MLB Rangers co-Owner Neil Leibman has created Infinite Esports & Entertainment, a holding company that includes OpTic Gaming along with other esports verticals he intends to develop out of a new Dallas HQ. OpTic, which sold Leibman and co-investor Chris Chaney a majority interest earlier this year, has also been offered a spot in Riot Games’ newly franchised North American League Championship Series, Leibman confirmed for the first time. OpTic will move all of its operations to Texas, he said. “We figured if we wanted to do this, we wanted to be involved in the biggest and most followed team, and OpTic fit the bill,” Leibman said. "Not many of my friends we’ve been reading about are in both League of Legends and Overwatch, as well as have the largest following." Along with bankrolling OpTic’s entry fees for Overwatch ($20M) and the NA LCS ($13M), the Leibman-led capital infusion will also fund expansion into new games. Infinite separately will develop No Scope Media, a global production and creative studio, and NGAGE Esports, an event management and media production arm. The Houston Outalws, OpTic’s Overwatch team, also will be a separate subsidiary, as will the original OpTic Gaming and its League of Legends team. Chaney will be President of Infinite, and Leibman will be Chair. Longtime OpTic CEO Hector Rodriguez and COO Ryan Musselman will continue to lead their team as they move to Dallas, with an additional office planned for Houston. With OpTic relocating to Dallas, the city has quickly become something of an esports hotbed. Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones bought compLexity Gaming and is relocating them to The Star in Frisco, and Rangers board member and energy magnate Kenneth Hersh acquired a major stake in Team Envy and also moved them to Dallas.
