London’s largest e-sports event returns to OVO Arena, Wembley, with BLAST Premier London Open seeing the world’s best Counter-Strike 2 esports teams compete for a prize pot of $400,000 from Friday, 5th to Sunday, 7th September 2025.
The BLAST Premier Open series gives underdogs the chance to compete against the world’s elite teams in some of the leading arenas around the world. Four regional qualifier teams will have earned the chance to face off against the 12 highest-ranked teams in the Valve Global Ranking – the best players in the world – such as Team Vitality’s homegrown superstar William “Mezii” Merriman, who just made history by becoming the first UK player to win a CS Major at last month’s BLAST.tv Austin Major.
The total prize pool for BLAST Premier Open London is $400,000, with the winning team taking home $150,000.
Counter-Strike 2 is one of the most popular esports titles in the world, with famous fans including the likes of Neymar, Nikola Jokic, and Henry Cavill.
The tournament is taking place at OVO Arena, Wembley, one of the most iconic venues in the capital, with a capacity of 12,500. It promises to be an opportunity to witness the thrill of live esports, joining the hundreds of thousands who will be streaming the event live around the world.
Standard tickets are now available individually for the Friday, Saturday, Sunday or as a Three-Day Ticket. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit: https://www.ovoarena.co.uk/events/detail/blast-premier-open-2025.
Don’t miss this opportunity to see some of the biggest esports players in the world go head-to-head in a purpose-built arena that offers outstanding views of all the action from every seat.
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About BLAST
BLAST is a global competitive entertainment company with a mission to bring mega entertainment to the world, taking esports, gaming and other new competitive formats to the next level.
BLAST is famous for pioneering the esports category through stunning high production quality, big creative ideas and game-changing fan-first moments. Bringing together the biggest team and brightest superstars to fight it out for glory and big-money-multi-million-dollar prize pools in the world’s biggest arenas, from London and Singapore to Austin and Rio.
BLAST has offices in Copenhagen (HQ), London, Berlin and soon to be Mumbai and New York City. The company is currently working with world-leading game publishers Epic Games, Valve, KRAFTON and Ubisoft to produce, market and deliver esports for popular titles Rocket League, Fortnite, Rainbow Six, PUBG and Counter-Strike 2.
