LaLiga and StadioPlus, together with Vegas City Limited, have announced this week the signing of a strategic license agreement to carry out a joint project in the Decentraland metaverse. This is how they informed Cointelegraph en Español through a statement.
Through this agreement, A series of LaLiga-themed parcels of land will be exploited within the Vegas City districtwhich owns the largest sports, gaming and entertainment areas in Decentraland.
StadioPlus is a Spanish company that provides technology and advice to the sports industry to connect it with the Web3 world, while Vegas City Limited is a company specialized in creating experiences based on the metaverse and blockchain.
Jon Fatelevich, CEO and Co-Founder of StadioPlus, stated: “StadioPlus has a mission to be the bridge between the sports industry and the future. For this reason, we are delighted to have closed this agreement with LaLiga, with whom we have been working together for many months on the development and inclusion of the competition in Decentraland and we are sure that we will provide a great experience to fans of the world of football and Web3”.
Stephen Ibbotson, Head of Franchising and Licensing at LaLiga added: “For LaLiga it is essential to continue innovating in the ways of offering the best of the competition to our fans, both on and off the pitch. This license agreement will allow us to reach a new and relevant audience, such as Decentraland”.
For his part James Ashton, CEO of Vegas City Limited said: “We are very excited to work with LaLiga, Stadioplus and Decentraland to develop a football project that will surprise and offer new experiences to our audiences. We are exploiting the capabilities of Decentraland to deliver high-value Web3-enabled content”.
Finally, Agus Ferreira, CEO of the Decentraland Foundation commented: “Part of Decentraland’s vision is to enable and create experiences for every type of person. We believe that esports is an amazing opportunity to show the possibilities of Web3 and decentralization. That is why we are delighted to work with StadioPlus on the inclusion of LaLiga in Decentraland, to bring the competition, which has hundreds of millions of fans around the world, to the metaverse.”.
The Decentraland metaverse shows that the blockchain ecosystem is constantly evolving. This aims to create a decentralized and open virtual world in which users can live experiences just as they do in the physical world. Users can create unique avatars to socialize, explore, and trade thanks to blockchain technology.
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