Beijing’s famed Crow’s Nest stadium was the host of the opening ceremony for the 2008 Olympics. Last year, the stadium hosted another opening ceremony, this time for League of Legends Worlds.
Two billion people watched the 2008 opening ceremony, complete with the usual dancers, fireworks, and torch lighting. The broadcast also featured a computer-generated sequence of glowing footprints that crossed the sky from Tiananmen Square to the stadium. While LoL’s opening ceremony didn’t draw quite as many viewers, it upped the ante, replacing simple footprints with an augmented reality dragon, winning developer Riot Games the first Sports Emmy in an esports event.