{"id":79,"date":"2022-06-24T16:27:24","date_gmt":"2022-06-24T16:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/esportsq\/?page_id=79"},"modified":"2025-08-18T18:59:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T18:59:46","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/esports\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"hero-standard hero-standard--hasImage alignfull\" >\n\t<div class=\"container hero-standard__container\">\n\t\t<h1 class=\"headline-highlight\">\n\t<span \n\t\tclass=\"headline-highlight__text  headline-h1\"\n\t\tstyle=\"--highlight-color: var(--color-theme-blue-bright);\"\n\t>\n\t\tAbout Butler Esports\t<\/span>\n<\/h1>\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-standard__subHeadlineDescription\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"hero-standard__subHeadline\">\n\t\t\t\t\tCompetition. Curriculum. 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Founded in 2017 as a student-led initiative, Butler Esports offers students opportunities beyond competitive gaming\u2014fostering academic growth, professional development, and leadership. With varsity and club teams in over a dozen titles, the program combines high-level competition with real-world experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Opened in Fall 2022, the Butler Esports Park features over 50 gaming PCs, consoles, VR stations, and flexible spaces for corporate training, youth camps, and educational programs: making the facility a campus hub for innovation and career exploration within the industry of gaming and technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"link-list layout-links\" >\n    <div class=\"link-list__container link-list__grid-default\">\n                        <div class=\"list-list__linkWrapper link-list__grid-default\">\n                                <ul class=\"wysiwyg__ctaLinks\">\n                                                        <li>\n                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/esports\/about\/leadership\/\" class=\"button-link-right button-link-right--color-blue-bright\" >Meet the Leadership Team<\/a>\n                          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