Manchester City to build a stadium in the metaverse

It will become a virtual hub and online representation for the whole team

22.02.2022 - 08:15

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What’s new? The famous English football team Manchester City is set to erect a virtual stadium Etihad Stadium in the metaverse. The project will be carried out in collaboration with Sony. The team plans to make this place their virtual home in the metaverse. The project’s representatives stress that amid the pandemic, attending matches in the metaverse will once again give fans a taste of the real game.

Article on the Cointelegraph website

What is known about the new facility? Etihad Stadium is the home stadium of the Premier League champions, located in their native city of Manchester. Once completed, the fans will be able to participate in live and past matches from anywhere in the world. In this, there will be many angles to look at the game from, with technologies making it possible to stand beside the goalkeeper during a responsible penalty, and learn your favorite player’s technique in detail.

The metaverses are the main trend of 2022. You can read more about this concept in our article. Most recently, the famous fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov held his first fight in the virtual space, and JPMorgan became the first major bank to open an enterprise in the metaverse.

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