ESL Pro League S24 returns to arena playoffs after six years with an iconic venue

ESL announced on Tuesday this week that ESL Pro League Season 24 will host its finals in front of a live crowd in the Spodek Arena in Katowice.

The finals, set for October 9th-11th in 2026, will mark the first time that Pro League finals will be played in an arena since 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic. Previously, Pro League has hosted arena events in Odense, Montpellier, Dallas, and São Paulo.

This also marks a quicker than expected return to Katowice, after ESL announced earlier this year that the long-time flagship IEM event held in Poland will moved to Krakow beginning in 2026.

There are still two seasons of ESL Pro League to play before we get to Season 24 and the arena finals in the Spodek. Season 22, which will take place entirely in the ESL Studio in Stockholm, Sweden, begins with Stage 1 play on September 27th.