Blast TV Paris Major
Counter Strike sets the Accor Arena alight
France at the top of the podium
From May 8th to 21st, 24 professional esports teams competed in the game Counter-Strike: Global Offensive for the world championship. Blast TV Paris Major. From the 8th to the 16th, the qualification phases took place at Paris Floral Park to determine the best teams that could reach the finals. On May 21st, 12,000 in-person spectators attended the final at the'Accor Arena Bercy and in total, the event brought together 1.5 million fans live.
We carried out all the signage for the two "arenas", an intense challenge in an atmosphere worthy of the World Cup finals.
Expectations
Every year, "Majors" (the equivalent of a World Cup) are organised to determine the best team in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS: GO). The 2023 Paris edition marked the last event for the CS: GO franchise. The game will evolve into Counter-Strike 2, an advanced new version that will change all the e-sports teams' strategies.
To top it all off, it was the French team Vitality that emerged victorious from the tournament, winning a Major for the first time, and on home soil at that! The next Counter-Strike event will take place in two years as the organiser is giving pro players a year to adapt to new features.
For this final CS: GO edition, we fully produced the signage for the Parc Floral for the qualification stages and for the Accor Arena Bercy for the finals!
For the qualifiers, the vibrant colours of the event and our creations transformed the Parc Floral into an e-sports arena! In total, over 300 m² of black-backed fabric were sublimation printed, fixed onto aluminium frames and wooden structures by our installation teams (stage backdrop, photobooth, competition table coverings). For the floor, 100 m² of carpet were printed and laid in one day!
For the final stages, the sets took on an unprecedented scale in the Accor Arena! We printed all the external and internal signage (entrances, shops, and corridors). The atmosphere was there, and we are proud to have been able to support Blast on this legendary edition of Counter-Strike Majors!
