Architecture studio Populous has unveiled visuals of a multi-purpose arena in Toronto, Canada, designed to be able to host music concerts, plays and esports competitions.
Due to complete in 2025, the 7,000-seat stadium will be located in the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) Grounds.
The as-yet-unnamed Toronto venue will be specially designed to facilitate esports events, short for electronic sports ? competitive video gaming as a spectator event.
The new stadium will be in Toronto
Populous has designed the stadium so that it can host these events alongside more traditional theatrical events and concerts.
"The design of the theatre was neither conceived as a sports arena nor an opera house, rather, a new typology that straddles the two ? a state-of-the-art performance venue," said Populous senior principal Jonathan Mallie "The theatre architecture creates a merger of the old and the new."
The developer owns Toronto's two esports teams
Renders show a covered arena sheltered by a swooping roof that recalls the form of a turtle's shell or a space ship.
Multiple stories are visible behind curved glass walls and an exterior deck projects from one end. Around the rim of the stadium roof, a wide band of screens forms a media facade.

Developer OverActive Media is the owner of global esport franchises including Toronto's teams: Toronto Ultra of the Call of Duty League and Toronto Defiant of the Overwatch League.
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