Racing Point, the Canadian-owned Formula 1 team that "emerged from now-disappeared Force India," will hold its '19 preseason launch in Toronto on Feb. 13, it announced on Monday. The British-based team, "now owned by a consortium of investors led by Canadian billionaire Lawrence Stroll," said on Twitter that the presentation would be at the Canadian Int'l AutoShow (REUTERS, 12/17).
Australian Football League side Essendon remains "committed to pursuing gaming revenues in the short and medium term," but identified "several alternative revenue streams which will eventually allow the club to reduce its reliance on gaming." Essendon CEO Xavier Campbell emphasized the financial importance of gaming assets to the Bombers’ finances, "as well as the community role played by the club’s gaming venues, where 140 people are employed" (THE AGE, 12/18).
J.League side Nagoya Grampus "has begun cooperating with the private sector in Aichi Prefecture to nurture disabled esports competitors." Club President Koki Konishi said, "For para esports athletes this is a new way they can even take on the world." There are "currently no tournaments for para esports" (KYODO, 12/18).
