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Psyonix today announced the 2025 Rocket League RLCS Birmingham Major, which will take place at the Birmingham NEC in the spring.
It will take place from Thursday 27 March to Sunday 30 March 2025 at the BP Pulse Live Arena at the NEC, with the teams performing in front of a live audience over the weekend of 29 and 30 March.
General admission tickets will go on sale next week (Wednesday, October 30, 2024) on The Ticket Factory website, with a direct link to be shared on Rocket League social media. Fans can purchase up to eight tickets at a time.
Pre-sale access will open on Monday 28 October from 10am GMT via this BP Pulse Live RLCS Birmingham Major webpage (note that clocks go back one hour on 27 October). Tickets can be purchased from Ticketmaster, Live Nation and O2 Priority.
An all-weekend access pass will cost from £55 to £120, excluding booking and transaction fees.
“The RLCS 2025 season will host its first arena event of the year in Birmingham, returning to the UK in the process. The RLCS 2025 Major 1 will be held at the bp pulse LIVE Arena, National Exhibition Center (NEC) from March 27 to 30.”
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The RLCS Birmingham event is next year’s first Rocket League eSports Major (RLCS 2025 Major 1).
The second major will be held from 26 to 29 June 2025, with the venue to be announced at a later date.
The World Cup will be held from 16th to 21st September 2025, with the venue also yet to be revealed.
RL esports teams can begin their journey to qualify for the Birmingham Major from Friday 3 January 2025.
The news comes after changes to the 2025 RLCS format were announced, with the 2024 RLCS prize pool rising from $4.3 million this year to $5 million in 2025.
“These changes are aimed at increasing opportunities for fans, players and teams to compete and watch more,” Psyonix said in this announcement post.
“There are four changes that go into effect for the 2025 season: qualifier adjustments for open qualifiers, 1v1 events, the Rocket League World Championship LCQ, and the expansion of the Rocket League World Championship to 20 teams.”
G2 Stride won the RLCS London Major 2024 in June.
Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist for the 2023 eSports Journalist Award. Graduated from Bournemouth University with a 2:1 in Multimedia Journalism in 2007.
As a longtime gamer who first picked up the NES controller in the late 80s, he has written for a number of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He worked as Head of Content for the British Esports Federation until February 2021, when he stepped down to work full-time at Esports News UK and offer eSports consultancy and freelance services. Note: Dom still produces the British Esports newsletter on a freelance basis, so our coverage of British Esports is always simplistic – we usually only cover the occasional press release – due to this conflict of interest.