Esports production company BLAST has announced that the 2026 Rocket League World Championship will return to Fort Worth, Texas. Scheduled to take place from 15 September through 20 September 2026, the season-ending tournament will feature twenty of the world’s top rosters competing for a share of a $1,200,000 prize pool.

To deliver the event, the tournament organiser has secured a formal destination partnership with the Fort Worth Sports Commission, designating the entity as the official sports tourism partner.

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Under the terms of the agreement, the Fort Worth Sports Commission will receive integrated commercial visibility across the global event ecosystem. The activation includes in-broadcast advertisements, physical backdrops, and dedicated on-site fan experience zones designed to promote the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex as a primary international hub for esports. To handle logistics and promotional operations, BLAST is teaming up with live entertainment giant Live Nation and Texas-based event promoter C3 Presents.

“Fort Worth has become a standout and regular fixture on the Rocket League Championship Series esports calendar, and we’re proud to be working alongside the Fort Worth Sports Commission to bring the World Championship back to the city,” stated James Woollard, VP of Destinations & Market Development at BLAST. “Previously we saw thousands of fans travelling to Fort Worth from out of Texas for the World Championships, and we hope to see the same impacts again.”

The six-day tournament will split its schedule between studio-based phases and live crowd days, culminating in a three-day final bracket hosted at Dickies Arena. The venue has become a historical cornerstone for the Rocket League Championship Series (RLCS), with the 2026 iteration marking the third time the world championship has utilised the arena.

The selection of a US venue marks the circuit’s return to North American soil following the RLCS Boston Major held earlier this year in February. The tournament structure is currently progressing through its second competitive split, with the announcement coinciding with the live broadcasts of the RLCS Paris Major, where international teams are accumulating final ranking points to secure direct qualification slots for the September finals.

The tournament allocation arrives during a broader period of structural expansion and commercial activity inside the Rocket League landscape. Just one day earlier, media organisation Sheep Esports executed a strategic entry into the game’s community by acquiring the independent news platform Shift and launching a dedicated media outlet funded via a direct partnership with French tyre manufacturer Michelin, which is also a partner of RLCS itself.

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