In 6 weeks, the largest Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament in the world will take place in Cologne, Germany. As we get closer to the event, we wanted to share some more information with you so you can best prepare before attending the event.
Schedule
While we are unable to give you an exact schedule yet due to some teams still having to qualify, we can provide you with the opening times of the events and the estimated start and end times of the matches.
On both Saturday August 22nd and Sunday August 23rd doors will open at 10:00 CEST.
Our estimated starting time for matches on Saturday August 22nd is 11:00 CEST. We estimate that the matches will last until 23:00 CEST but this can change due to match length.
Our estimated starting time for matches on Sunday August 23rd is 12:00 CEST. We estimate that the matches will last until 22:30 CEST but this can change due to match length.
Matches on August 20th and August 21st
ESL One Cologne 2015 is only open to the public on August 22nd and 23rd but the 2 days before that, matches will also be played. To ensure that you can watch these matches, ESL is setting up a public viewing area where you will be able to watch the matches. More information on the public viewing will be revealed in the next days.
Identification
Due to both the age restriction of the event and the possibility to buy alcoholic beverages, attendees of ESL One Cologne 2015 need to bring person ID to the event.
Food and drinks
At ESL One Cologne 2015 a variety of drinks and food will be available. Drinks will include both non-alcoholic drinks and alcoholic drinks.
- Variety of soft drinks
- Water, both carbonated and still
- Alcoholic beverages
We will provide a more detailed list of food and drinks closer to the event.
Merchandise
Attendees of ESL One Cologne 2015 will have the ability to purchase merchandise at the event. Multiple shops will be available at the event, including an ESL store, where team merchandise will be up for sale, and a Game Legends store with Counter-Strike: Global Offensive merchandise.
Parking
LANXESS arena parking decks P1 to P4 are well marked. They are accessible vie Opladener Straße, leading through a tunnel underneath the arena. P1/P3 are inbound accessible, P1/P2 outbound. Parking deck P4 and bus parking lot P5 are accessible via Gummersbacher Straße. Clearance is 1.90 metres.
Please note: parking fee is 1.30 Euro per hour, payable before you leave the parking decks at the pay machines or at the attendance on level three of parking deck P1.
You also have the possibility to chose the "Arena-Tarif" for 4.50 Euro and pay at arrival. By doing so you skip likely queues at the pay machines after the end of the show. The "Arena-Tarif" is applicable until 6 am of the following day.