Las Vegas, Nevada. The home of gambling in North America, and perhaps even the world. A place that is so jampacked with alcohol, strippers, and general debauchery that the Counter-Strike world would be surprised it isn’t just Maniac’s house.

It’s a place that we never expected to see tier one CS go to again, but if reports are true, we’ll be heading there in 2028 for BLAST and North America’s next Major.

It feels like a very weird, highly manufactured place to hold a CS event, we couldn’t be more excited for it. New cities are always fun, and new cities with loads to do in them makes us want to go no matter the cost, so we can guarantee you now that we will be there, no matter what.

There are some funny things about Vegas, though. Funny things that might actually make it a borderline ridiculous place to host a Major.

This edition has spoken a lot about sponsors and gambling, so it sounds perfect, right? Wrong. The Nevada Gaming Comission is an absolute b-stard to deal with, and are bound to make a whole lot of teams very miserable when they dive into their sponsors and see the random islands that we can assure you you’ve never heard of are registered to.

It could, however, mean that those teams and sponsors get very creative with their interactions, and we end up with one of the most engaging, interactive Majors of all time.

But let’s be real, that isn’t happening. As usual, we’ll have to make our own fun.

You’ll find us in the nearest casino.