Riot Games is taking the LCS to Atlanta this fall. The 2026 League of Legends Championship Series Summer Finals will be held at Gas South Arena on October 3 and 4.
The event marks the league’s westward expansion. The 2026 LCS Spring Finals will land at Mullett Arena in Tempe, Arizona, on June 13-14. Neither city has previously hosted an LCS event.
Riot is restructuring the league for 2026. The LCS is transitioning to an eight-team format with a single round-robin regular season and best-of-three matches. The change follows the dissolution of the LTA partnership system, giving Riot direct control over scheduling and production.
Notably, there are no cryptocurrency or token-related announcements tied to the Atlanta finals. The silence marks a sharp shift from the era when FTX and Coinbase invested heavily in esports sponsorship.