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Oakland

Oakland is a city in California's East Bay with an arena-scale sports and entertainment venue at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Complex.

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Updated October 23, 2026

Market snapshot

Population

440,838 residents[1]

U.S. Census Bureau estimate for July 1, 2025.[](cite:1)

Esports competition venue

Oakland Arena[2][3]

Hosted the public playoff days of Intel Extreme Masters XI — Oakland in November 2016.[](cite:2)[](cite:3)

Market ecosystem

Sports and entertainment venues

The Coliseum Complex includes Oakland Arena, an indoor arena that hosted the IEM Oakland playoff stage in 2016.

Oakland Arena

Events and competition

References20
  1. [1]Oakland city, California QuickFacts — U.S. Census Bureau
  2. [2]Coliseum Authority — Oakland Arena
  3. [3]Intel and ESL close first IEM Oakland — ESL FACEIT Group
  4. [4]Oakland city image reuse audit — Oakland Arena, Wikimedia Commons and Unsplash
  5. [5]Intel Extreme Masters Season XI — Oakland — Liquipedia Counter-Strike Wiki
  6. [6]IEM Oakland viewer's guide — HLTV
  7. [7]IEM Oakland 2016 overview — HLTV
  8. [8]Ninjas in Pyjamas claim the Intel Extreme Masters Oakland CS:GO championship — ESL
  9. [9]ESL partners with Xfinity to accelerate accessibility and popularity of esports — ESL
  10. [10]Intel Extreme Masters partners with iBUYPOWER to run LAN CS:GO qualifier — ESL FACEIT Group
  11. [11]Unicorns of Love win the IEM Oakland 2016 League of Legends championship — ESL; photo by Carlton Beener
  12. [12]The IEM Oakland League of Legends semifinals are set! — ESL
  13. [13]IEM Season 11 Oakland — Leaguepedia
  14. [14]Intel Extreme Masters Season XI Oakland — Liquipedia League of Legends Wiki
  15. [15]Intel Extreme Masters Season XII — Oakland — Liquipedia Counter-Strike Wiki
  16. [16]Intel Extreme Masters Returns to Oakland With $300,000 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Competition — ESL FACEIT Group
  17. [17]IEM Oakland viewer's guide — HLTV.org
  18. [18]IEM Oakland 2017 overview — HLTV.org
  19. [19]Intel and ESL Announce $1 Million Intel Grand Slam at E3, Ink Landmark Technology Deal — ESL FACEIT Group
  20. [20]IEM v2019 logo.svg — ESL, via Wikimedia Commons

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