 250,000

ESL officially announced the tournament CS: GO, which will be held from 8 to 10 July 2016 in Cologne. As in the current year, ESL One Cologne 2016 will sweep into the famous Lanxess Arena, the prize fund will be $ 250,000.

Group stage of the tournament will be held in the studio MMC, and already from the stage of the playoffs the team will move to the big stage Lanxess Arena, all viewers could watch live svomi favorite teams.

ESL hope that the event in Cologne will be "the biggest tournament in Counter-Srike", after ESL One Cologne in 2015 broke all records for the number of spectators and display.

However, there is no information about whether there ESL One Cologne 2016 another major-tournament coming year, as long as Valve has officially announced their participation in the organization and conduct of Event from MLG, which will be held from 29 March to 3 April in the US city Columbus, Ohio. On the other hand, the ESL has a lot of time and it is likely that they will be able to negotiate with Valve's support for another of his tournament.

Ticket sales have already started on the German site. The price of the simple ticket is € 39.90, also has tickets for € 59.90. For the most ardent fans of eSports organizers have created two special categories of tickets: Premium and «the Global Elite Experience». Premium ticket price is € 299 and will provide an opportunity "to enjoy three days of beautiful CS with maximum comfort." Tickets category «the Global Elite Experience» for € 2,999 launched on the market specifically for those few frames of standard events. Holders of the so-called «the Global Elite Experience» will get a lot of additional features, including accommodation and free access to ESL One Camp.