Swedish e-sports events company DreamHack "now has an office in Tacoma" and expects to "expand to a robust schedule of events in North America," according to Kate Martin of the Tacoma NEWS TRIBUNE. To help facilitate that expansion, the company "opened an office in Tacoma earlier this month." DreamHack Events Manager/North America Gary Briggs said that the company will expand to a staff of six workers who will "organize events in North America." A second office in Denver will "have sales staffers who arrange sponsorships for their tournaments." The two sites are the "only North American offices for the company, with headquarters in Jönköping, Sweden." This past weekend, DreamHack hosted a "Counter Strike: Global Offensive" tournament in Las Vegas, and the company's first U.S. event in Austin last May "drew more than 24,000 people." Briggs said that the Tacoma office "could grow to 20 employees within a year or two." Briggs: "There was a pull to be close to Seattle. The cost of office space and housing is a lot better in Tacoma, and Tacoma is close enough to visit customers in Seattle." After Las Vegas, DreamHack will "host North American events in Austin, Atlanta, Montreal and Denver" (Tacoma NEWS TRIBUNE, 2/17).
