Overwatch League Getting City Based Teams

Activision Blizzard has announced the first city-based teams for the Overwatch League. The first seven cities and owners are:

• Robert Kraft, Chairman and CEO of the Kraft Group and the New England Patriots (Boston)
  
• Jeff Wilpon, Co-Founder and Partner of Sterling.VC and COO of the New York Mets (New York)
  
• Noah Whinston, CEO of Immortals (Los Angeles)
  
• Ben Spoont, CEO and Co-Founder of Misfits Gaming (Miami-Orlando)
  
• Andy Miller, Chairman and Founder of NRG Esports (San Francisco)
  
• NetEase (Shanghai)
  
• Kevin Chou, Co-Founder of Kabam (Seoul)
  

The league is scheduled to start later in 2017, with the full season starting in 2018.