SoDak Circuit to return in October
South Dakota’s first free all-ages esports event is returning for another year!
SDN Communications and its 17 member-owner companies will host the second edition of the SoDak Circuit on Oct. 11 at the Sioux Falls Convention Center after the inaugural event in Sept. 2024 drew in more than 750 competitors and guests.
Registration details, playable game titles and new features of the tournament will be released later. Be the first to receive news about the SoDak Circuit by signing up for the newsletter at SoDakCircuit.com.
The SoDak Circuit will award cash prizes and trophies for top finishers in all titles as well as door prizes. In 2024, gamers played “Super Smash Bros. Ultimate,” “Mario Kart 8 Deluxe,” “Fortnite” and “Rocket League,” among others.
There will be seating available for people to watch the matches, which will be shown on large screens. SoDak Circuit will have tournament-style brackets for different age groups. Attendees can also try out different games at several free-play stations.
Esports participation continues to grow in South Dakota and the region. The 2024-25 school year marks the first year of esports being a sanctioned sport in the state. The state tournament will be held Feb. 14-15 in Aberdeen.
For SDN’s member companies, hosting an esports event is the perfect way to highlight the power of their combined 50,000+ miles of high-speed fiber-optic connectivity across the region, covering more than 80 percent of the state’s geography. It also serves as a workforce recruitment tool to get kids and adults interested in technical careers within the telecommunications industry.
“We’re thrilled to host the SoDak Circuit again this year and continue celebrating the passion and talent of esports athletes and enthusiasts across South Dakota,” said Hannah Boquet, Marketing Manager at SDN Communications. “It’s an honor to provide a welcoming environment for gamers of all ages to come together, compete and connect. This year we are planning even more ways to connect and play through some new and exciting opportunities within SoDak Circuit. The excitement around last year’s event was incredible, and we can’t wait to see SoDak Circuit continue to grow.”
Anyone with questions about the SoDak Circuit can contact Boquet at Hannah.boquet@sdncommunications.com or (605) 978-1085.
About SDN Communications – SDN is a coalition of South Dakota’s independent broadband companies – cooperatives, family, municipal and tribal-owned companies. They joined their independent networks in 1989 and created SDN as a hub to deliver long distance choice to the telephone companies’ rural customer base. Today that same statewide footprint allows file sharing and internet traffic for business and government over an extensive fiber network. SDN’s network and key affiliate partnerships enable the organization to serve businesses throughout the United States in many sectors, including banking, health care, manufacturing, government and education. SDN’s 17 member companies are: Alliance Communications (headquartered in Garretson), Beresford Municipal Telephone Company, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Telephone Authority (Eagle Butte), Faith Municipal Telephone, Golden West Telecommunications (Wall), Interstate Telecommunications Coop (Clear Lake), James Valley Cooperative Telephone (Groton), Kennebec Telephone Co., Midstate Communications (Kimball), Roberts County Telephone Coop (New Effington), Santel Communications (Woonsocket), Swiftel Communications (Brookings), TrioTel Communications, Inc. (Salem), Valley Telecommunications Coop (Herreid), Venture Communications Coop (Highmore), West River Coop Telephone Co. (Bison) and West River Telecom Cooperative (Hazen, North Dakota).
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